FAST TRACK TO SPOKANE

Thankfully we got through Chicago relatively pain free. Craig found an alternate route around the city, and after rush hour. We still ran into construction ( not too bad) and traffic jams ( going the other way), and made it into Beloit, Illinois so I could do some down loading of pictures to the blog. Of course, we had problems with internet reception so I was only able to get half of what I wanted to get accomplished done.

We put in a pretty long day, over 600 miles of travel over Hwy 94 which we have driven before. Seems like every day we run into a little rain, which of course you all know I don’t mind. Even though we have been on this road a few times already, I never get tired of our view out our workplace window. I wish everyone could be so fortunate.

We ended up staying at a rest stop in South Haven, Minnesota, and leaving the next day for our fuel stop in Fargo, North Dakota. I little more internet time, a chance to catch up on some email and we were off again.

The company wants the truck and trailer washed every week, so we stopped in Jamestown, North Dakota to get this accomplished. Little did we know that it would take about 2 hours. We had a cattle truck ahead of us, ( do I need to paint a visual picture? I think not. At least we didn’t have to smell it ) and with only one guy doing the washing it took awhile. With a clean truck and trailer we were off down Hwy 94 again!

Further down the highway we came across Sweet Brair Lake.

It was once again time to continue with the North American Taco Salad Tour and this time it brought us to the Dakota Diner, in Dickinson, North Dakota. Craig even joined in with me and had one too. I have to say, of all the taco salads eaten so far, this one is rated #1. Two thumbs up for this one if you are ever in the area.

As you near the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, you come across the Painted Canyon. It doesn’t come close to the ones in Arizona, but it was beautiful none the less.

We settled in at a rest stop in Marsh, Montana for the evening with another 603 miles under our belts. Only 743 more miles to go to get to Spokane.

Awake and raring to go, it was a beautiful morning at our little rest stop in Montana.

It got down to about 50 degrees overnight so was a bit chilly in the morning. From what I hear from my Mom and from the internet it is about 110 degrees in Modesto. I’ll take Montana any day over that!

We drove into Billings, Montana for a fuel stop and to take a shower at the Flying J. Feeling refreshed and with a full gas tank we took off towards Butte and Missoula following the Yellowstone River most of the way. The scenery was magnificent.

Arriving in Superior, Montana after 584 miles of traveling we settled into a very scenic rest stop for the night. With only 150 miles to go to our first drop off in Spokane, tomorrow promises to be an easy day.

The ride into Spokane was beautiful with the sun rising over the rivers and pine trees.

Coeur d’Alene was gorgeous. I would put this place on my list of possible places to reside as well.

We arrived in Spokane and found out we could leave all 3 boats at the boat dealer in Spokane. This left us available for another assignment right away. We were to pick up a Genie from the Genie yard and take it to Denver Colorado by Monday.

After a little mistake of loading the wrong Genie on our truck and having to reload the right one on, we were headed back to the company yard for the night.

We will take a 34 hour reset of hours and hopefully find a place to get my nails and pedicure done. After all, a girls has needs out on the road!