Well, we made it...barely. Through our first day of travel that is. After running our last minute errands, we finally departed Seattle this afternoon about 1:00pm. The plan was to drive about five and a half hours to Coeur D'Alene, ID and camp for the night. That was the plan...So after having lunch and heading out Mike started to say he wasn't feeling well, flu like. I drove a bit, he slept, Samuel slept and Liam rode quietly. This lasted for about two hours. We decided to make a pit stop, stretch, and get some ice cream. Getting back into the car, we started up The Incredibles hoping for another few hours of peace. We made it about a half hour from the Idaho line when everything fell apart. Liam was hungry and tired, Samuel was mad about his movie, Mike was still feeling sick and now running a fever and I was exhausted.
We crossed over the Idaho state line and decided that camping was out of the question. We ate dinner at Denny's then grabbed a room at Sleep Inn in Post Falls. After wrestling everyone into the room we finally got both boys to sleep and Mike decided to also head to bed while I updated everyone on our day.
So, not the day we were hoping for. Not a very encouraging start for any of us. Hopefully tomorrow Mike is feeling better and we can get an earlier start. We only have about a four hour drive to Bigfork, MT where we will be staying with Jen, Tucker and Katelynn for a few nights. We will then spend a few nights camping in Glacier before heading out for three long days of driving. Wish us luck!
