It's incredible how animals sometimes know when something big, like a move across the country, is about to happen. Clearly, no one has told them, "Hey, get ready to leave all your familiar smells, say goodbye to your best doggie buddy, and sit in the car for hours and hours on end." But somehow, they get it. I guess they read our body language and stress levels, and reflect them back to us in the form of destroying our carpet, chewing through a hard plastic crate, and decorating the new carpet with a variety of pet stains while we're at work. Keep in mind, Damascus was home in our room by himself while we were at work for 3 months, and never did any of that. But here we are, two weeks away from leaving Portland, and he pulls out every bad trick in the book. Crazy little mutt...
I forgot to tell you! Arlo and I stopped at a cider mill on the way to Bellingham, WA two days ago. On one side of the barn, they made the cider, and on the other side, they sold it! As soon as I walked into the small store (complete with straw on the ground and posted signs about what happens when you fail to abide by the honor system for purchasing cider) I was handed a fresh sample. SO GOOD! We bought a half gallon, and 2.5 lbs of apples at $1/lb. I found out today that the apples are VERY TART!
Right now, we're driving through the golden and green mountains of Montana, on our way to Butte, MA to hang with former Portland roommate Joey! I'm a bit bummed we decided not to go south through California, but these snow capped mountains surrounded by autumn reds, yellows, and pine greens are anything but disappointing.
I must say, the gas mileage is incredible on this Toyota. We got over 40 miles to the gallon yesterday. That's a giant difference from the 17 mi/gal we were getting on the way here in my Mercury!
Sorry for the lack of pictures. The hotel we stayed at last night was charging $3 a day for wireless, and we refused!! Plus, we were way tired, and crashed as soon as we got in. But we've already chosen our hotel for tonight, so pics are coming!
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