Starting a long, but uneventful
drive with the boys approximately 6pm Thursday evening from Idaho Falls to Port Orchard, Washington… Including two one hour
stops for naps, we arrived 15hrs later tired but no worse for wear… Though the
car is FULL of dog hair…
Spent Friday reminiscing with an old shipmate and catching up
on the last 30 years… The boys are safe and happy with Uncle Ted, Aunt DeeDee
and Cousin Tilly…
After a great dinner, a goodnight’s rest, coffee and a nice
breakfast… I said my thank you to Ted and DeeDee and my goodbyes to the boys,
while DeeDee cried… Stopping soon enough to almost immediately start sending me
pictures and updates… I sincerely appreciate the quick emotional attachment… The
boys have that way about them… I know they will be loved… ;)
Not sure what time I hit the road this morning… But the ride
through the Cascade Mountain passes was clear and easy… Making great time and a
command decision to stop for something to eat in Northern Idaho, still west of
Missoula… The great time evaporated quickly evaporated as snow began to fall… Interstate
90 shut down for all intents and purposes with traffic backed up for miles… I
was not going to spend this night camping in my car… Exiting the highway in
Mullan, ID… I am spending the night at the Lookout Motel… Happy to have found a
room… It’s clean and warm… I am grateful… Though the bed seems to have backache
written all over it…
Thus my Facebook status update… Note to self… Next road trip
pack booze… There isn’t much nearby and I’m not about to go out in the lousy
weather looking for some… Given the situation a nightcap or two or three would
have certainly been enjoyed…
Hoping I will wake to clear skies and an open road tomorrow… I’m
grateful to have a portable internet hotspot and my laptop with me… So I can
surf Facebook and write this blog…Though it might have been fun to write it
drunk…
There’s more I wanted to say… But now the rest seems like maybe
it should have its own blog… Sleep may not come easy tonight…
