OH->MI->MN->ND->MT->ID->WA

time to make our way back across the country. although brooke said he never wanted to do this again, he was having fun the whole way.

leaving toledo. hauling 'the burden.'


mackinaw bridge.
we stopped to picnic...

until the seagulls attacked us!

we made a brief stop at pictured rocks national lakeshore

although the stop was quick, it was easy to see the beauty...

only the trislers would take a uhaul off roading!

sometimes you have to travel rough roads to understand.

to be honest, not much happened in minnesota. our only recommendation would be to NOT stay at buffalo river state park! it's some sort of government mosquito breeding experiment that has gone horribly wrong. never in our lives have we seen mosquitos [aka, devils] swarm a human being...we're talking thousands! maybe millions!

after escaping near death-ness, we set our sights high on north dakota. we pushed hard to get to medora, although we wouldn't have time for the musical. we just stopped to get our national parks passport updated at theordore roosevelt national park. we've been there before, but just didn't get the book stamped.

teddy's badlands.

by way of great falls, montana we headed to glacier national park; our second favorite park. we had a good two day rest ahead of us at a place we love! trying to shake off our road weariness, we treated ourselves to a dinner at lake mcdonald lodge.

waiting for dinner. look at what glacier can do to two
road-worn people!

if you're ever in glacier, take the lake mcdonald interpretive
boat cruise. you'll learn a lot.

dinner time!

we tasted the goodness!
yes, that's wild huckleberry wheat lager.
a great brew from great northern brewing company.

we got treated to a red jammer bus tour!

this is fred. he had a passion for the red jammers, and
glacier np like one we've met.

he even let andrea use his 'field glasses.' fred is our hero!

we cruised us 'going to the sun road.' fred made little comments
in his monotonous voice, towards other drive racing up and
down the road like, 'why so fast? you're missing all the scenery.'

we saw plenty of wildlife: mt goats, rams, birds, and others.

the glacier valley.

tomorrow we head back to seattle, and we're ready for a vacation!