Spinning & Grinning

Arrived last night. Unbelievable weather.

Lincoln City, OR – Sunnyvale, CA Daily Mileage: 654!! Total Mileage: 4912 Total Number of States Traveled: 22

The Oregon coast is beautiful, but it’s slow going.

Fort Lewis, WA – Lincoln City, OR Daily Mileage: 253 Total Mileage: 4267 Total Number of States Traveled: 21 I spent the night in Lincoln City – not far from the Rogue Brewery in Newport, OR.

Daily Mileage: 291 Total Mileage: 4014 Total Number of States Traveled: 20 I departed Spokane fairly late, knowing the trip to Tacoma would be one of the shorter legs of the trip – staying in the same state for the whole leg as well as using an Interstate (I-90) instead of the slower (aka scenic) [...]

Whitefish, MT – Spokane, WA Daily Mileage: 262 Total Mileage: 3723 Total Number of States Traveled: 20 I was in no rush to depart Whitefish – the trip to Spokane (while still staying on the less direct US 2) would be a relativity short day. I finally got a Montana ham on a 2m repeater [...]

Leaving Whitefish, MT headed for Spokane.

Minot, SD – Whitefish, MT Daily Mileage: 726 Total Mileage: 3461 Total Number of States Traveled: 18 Got up early and took the dog out for a walk. The room I had was on the backside of the motel complex and opened right onto the parking lot. As soon as the door opened I experienced [...]

La Crosse, WI – Minot, SD Daily Mileage: 736 Total Mileage: 2735 Total Number of States Traveled: 17 I departed from La Crosse, Wisconsin (located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi) and headed east on I-90 for 27 miles until I hit the small town of Sparta, where I took Wisconsin State Route 27 [...]

All is well – leaving La Crosse, WI for Minot, ND by way of Duluth, MN.