Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: 47º 41' N, 116º 47' W
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| Sunny day in Seattle |
The Interstate 90, a long day on the road, to be almost nowhere.
We have driven from Oregon way across Washington, whizzing past Mt Rainier, stopping off in Seattle Downtown to drop off Shawni and Craig, picking up the obligatory Starbucks coffee, lunching somewhere in the middle of very little, a surprising bump into the Columbia River again, flying past vast open flat plains - potatoes, peas, wheat, alfalfa, sweet corn…
On these long stretches I entertain myself by marveling at the size of RV's and what they drag behind them, cars, boats, bikes, bicycles.
And also the fabulous colors of the huge trucks on the road - pastels, bold primary colors, metallic sheens all spotless with gleaming chrome.
And here we are, in a new state, Idaho, in Coeur d'Alene and the most northerly point of our road trip, the sun will start to set in about an hour, near 9pm this evening and the temperature is still 29 degrees.
These transition days are a quick stop in a motel off a highway. Like a Motel 6 or Super 8, functional, TV and wifi, uncluttered, familiar and unfamiliar, a bed and hopefully a good sleep.
Tomorrow we continue east into Montana heading to Big Sky for our last week of timeshare on the road. What was four months has become a few weeks….
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