We need Coffee!!
Our first mission was critical: Coffee! We pulled off at the first highway exit and found a gas station/souvenir shop that was actually open that early. We had a very nutritious breakfast of mini donuts and cold hard-boiled eggs from our cooler. We sat on the deck of the car while the doggies ate and watched the sunrise while we were still shaking of the sleep. It was a beautiful and serene way to start the day.
We passed miles of this!
We got back on the highway feeling a bit more refreshed and soaking in the scenery of Idaho and Washington. Our conversation went back to the previous evening and we spent more time discussing life as full-time travelers. We realized that neither of us had a desire to return to our regular lives. We were both were tired of the rat race and felt like we had been stuck in this massive consumerism cycle. Always buying the next new thing and then working more and harder to pay for it, just to replace it again. We decided we needed a “Fight Club” style reset for our lives (no blowing up our condo was not part of the plan) but couldn’t decide who would get to be Brad Pitt or Ed Norton. We had finally figured out what we wanted, to travel the world together side by side, but had no idea how to get it. With Cream wailing in the background we continued chewing up miles of interstate.
There are several lovely parks along the road where you can go for a jog, take the dogs for a nice walk, or go out on the pier. The weather was gorgeous, with a nice breeze coming off the water. We walked and enjoyed the views for a while and worked up an appetite for dinner.
We went on a hunt for something different to eat that night and, thanks to Urban Spoon, found an awesome Hawaiian joint a few miles south of where we were. It was called Ali’i and Sumo’s. The food was amazing and very affordable. (full review coming soon)
After dinner we went back to the hotel and prepped ourselves for our first big city visit to Seattle.
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- We need Coffee!!
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- We passed miles of this!