Well, some may ask what is in Idaho? We learned earlier on this trip that Idaho has some very nice hot springs = ), but we learned today that Idaho also has really nice people!!!!
We took our time waking up in the luxury of the hotel room. It really kind of felt strange sleeping indoors = ) I went for a quick jog through town. Haven’t been able to jog for a while because… well have had to worry about bears and mountain lions eating me if I am alone in the woods = ). So it felt good to go for a run! Anyways after we got showered and organized the van, we set out to get Lenny (the van) looked at). We have had some problems with the power steering. I had checked and refilled the power steering fluid, but still the problem persisted so I called my lifeline (Daddy) and he told me the belt was probably loose. We stopped in at a place called Perfection Tire and spoke to Les. He said they were booked, but he personally looked underneath the hood and said that yes in fact the belt was very loose. He looked at us, hesitated, and then said he would squeeze it in and have one his guys tighten the belt. We said thank you, and then sat in the lobby area talking with him about our travels between customers that came in. We also heard him talking to some of his guys about them cooking ELK steaks in the back. They finished Lenny up in about 45 minutes and when they brought the keys back, Les told us there was NO CHARGE! We thanked them many times, and asked them about the ELK steaks we heard them speak of. They then brought us a piece to try and wished us luck with our travels. Oh we had asked the guys if we could buy ELK meat anywhere, and they told us that you really couldn't get Elk meat unless you shot it yourself. = ) What great guys!!! We decided to say thank you with a homemade pie from the “PIE HUT” we had read about and saw yesterday. We drove there and picked the boys up a three berry pie, and ourselves a piece of chocolate pecan pie. The two ladies working there said they had seen our Ohio plates and asked where we were going next on our road trip (without us even saying we were on one = ) I guess we just look like we have been on the road for a while = ) We told them about our travels and why we were there to buy a pie. Sandy asked the ladies if all the pies were made from scratch, and one responded “we buy the tins” = )They then gave us our pie, and did not even charge us for our piece of pie which is regularly a $6 piece of pie = ) We took the boys their pie, headed to get a few groceries, and then went to the park where we cooked up a veggie burger patty, mushrooms, peppers, onions, garlic, cilantro…well anyways we ate our delicious meal and then shared our even more delicious piece of pie. We then got on the road again and made it into Washington State where we slept at a Walmart in Omak, WA.
Today we got up and around and started our drive further into Washington. We drove through the unique little town of Wintrop, and through the North Cascade National Park.We stopped at the Cascadian Farm, a cute little place where you could pick your own blueberries or pumpkins, they had homemade icecream, and much more. We shared a sugar cone filled with their homemade icecream, and bought some Marinara Sauce. Turns out you can only pick your own blueberries if you are going to get at least 10 pounds of them. = )A bit more than we needed = ). I was disappointed.
We made it to this adorable town in Washington called Bellinham, where we now sit.
Our plan had been to take a train up to Vancouver, BC and then a ferry from there to Vancouver Island and back to Washington, but the train part of it did not actually work out. = ( We will have to ride the train another time. So the plan now is to stay here in Bellingham tonight. Then drive down to Anacortes, WA tomorrow sometime. From there we will head out on a ferry to Vancouver Island, BC on Tuesday morning early. We will then island hop our way back to Anacortes. We must leave Lenny in Anacortes and do a little backbacking, because some of the ferries between the Islands do not allow vehicles. So we will be packing in, and sleeping in the tent for a few days. While on Vancouver Island we will be in Canada, so no phones there. But when we jump into the San Juan Islands we will be back in the US and turn our phones on again. Hope this e-mail finds everyone doing well!!! We miss you and love you so very much!!!!
P.S. Grandma, today for lunch we had turkey, avacado, cilantro, peppers,and cream cheese on a Wasa Bread (It's kind of like a big cracker) = )
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