I've heard from numerous clients, friends, and family on our trip. Everyone is enjoying the entertainment of our various fiascos. Now that things have calmed down, our motto is boring is good! So far, the last two days have been completely uneventful. We've had a couple of close calls, but so far, so good.
Yesterday Tony decided that we needed to wait to get gas until we could find a town with a McDonald's because Cass was hungry. I was driving and should have listened to myself to just stop, but was too easily coaxed into his madness. Cass did some quick google searching to find that we were 68 miles from the next place with a McDonald's. We have a car with the miles until empty feature. It was 69 miles. I immediately started fussing and more research found that there wasn't another gas station until the McDonald's. Needless to say there was more aggressive fussing in the car. Fortunately for Tony, there was a gas station with about 20 miles to go in the tank. Mischief managed!
Today we spent the entire day in the car. We stopped numerous times throughout the day to stretch our legs, check out little towns, gaze upon beautiful views, and drive. We found out early on that we would not be able to stay at Crater Lake. I did some calling around and found a place that is about an hour and a half's drive away. The more we stopped, the longer the estimated time of arrival became. Cass was getting ansy because she wanted to do laundry. We really didn't know if the place we'd be staying had laundry services anyway. Once we got here, it does, so she's losing sleeping time tonight to have clean clothes. Mind you, we're only 5 days in!
On the last leg here, we were driving along with no real issues. Tony was actually doing really well and not struggling to stay awake or anything. Jen was in the back seat and has had a few harsh words for Tony and me about being back seat drivers. But fortunately she was filling the role and screamed "Bambi - Bambi" in time for us to look up and see a deer in the road ahead. We were all so discombobulated we didn't really pay attention to the deer as we drove by it. Later when we were reviewing it, we realized it was much bigger than a normal deer. It may have been an elk with no horns. Not really sure, but it was a pretty daggone big deer that could have done a LOT of damage. Again, mischief managed.
We're in for the night (well sort of - Cass' is still doing laundry). Tomorrow is a busy day of going to see Crater Lake, Portland, and then head toward Mt. Rainier. It's hard to believe we're actually putting this plan together. The sights we're seeing are unbelievable. The pictures do not do them justice. The tales we're reviewing from the last RV adventure are pretty hilarious. While this is a trip to see the NorthWest, it is also time to share with our girls. They're pretty amazing kids and we're doing our best to create new stories and memories for the next trip whenever that may be.
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