Hey all, we had some rude neighbors at the motel last night in Boise. They arrived after midnight and were very boisterous. Their conversation was as loud as if it were 2 in the afternoon! We wondered why some people are so thoughtless. Their children were wide awake, chattering and running between rooms that were across the hall from each other, so the door opened and shut 20 times! This particular motel was the first one of the trip that did not have carpet, so the sound was not muffled at all. On top of that they were the next room over! I had taken some Valerian Root so I was mostly knocked out, but Thea finally got up and knocked loudly on the door and repeated three times to them, “Please hold it down! We are trying to sleep!” A man’s voice finally said, “No problem”, but it took several minutes to get the kids settled down. Fortunately we fell back to sleep rather quickly only to be awakened by the jets taking off at the very nearby airport. Argh! As the night turned into day, the also very nearby freeway got busier by the minute. Then the guy above us clumped back and forth a thousand times in his size 18 work boots before he finally came downstairs and left. We finally threw in the towel and got up, showered and headed out. Enough already! We were going to see what time we got to Moses Lake and possibly stay there and drive the final stretch to Chelan in the morning. When we came south from Pendleton the passes over the Blues were difficult for snow and many trucks. Today was sunny and dry and the scenery had awakened into bloom! It was perfect! Traffic seemed light and since my balloon was popped yesterday, I set the cruise to 6 over, but we still made excellent time. We were in the Tri-cities by 2:00. Well heck, we’re only 3 hours from Chelan if that, so let’s just go all the way today. Why suffer another night in a possibly crappy motel. I thinks that’s what I’m most tired of; is motel accommodations. There were a few that were actually very nice, but why roll the dice when we are so close to our own bed in Chelan. It was also good to be back on familiar soil. Eastern Oregon has some very beautiful places this time of year. The change from southern Idaho was very pleasant. Pastoral and relaxing apply. Then there’s Washington. You know, we live in a pretty, pretty place on this planet! We still chose new roads for our journey from Pasco to Chelan. 395 runs through some wonderful farm and cow country. We ended up in Moses Lake on north 17 and continued up to Ephrata, turned west to Quincy. From there on we were back on familiar roads. Today was so nice and the scenery looked especially sweet to us. Even though we have seen them many times, The Palisades were as majestic as much of what we’ve seen the past few weeks. Washington is a good place to be. It’s good to be home! Very good! We will stay downtown for a few hours so Jake can have his youth group up to the house tonight and not have Ma and Pa cramp his style. We are anxious to see our kitty, Race and Sadie Beaty, our sweet little doggy. Weird how you miss those critters. I’m sure she’ll pee all over the place when she sees us! We’ll take tomorrow off, just veg and relax. Sunday will find us at church with Jake and then the last 5 hours to the house. It’s been an absolutely terrific trip and we’d do it again in a heartbeat! Maybe we’ll wait awhile though and let it all sink in. We traveled through 15 states and put a little more than 6,000 miles behind us! Whoa! We took three or four hundred photos and saw so many incredible sights and it will take a while to absorb it all. Oh, by the way, we stopped talking with the twang about an hour into New Mexico. In case you wondered. Thanks to those of you followed us along the way. Hope you got a good taste of our adventure and enjoyed it with us. Till next time, love you and stay safe.