Made it into Ellensburg, Washington Tuesday evening, the wind is still blowing very hard and driving the bus is a lot like skippering a sail boat down the road at 75 miles per hour. Tomorrow we climb Snoqualmie pass en route to Seattle.
Arrived at Dan's ranch in Idaho late Monday night and spent most of today unloading the bus and doing laundry, it snowed all morning. If there is a place anywhere on earth to get a good nights sleep, it's at Dan's. The ranch is about 30 miles south of Spokane right on the Idaho line and it is so quiet that is seemed like you could hear the snow falling. We left in time to have dinner at Longhorn Bar-B-Que in Spokane, it is one of our favorites too.
Other than the wind, the drive up through Montana was beautiful with all the snow covered mountains. The Bitterroot Range is named after the state flower and is one of the most majestic in the Rockies.
The most difficult part of the trip so far has been the drive between Price and Provo in Utah, it was dark, the snowflakes were huge and falling so fast that it was very difficult to see the road. Driving in a snow storm like that creates an optical illusion that makes it appear as though you are turning upside down, it takes a lot of focus to keep things right side up.
This Explorer Coach season is almost over, it went by so fast, we fly home on Saturday morning and take 4 weeks off before heading to Alaska on the 26th.
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