Monday, May 28, 2007

Day Fourteen - Sunday

Today was a drive through the clouds. Literally, it was raining/misty/cloudy from the time we left Seattle until we stopped in Butte, Montana. However, it was pretty cool to see the clouds just sitting on the mountainsides at times.

My mom and I slept in a bit and then went to a church in Seattle called Mars Hill. The pastor has sermons on iTunes and he's pretty good. So, we got a later start out of the city, not until about 1:00 and headed East. Eastern Washington is pretty ugly honestly...looks nothing like the western part of the state once you get past the Cascade Mountains. We made it to Idaho around 5:30ish and were in that state for just over an hour. Driving through the mountains in Idaho though we saw an awesome rainbow. It started on the trees on one side of the road and arched clear across to the other side. Pretty cool for sure, though pictures cannot really capture it. After Idaho came Montana around 6:40 which was really 7:40 because we lost an hour at that point. Nothing really exciting, the trip now is pretty much just to make it home so I can make it back to Milwaukee. Only a couple more days. The views are still beautiful though of course. I'm not looking forward to leaving the mountains of Montana behind for the boring landscape of the midwest again tomorrow. Well, it's midnight and I'm tired. G'nite.

Quote of the day:
"Rainbows apologize for angry skies." - Sylvia Voirol

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Katie & Kathryn's Roadmix (the playlist we've made for our trip...any suggestions for additions?)

  • Ain't Nothin Like - Brad Paisley
  • Born to Fly - Sara Evans
  • Corn in a Box - Kate Campbell
  • Everything I Own - Bread
  • Happy Girl - Martina McBride
  • I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers
  • If You're Gonna Play in Texas - Alabama
  • Last Dollar (Fly Away) - Tim McGraw
  • Life is a Highway - Rascal Flatts
  • Little Boxes - Pete Seeger
  • Macarena - Los Del Rio
  • Nothin' Bout Love Makes Sense - LeAnn Rimes
  • On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
  • Paradise - Bodeans
  • Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
  • The Cheap Seats - Alabama
  • The Road and the Radio - Kenny Chesney
  • This Land is Your Land - Peter, Paul & Mary
  • Tubthumping - Chumbawumba
  • Twang on a Wire - Kate Campbell
  • Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks

Weird Town Names We've Seen

  • Home on the Range, ND
  • Beach, ND
  • Alice, ND
  • Phosphate, MT
  • Paradise, MT
  • Opportunity, MT
  • Anaconda, MT
  • Rocker, MT
  • Salmon le Sac, WA
  • Cle Elum, WA
  • Ritzville, WA
  • George, WA
  • Opportunity, WA
  • Scio, Oregon
  • Drain, Oregon
  • Glide, Oregon
  • Honeydew, California
  • Strawberry, California
  • Secret Town, California
  • Truckee, California
  • Welcome, Nevada
  • Ola, Nevada
  • Stone House, Nevada
  • Price, Utah
  • American Fork, Utah
  • Spanish Fork, Utah
  • Brian Head, Utah
  • Tuba City, Arizona
  • The Gap, Arizona
  • Two Guns, Arizona
  • Defiance, New Mexico
  • Wooton, Colorado
  • Friend, Nebraska
  • Wahoo, Nebraska
  • What Cheer, Iowa

License Plates We've Seen

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Alberta, Canada
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • British Columbia, Canada
  • California
  • Colorada
  • Connecticut
  • Costa Rica - How does that work?!?!
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Manitoba, Canada
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Mexico
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Ontario, Canada
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Quebec, Canada
  • Rhode Island
  • Sasachewan
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennesee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • Yukon Territory, Canada