Arizona - Washington: Day 1 - 5

So we made it! We are in Seattle baby! Well... to be exact we're in Bainbridge Island just off the cost of Seattle staying at Heidi and her husband Josh's house.

We started out Thursday morning... well more like Thursday evening. Deidra didn't get her car checked until that day, and apparently the engine was about to fall out! So in the middle of the night, I get a text saying we would have to postpone our departure. Casey, Julia, and I still met at my house waiting several hours to hear from Deidra afraid that we would have to throw in the towel with our tails between our legs accepting defeat, but at 2 o clock she called to let us know our ride was still on! Sweet.

So we leave and get to Flagstaff later that day, and its super awesome. Like really we couldn't have ended that day any better, but we also decided wouldn't it be a great idea to wake up at 3 in the morning to go try to watch the sunrise over the Grand Canyon? Yeah I know, and guess what? We missed the Grand Canyon. Yes, I know somehow we missed 1,904 square miles worth of hole in the earth. Yeah, we're pretty freaking dumb, we missed two, that's right TWO turn offs. But in all fairness, I was driving so it was to be expected.

So then we finally get into Utah, well better known as Shit-tah. Let me explain why: So we're driving around looking at Utah and from inside the car it looks nice, and we think, man its going to be cooler and there's going to be water, oh man its gonna be so sweet. Yeah right. First off, the campground we decided to stay at was like a park. It was literally just a park. We paid 20 dollars to pitch a tent.... in a park. Not only that, but a park full of RV's and we didn't even sleep there. We put up our tents, but it was still like a hundred degrees inside the tents, so we took them down. So we decided to just sleep on our sleeping bags, but seriously there were so many bugs there was absolutely no way. And by 9 o clock, the sun still hadn't gone away, so what did we do? We just said, screw it, packed up our things, and headed for Montana. But oh, it gets better. As we're maybe... 50 miles before the border between Shit-tah and Idaho, there is a freaking road block. A THREE HOUR ROAD BLOCK. A three hour road block that I was the only one conscious for. Casey at one point, woke up, looked at me and said "Did you crash and are we now in road trip hell?" and went back to sleep.

Skip Idaho.

So okay Montana. Montana, Montana, Montana. Can I just say that that is the most beautiful place in the planet? We had initially planned on staying at Logan State park, but Deidra and I were exhausted so we really didn't have the initiative to keep driving, so we found this camp ground in the middle of nowhere... and I am so happy we did. It was the most beautiful campsite. We were immersed in the trees and we had a running creek within walking distance, and although we didn't have facilities it was the coolest campground ever. Deidra and I even decided to get cleaned in the creek, but it was so cold we just ended up brushing our teeth and calling it quits. When we decided to take a walk among the mountains we realized... wow this place is covered in cow patties. Like literally... there are cow patties everywhere. And where there weren't cow patties, there definitely were gopher holes. It was pretty awesome. Anyway, we woke up to frozen tents and decided... as pretty as Montana was... this also was not the place for us.








Now Washington, I do not have enough good things to say about Washington. The first place we stayed was at a woman named Suzie's house. Before we got there we were all under the impression that we were pitching tents on her farm. Which was totally alright with all of us, but then once we arrived she was like, "we have an entire guest house for you guys". And I thought, okay maybe like a little house with like a room and a bathroom, no it was like.. a legitimate house. There was a bedroom and a bathroom and a freaking kitchen and a living room. Really it was super sweet. But not only that, in her backyard there were just trees, like everywhere. It was so beautiful, I mean aside from the occasional donkey squeel it was perfect.
The Next day we got up, and decided not to leave until like 12. Then when we got into Seattle we were all in shock. Not only is it beautiful, but as soon as we arrived in Seattle there was this wonderful smell floating through the car. I almost wanted to just take a bite out of Seattle it smelt so good. On top of that, there were ALL KINDS of cute boys. And you all know how much Julia and I love cute boys. It was pretty sweet. We visited the Pike market with Heidi and saw the gum wall, which I found totally revolting, AND we got to take the ferry. Which was pretty awesome. But upon reaching Bainbridge Island, keep in mind both the front of the boat and the car are pointing toward the Island, Deidra asks, "Am I going to have to go out in reverse?". I think it was the highlight of my day.









All and all I think the trip is going well, all the bad things that have happened we've handled like champs. And the bike rack and the car!? Ah! Can I just say that they are probabily the best bike rack and car on the planet considering all the crap they've been through. Also, we probabily would have gotten lost so many times without Tom Tom, this GPS system. Really its the most amazing thing on the planet.

We also found a gnome... we named him Kevin.



Alright, well we've got to go to bed because we're actually gonna start biking tomorrow, I know its crazy. I feel like the journey kind of ends in Seattle, but then I'm kinda shocked when I realized we really haven't even started our adventure. I'm a little bit freaked out, it's gonna be awesome.

Well night guys! Talk to you in a couple days.