1. However much over the road truckers get paid, it is NOT enough. To share the road with these people is nothing short of amazing, if not completely terrifying. We traveled through mountains yesterday and to see them inch their way up the hill and then inch back down the other side with constant signage for them on the sides of the road, about the steep decline and runaway truck lanes. We saw multiple UPS truck with three trailers attached to one cab! Our questions is always, "How DO you back those things up?" We automobile drivers think traffic back ups are bad, imagine driving one of those beasts at a snails pace and all the while having to put up with the rest of us and our terrible driving!
We questioned, "Is this a place for parents that just can't deal with the kids any longer?"
2. This was our second time through Idaho and all apologies to any Idahoans that may be reading this blog, we don't feel the need to ever come back.
3. When we travel such long distances, we always have to have a few days that consist of nothing but driving. Yesterday was one of those days. They can be long, painfully boring days, but we always know there is a light at the end of the tunnel, per se. Our light yesterday was quite dim...Pendleton, OR. Let's just say that Pendleton is the town that civilization forgot.
Portland is the destination for today. The drive is short and quite beautiful. Mt. Hood is guiding our way.
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