CELEBRATING IN STYLE

DAY 17

419 Miles

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Cle Elum, WA to Missoula, MT through Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Spokane WA and Coeur d'Alene, ID.

• Ended up in Missoula, Montana for the night
• No antelope - no elk - no moose - Just Freeway I-90 heading home
• After 10,000 miles we are still, thoroughly, enjoying our ride All Around The USA. Beautiful farmland and no traffic.  So fun to ride our motorcycles each day!

AFTER 16 HOTELS - HERE ARE A FEW OBSERVATIONS FROM "THE SON":

"DAD'S" ROUTINE

1. Change day-number on motorcycle
2. Carry in water cups
3. Read Blog
4. Call Wife
5. Put black tape over every possible light source
6. Re-make bed (to avoid flesh-eating bacteria and short sheets)
7. Re-read Blog (check for updates)
8. Arrange boots against curtain to make sure no light enters
9. Check maps and GPS fo find a stopping place (a place we always drive 200 miles past!)
10. Sort through inordinate amount of pills
11. Take inordinate amount of pills
12. Re-read Blog
13. Re-check maps
14. Take off all hotel pillows and replace with his own pillow
15. Look to see if "SON" is asleep and then re-set thermostat to 70 degrees
16. Re-read Blog

"SON'S" ROUTINE

1. Carry all bags to hotel room
2. Set thermostat to 60 degrees
3. Call Wife
4. Climb into bed
5. Look for football game on TV or Duck Dynasty
6. Fall asleep

RESTAURANT ROUTINE

1. "DAD" Must never sit at a table or booth with his back to the door!
2. "SON"" Look at all the pictures on the menu - Order what looks good
3. "DAD": Read all menu items - verbalize through the choices - Eventually order the same choice and item as "SON".

FUEL ROUTINE

1. "DAD":Always fuel on the right side
2. "SON": Fuel on whatever side is open and in the shade

DOMESTIC WILDLIFE SEEN TODAY.....
Sheep, sheep, sheep

Are you kidding? We didn't take this photo!  It was just cuter than cute!

FOUR-CORNERS TOUR RE-CAP

• We are tied for "fastest" for the 2014 Year so far
• So far this year 32 people have certified but took longer to do it.
• Official Miles for Tour Certification: 6,753 miles from Madawaska, Maine down and around to Key West, Florida, over to San Ysidro, California and up to Blaine, Washington.
• 11 days just about to the hour to reach the fourth Check Point
• It is 10,368 miles from Rexburg to Rexburg
• Add an additional 1,100 miles from St. George to St. George

WE ARE TIRED TODAY

• We have come down off our "high" of making it to our 4th and final Check Point
• Even "SON" is getting silly
• However, he looks pretty good in that Daniel Boone Hat