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Everything wrapped up nicely yesterday.  Even got the garden rototilled and front ditch mowed!  With time left over to have a drink with friends in the shop.  

Until about 2 am when I woke up and remembered a couple items I had forgotten to pack.  No prob.  I can remember two items.  Oh wait. one more.  Okay three items, book, hood pins, water bottle.  book pins bottle water, oh crap now another item.  

Got up and wrote them down and could go back to sleep.  Remembered a couple more when I got up!  I keep telling myself this is not the Idaho wilderness, there are plenty of Wal-Marts along the way.  But I also know I will not want to waste even a half hour to stop.  Perhaps I will settle down after I see how much road I can chew through in a day.

Especially the road east, which is primarily interstate highway.  My longest day is today at almost 500 miles to Eastern Oregon.  Then it tapers off to less than 400 miles by day 4, then down to 300 or less by day 6.  If I can gain time on the front end, it will make the actual Mother Road trip more relaxing.

So here I go!  Looks like a good first travel day.  No rain, Snoqualmie Pass is clear.  

See you tonight - Baker City, OR BUST!




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