I-90 until we hit I-5 and Seattle! Traversing the country is quite easy. Siri hasn't been much help either, "Go West for 2000miles" is about as good as she is right now. South Dakota was uneventful except for seeing the Dead Presidents in limestone and 'climbing' the Wall.
Hectic wind and a snowstorm topped off my South Dakota experience. But I love Wyoming and Montana so today should be fun. Seattle by noon Tuesday? That's the plan. That's also atwo full days ahead of schedule which kicks ass. I'm so glad we got those ten in on Sunday to jumpstart our journey. Clear blue and good roads ahead....Seriously, we are making HUGE time on this trip...hope things don't go sideways!
Ok so I jinxed us by writing that last part down. It's just a little past midnight and we are between Kalispell and Stateline. Almost made Idaho which was kinda my plan if not further. Unfortunately we hit some crazy snow conditions in the passes and were relegated to 20-50mph into Missoula. And again even slower leaving Kalispell. So we bunker down for the night and try our luck in the morning. My hope is to hit Seattle by noon and possibly sleep in my own bed Tuesday night. What a birthday present that'll be, come Wednesday morning! So that's the plan and we are just waiting for the trailer to get a little warmer since we just fired up the genset and heater.
Time for a little Motocross Mad Skills!
We hit the road at exactly 5:15am after a few hours sleep and all was going fine until exactly 8am. The front diff boiled all the fluid and spit it out the vent line catching fire to the truck. Now we got it controlled and put out without any major damage but we are still in a mountain pass with no front diff. I'll let you know what happens....
Tow truck to the beautiful town of Coeur d'Alene where we drop the truck off at the dealership and head to find the nearest wifi again.
Alison, Shawn's lady is an amazing woman. Lemme just say that first.
Not only did she offer to drive across the State of Washington to pick us up, she then offered up her airmiles to FLY Shawn and I to Seattle as the truck was going to be a solid week or two out of commission.
All we gotta do is find our way to Spokane....easier than anticipated...we were only 30 miles away! Once there we hop on a turbo prop and the short hour flight later lands us in Seattle.
Alison even took us out for dinner and didn't barely complain when Shawn and I bugged her about the whole "her being 'merican" thing. Haha.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm hoping I can land back in the Homeland for that. It's been a long day and I'm throwing in the towel. Today definitely got the better of me.
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