Last week we finally got our puppy - She started off in Colorado, Jeff met Daniel in Utah to transfer the puppies (he picked up a total of 5!), then off to Washington arriving Saturday night. We live about 5 hours from Jess which is where they were being dropped off before all the prospective owners arrived to Moses Lake. They were very well traveled puppies by then. Since I knew ahead of time the when and where's I took Monday off knowing we would not get home til Sunday afternoon. Then I made the reservations which can be a little dicey when you've never been somewhere. Fortunately there were some major chain hotels - sometimes it's fun to stay in a non-national brand but we have also had some interesting stays in places that looked straight out of pyscho type movie set. I made the reservation online ( and if you have AAA - use it! You can get some pretty good discounts). But then I called the next day, worried that they might be closed due to COVID - I was obviously not the first person double checking because the desk clerk was yes, we're open, yes you have to wear a mask, yes, we still have breakfast.......
We left early Saturday morning and decided to take a secondary road since we've never been to that part of country, the first part was really fun. We drove through all sorts of small towns, the weather was good for the first part of the trip, but.......here is much different than the east coast. In NY if it's cold on LI, it's cold upstate, if there's snow upstate, there's snow in PA,etc..... When we left Clatskanie it was sunny and in the 50's but as we drove the temperature went down and it got all icy and rainy. One thing we had not realized was our road wound through the Cascade mountain range so we were driving in 23 degree foggy weather up and down mountain roads. Along with this we were going through some major ski resorts. On a Saturday where it is madatory that everyone out to ski must spend at 30 minutes standing around in the road admiring each other's ski equipment. Suffice to say that was not fun.
We were glad to get done with the mountain ranges - it flattened out and on we went. We stopped at a rest area and I forgot my mask in the car, but it was still pretty early. Of course someone came in the bathroom and it was a super strict person who when I went by her acted as if I had committed a crime against humanity - 😨
The rest of the trip was uneventful - COVID makes weird because you can't stop at a restaurant, every time you get out of the car you have to mask up, etc... we arrived at the hotel with the desk clerk stationed behind a giant sneeze guard, checked in. The pool was a waste, only one person allowed at a time(?), what ever! We had brought food and our coffee gear with us - the coffee gear of course most important. I have a mini kureg, coffee creamer and sweetener I bring so we don't have to get up too early. Dinner was take out - I feel terrible for all the restaurants - it's stupid really. We can fly on planes, etc.. but we can't sit in a restuarant? We went in, ordered, sat and waited while chatted with the woman behind the cash register - there were only two people running the place! We left a good tip and back to our room. I went out for a little while, it was ok. We made it Jess's first thing in the morning , so glad to finally have a dog back in our house!
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