Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Day 10-11 The looooong ride home




We are DONE IN THE CAR!
There's a reason why I always tried to plan trips with long drives at the beginning and not at the end. The trip back was BRUTAL. Mostly because we just wanted to be home, but it was going to take over 2,000+ miles to get there!

Instead of documenting every step, I'll give you the condensed version:

All times are listed in the Central Time Zone (so we left Quilcene at 7am, but it was 5am local time) And other times are listed as when we entered the state

Quilcene: 7am Monday
     Stopped at Krispy Kreme for breakfast in Tacoma
     Stopped at Taco Time in Spokane Valley for lunch

Idaho: 2:25pm (7.5 hours to get across Washington)
   
Montana: 3:30pm (1 hour to get across Idaho)
     Stopped at Jimmy Johns in Bozeman for dinner

North Dakota: 2:45am Tuesday (11.25 hours to get across Montana!)
     Stopped at McDonalds in Fargo for breakfast

Minnesota: 8:30am (5.75 hours to get across North Dakota)
     Stopped at Chik-Fil-A in Minneapolis for lunch

Wisconsin: 1:20pm (3 hours to get across Minnesota)

Illinois: 5:30pm (4 hours to get across Wisconsin)

Home: 7:30pm (2 hours to get home in Illinois)

THAT IS 36.5 HOURS TO GET HOME. UGH.

Here are some fun photos from the ride home:

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Snuggles abound
TACO TIME!!

Even between pups!

The Virgin Mary overlooking a town in Montana

Max is not amused

Beautiful landscape

Emily enjoying the beautiful landscape

We were riding alongside a lot of racing trucks headed to their next race in Minnesota!

The full moon kept me company most of the night


The sunrise was beautiful! 


Everyone was still asleep...

Here's what the rooftop carrier looked like once we got home. GROSS!
Many, many bugs gave their lives so that we could go to Washington and back!


1 comment:

Doric said...

Jen, I have so enjoyed re-living your latest long trip. You capture the atmosphere, ups and downs, through both pictures and description. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. Bring on the next long trip: Europe, perhaps.