Idaho to Washington = crazy

So I forgot to log all the excitment from yesterday!!! We had stopped for gas and were filling up the bike when a school bus pulled up to the opposite side of the gas pumps. It was bright yellow without any insignia and was a "short bus". The driver was older (65-70) than us and was all in fluster. He and his wife were the delivery team and could not get the pumps to work. Back and forth the wife delivered messages to her husband. Finally she was waving her hands around and yelling at him to move the bus to a different island.....

So he jumps into the bus and moves it WITH THE GAS PUMP HANDLE in the bus!!! Needless to say- you could hear the stretch of the rubber line and then the line separated from the handle with a POP!! and whipped around towards me. Luckily the gas pumps had big columns to the upper overhead roof so that stopped the line from hitting me. Mike is doing his best "Ronnie Miller" (cussing and yelling)...the bus driver just jumped out, threw the handle on top of the pump and drove to the next island....and I am realizing that the "short bus" driver probably should not be delivering vehicles.

Anyway we all survived that little incident. The next challenge was getting through the gauntlet (single lane I-90) between Coeur d'Alene and Spokane. The lanes were narrow, entrance ramps short and traffic heavy at 7am. We got through that, went to the top of the mountain, through Snoqualamie Pass and into HEAVY traffic. That is to say...it was heavy to us. I was wishing for the open roads of Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana and would even take the wind and rain with it!!! The drivers here in the Seattle area have not gotten any better...they are aggressive, rude and dangerous. Obviously we got here OK and safe but we watched the cars around us like hawks.

Today we are washing clothes and catching up with Casey and Star.