Moving day - we left Boise, ID, and headed north and west. Today's trip took us 248.5 miles (3,382.3 trip/62,863.4 total) to Hermiston, OR. This is the first time either of us has been in Oregon, so we probably should not have been surprised by the number of ranges we crossed. It seemed like we did a lot of climbing uphill (at 45 mph) and flying downhill (at 70 mph). We crossed into the Pacific time zone and we saw a big sign that marked where we crossed the 45th parallel (halfway between the equator and the north pole). We may have been this far north before in Billings and Bozeman, but Montana didn't think it was worth noting.
We saw a lot of haze we thought could be smog, but we found out later it was smoke from fires they have had in the area. The smoke gave us some very pretty sunset colors.
Looking ahead, we have decided to travel into Washington to explore Seattle for a few days, then down to Olympia for a week and then up to Port Angeles by Olympic National Park for a week. Then we will head south along the coast back to Oregon with stops in Astoria, Portland, Eugene and finally, Grant's Pass and Crater Lake before we start exploring California. Please let us know about any must-see places along the way!
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