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Today our drive took us through some extremely beautiful country. We started in Boise and ended in Portland. Since we didn't get in until late, and we left again just after breakfast, we didn't get any Idaho potatoes on our way through. Our first stop of the day was the The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. We have a National Park pass which is great. We can stop somewhere and not feel obligated to spend enough time to try and feel like we got our money's worth out of the stop. Although the movie was too long for us, it was great to learn some additional history and misconceptions about the Oregon trail. It was interesting seeing many of the places that we had recently driven through on our trip this far. We enjoyed walking ... read more

Since we were able to get so much done on Tuesday packing, plus, we were able to get a 2 bedroom suite at the TownePlace Suites if we could check out on Wednesday, we decided to leave Wednesday afternoon and head to Boise. This would also give us all day Thursday to explore the Columbia River Gorge area on our way from Boise to Portland. This morning, Ron picked up Scott and the rest of his stuff, then came back to the hotel to pack up all of our stuff. We killed some time in Provo, then headed to West Valley City to meet up with Cindy for dinner before heading to Boise. Tonight we stayed at another TownePlace Suites and were lucky enough to get an upgrade to a 2 bedroom suite. This one had ... read more

We will only see two states today, but our drive is about equal to yesterday's drive. It was nice having the separate rooms and somewhere to spread out and really relax last night. Our drive today went really well. We were at our hotel by 4pm MT. There is quite a bit of snow still around on the sides of the roads. Tomorrow we get to Provo and will actually be in the same hotel for a couple of nights.... read more

We started our trip around 3:15 pm, which was actually a little earlier than I was hoping to get out of town. Our trip will take us from Dublin to Provo to Port Hadlock, WA and more before heading back home. This first day was just a short easy drive after Ron got home from work. We were pleasantly surprised by a really yummy dinner at a KFC buffet, the employees were super friendly, but the service and cleanliness definitely needed some work. We saw quite a bit of flooding as we drove along. Unfortunately, since we were not making any stops, all of our pictures are blurry since we were trying to take them out of the windows while driving.... read more