Things we’ve learned: Volume 2

  1. Northern California is one giant national park. With fucking curvy roads.

  2. Apologizing to Portland while driving through their smog advisory is perfectly acceptable.

  3. It is a SMOG advisory, not a SHOG advisory. (whoops!)

  4. At 11:50pm, when you’re exhausted, Bridge of the Gods sounds perfectly normal. It will later occur to you why it got that name.

  5. $90 is a reasonable fee to pay to shut your tired eyes for a few hours, even if it’s a shitty motel that smells like curry.

  6. Washington looks like Nebraska.

  7. Spokane and Coeur d’Alene look like fun places to visit again.

  8. Montana - holy fucking shit that state goes on forever.

  9. Finding a bathroom to pee is next to impossible at 5:00am in Bismarck.

  10. Emily can sleep anywhere.

  11. Carol apparently cries when over tired.

  12. The two of us can do damn near anything together, with a lot of determination and willpower, and a whole lot of laughter.

  13. This trip was amazing.

  14. (But we’ll be happy when we’re home.)

  15. (See also: we did not breakup.)