I’ve been meaning to mention this for weeks now: we see these little drive-thru coffee booths all over the northwest:
Last weekend we made our way to Missoula MT where Amy ran the Missoula Marathon. This was the scene the day before when all the runners sign in, get their race packets, etc.:
It was at a nice city park with lots of stuff for kids:
As usual, Amy did great:
Resting afterward:
This big hill (with the big M on it) was very close to where Amy’s race was:
While she soaked her feet in the nearby Missoula river, I hiked up to that “M” and then to the top. It was way harder than I thought it would be.
A couple days later, Amy hiked it too (note that she’s above the clouds):
Having been on the road for a month, the vehicles were looking pretty grubby. Nothing $10 worth of quarters can’t fix:
Next we landed in Lolo, MT, at square-dancing RV park!
The internet was horrible here, but it was an otherwise lovely place. Nice trees.
It rained a bit, but Natalie didn’t mind:
Bill and Carolyn were our awesome neighbors. They had us over for drinks one night.
We HAD to check out the square dancing action, though this night was merely a practice:
For me, it was hard not to think of square dancing as a little goofy, but it honestly looked pretty challenging. And these people were clearly having a great time, and that made me happy.
After Lolo, we went to Lolo Hot Springs and stopped at an RV park that was hosting a little bluegrass music festival.
Our camp site was right next to a river, which made the girls happy:
The music festival was called “greengrass” since it was bluegrass music but with an earth-friendly, “green” theme. Think Hee-Haw meets Woodstock. That night was the Shook twins. They were excellent.
The next morning, Carrie and Nat slept in while Amy, Em, and I went for a climb at the edge of the campground.
The air smelled like pine. And I wished there was a zip-line!
Last night we made our way to Hell’s Canyon Stat Park in Idaho, but all the camping spots were taken. They took us to an “equestrian parking” lot covered in horse manure at the top of a hill where we could basically just park for the night. It was either stay there or find a Wal-mart parking lot.
We stayed, and had a nice quiet evening.
We had the whole place to ourselves.
Today we are heading to Burbank, Washington. We don’t have reservations (as is our policy now), so hopefully they’ll have a spot for us.