Monday, November 1

Eastern Washington seemed more like Big Sky country that Montana had. The mega farms with rare farmhouses and the distant mountains were dwarfed by the blushed cream, gray, and white sky of clouds. Once again, we crossed the magnificent Columbia River, this time at Vantage, and were treated to a glimpse of rainbow over the river. Threading through the Cascades, we finally got the rain. Sheets and torrents of it, in fact.

After 58 days, 32 different states, and 9,408 miles, it was marvelous to be home. Even in a gray-out of rain, Olympia looked LOVELY! And amazingly, we had beans, zucchini and corn just picked by Mike from the garden for our welcome home dinner. We have been incredibly blessed!