Day 4: Wherein we arrive safely in Seattle

Well, we woke up this morning early in Montana. Just so no one worries their way through this post, I'll spoil the ending. We made it to Seattle safely.

So after leaving Whitehall, we stopped in Butte for breakfast at Denny's. Typical Denny's breakfast.

From there, we drove through Montana for a while. Samara saw a sign for the Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival, and she was sad to learn that it was over on August 3rd.


Of course, it wasn't long until we were in Idaho. It was actually a very pretty state. As we came down the mountains into Coeur d'Alene, there was a lot of water. We stopped and had Outback for lunch.


After lunch, it was back on the road. We passed quickly into Washington, which is surprisingly flat and boring. It was much nicer to drive in than South Dakota, though, which is also flat and boring. Mainly because it was less windy.


As we were driving, I spotted a couple of girls in a Honda Civic that were also on a roadtrip. Their back window read "Epic Road Trip '08, 25 States, 7,000 miles." Since they had Washington plates, I assume it was nearing the end of that trip.

After a while, there were a few mountains. We stopped at a gas station to fuel up, and then got some Starbucks. Samara drove for a while, but was feeling sick. So we stopped at a scenic overlook in Wanapum Recreational Area. It was pretty cool. I've never been to the Grand Canyon, but this overlook was really high up and had lots of pretty rocks.


So of course we got back on the road, with lots of more mountains. I thought we'd never get to Seattle. We kept heading down and down into the mountains, where the trees were enormous and the clouds came down to the ground.


People are stupid when driving is involved, so of course the interstate came to a standstill just an hour from Seattle. There wasn't any apparent reason for the hold-up. Just lots of people, a little bit of rain, and mountain roads.


When we finally neared Seattle, it was foggy and raining.

We did finally make it to our hotel, the Seaway Inn Seatac. It's near the airport--you can tell by the planes flying overhead. It's otherwise a small and not very attractive hotel. But we did get the jacuzzi suite! So that's something!


We ate dinner at the First Class Pub & Grille, down the road. It wasn't first class, but for a dive bar, they did do a decent burger. I had a Midori sour as well.


We also picked up snacks in the 7-11, and headed back to the hotel to get our blog post done. Tomorrow the only thing we really have to accomplish is getting the Canyonero to the dock to be put on the boat, and then catching a cab back to the hotel. Our flight for Alaska leaves 8am on Tuesday morning.