We got out early on from La Grande yesterday morning, headed toward Heyburn, Idaho, as well as a commons we've stayed at before. It's a prissy commons for only passing through on a journeying to anywhere else. We stopped to fill upward up our fuel tank on the agency out of La Grande. Mike noticed the tire pressure level on 1 of the parent truck tires had gone downwardly overnight, which seemed unusual. He noticed it dorsum identify too, as well as then he said to me, "I think 1 of our dorsum tires has a tedious leak." Famous final words, right? But on nosotros go, pretending nix is wrong, but warily watching the tire pressure.
The agency was flat, flat, farmland alongside a few foothills thrown inwards for variety. Out the windshield, it looked similar this:
Out my side window, it looked similar this:
We saw some barns along the way, of course.
This 1 was form of interesting. There appears to live on a abode inwards the top portion. I powerfulness stimulate got idea it was a house, but at that spot was a identify nearby (outside the frame), as well as this was definitely a barn to live on used for livestock.
Sorry for the blur inwards this adjacent one.
On as well as on nosotros went until eventually, nosotros passed into Mountain Time. This happens only earlier crossing over the edge alongside Idaho. Most of the fourth dimension zone alter is correct on the nation line, but alongside Ontario, Oregon, almost indistinguishable from Payette, Idaho, only across the border, it seemed to brand feel to deed the fourth dimension alter W into Oregon a lilliputian bit.
Shortly thereafter, nosotros said good-bye to our identify inwards Oregon...
crossed over the Snake River...
as well as into Idaho.
Now here's where the twenty-four hours savage flat. We're motoring along when Mike says, "Oh my gosh!" Or, likely something alongside to a greater extent than 4 missive of the alphabet words. All all of a abrupt the tire was losing pressure level alarmingly fast. We pulled off the superhighway equally shortly equally nosotros could. He has a portable air compressor (be prepared, you lot know), as well as then he was able to reinflate it plenty to larn us downwardly the route a lilliputian farther. Also, he noticed a nail. And, of course, it was Labor Day. Les Schwab (a locally known as well as respected tire chain) would live on happy to attain the tire for free, but all the Les Schwabs were shut for the holiday.
So, okay. We ended upward spending the black inwards Meridian, Idaho, which is every flake equally exciting equally it sounds. It also meant we'd stimulate got to reroute our trip to arrange this extra twenty-four hours alongside less mileage than we'd planned. There is a Les Schwab only approximately the corner from where nosotros are staying, as well as then it volition live on a quick attain on our agency this morning.
Still, I spent the afternoon figuring out where to larn instead of our master route. You powerfulness think when nosotros planned our trip approximately the perimeter of the USA as well as my box total of manila folders...one for each state. Think of this equally my bucket list, as well as believe me, it's a big box.
Nowadays, I alone convey along the nation where nosotros await to travel, as well as then it's slow plenty to rifle through things as well as select some dissimilar destinations. The alone downwardly side of whatsoever of this is that nosotros lost a deposit on a reservation we'd made ahead as well as won't live on able to keep. Oh well. No 1 died, as well as then nosotros count it equally a proficient day.
It was hot inwards Meridian, as well as Smitty cooled his tum furs on the laminate flooring.
Sadie was reveal at the alter of plans as well as spent the afternoon inwards her cubby. Where is she, you lot ask?
Well, only opened upward up that middle cupboard, as well as you'll observe her napping inwards there.
Excuse me...a lilliputian purrivacy, if you lot please.
And our alter of plans gave me some extra stitching time, then I finished off Sweet Land of Liberty. I don't stimulate got an Fe along, as well as then you'll stimulate got to live on satisfied alongside this wrinkled version for now.
Next up, I'll live on making the 12 yo-yo centers for the Sundress quilt.
It occurs to me that it's fourth dimension to link upward to September's OMG goal-setting party:
We'll caput on over the Les Schwab tire middle this morning. Mike says it shouldn't stimulate got to a greater extent than than nearly an lx minutes to repair the tire. After that we'll live on on to our commencement option destination, Massacre Rocks State Park inwards Idaho.