Here we are in North Bend, Washington, and thepicture is our view out the windshield of the truck. In fact, we are completely surrounded by pine trees and mountains up here on the Snoqualmie Pass. We were a bit concerned yesterday, on our way up here, as we knew we would be having to go over two mountain passes. Good thing for the wireless broadband card, as I was quickly able to access the DOT website and even look at camera shots of the passes to see the road conditions. I'm happy to report we had no problems going over both of them. However, it was interesting to hear another trucker talking on the CB about losing traction and almost hitting us. We made sure to stay a very safe distance away from him!
This is a picture of our load. When we hooked up I told Craig to take a look at the back boat. It always seems that when we pick up our trailer from Pharr they don't extend our bumper out far enough and the last boat is always hanging over, but never as far as this time. Well Craig (MacGyver) went to work, measured and knew we were just barely legal as far as length went, but wanted to make sure. He attached the red flag and then attached red lights to the rear of the boat, so it had brake lights. Pretty cool and it made us feel better knowing that the rear boat was clearly visible after dark. 
We have been relaxing today, doing some house cleaning and organizing of the truck. Seems we have been on the go for about two weeks straight without a day off from driving, so it has been a nice break today. But we both know that come Monday morning we will be more than ready to hit the road again.
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