Look Out Seattle, Here Comes the Son

On the Road Again

I left for Seattle on Thursday afternoon from Fort Collins. I stopped Thursday night for an all-too brief visit at my sister's house in Salt Lake City. Then on to Idaho Friday morning. I made it to Boise at about 3:30 and tooled around there for a few minutes, stopping at the plant my company has there for a quick tour and to check my email and update the podcasts I've been listening to on the way out. I left Boise about 6:30 and headed up I-84 and through Oregon, stopping at Deadman's Pass around sunset, but I was not tired at all, so kept on driving all the way to Yakima, where I decided to call it a night.

Highway Monument At Deadman's Pass in Oregon's Blue Mountains

Sunset over the Pass

This morning I'm going to have breakfast in historic (?) downtown Yakima and then hit the road for the last, short leg of the trip to Seattle. I'll meet up with our landlord then and get settled in before I go to pick up Dana & Alex at the airport.

The road has been kind to me. I had a flat tire on Thursday morning before I left town, but half an hour at the tire shop and $12 later I was all set. Since then it's been peaches and cream.

The Lonliest Refinery: Sinclair Oil Refinery, outside of Sinclair, WY