On Our Way Home

Today, we are beginning the last leg of our trip from New Hampshire to Portland.   We left Hot Springs, Montana yesterday after waiting out a small thunder storm there.  Skipped breakfast, thinking we'd get it along the way.   Stopped in Paradise, but discovered there's no food in Paradise!  Eventually found breakfast in St Regis and continued on. 

In Wallace, Idaho, we stopped for a silver mine tour.   Very interesting.   The labor wars were ferocious in the late 1800's.  Ernie wants a big shovel like this man has.

In Spokane, Washington we stopped for a stroll down memory lane.    Went to Bowl and Pitcher, a favorite place of Luanne's grandparents.   Also drove through downtown and took pictures of Spokane Falls
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Given our multiple stops, and the extreme cross-winds in the plateau south of Spokane, we ended our day short of our intended Kennewick, staying instead at a Best Western in Ritzville.  Hopefully it won't be hard to make up the lost miles today, as the winds are predicted at no higher than 15 miles per hour, and there appear to be no thunder storms in the forecast (we hope)!

Next stop, Home!