on the road again

after 1 month in the seattle area, db and i have begun our journey eastward.

i wasn't able to visit everyone i wanted to. but i did actually try to visit everyone, which is more than i can say for previous trips to seattle.

db got to see plenty of downtown seattle, two Mariner's games (one of which was vs the Red Sox), more than anyone's share of Marysville, lots of brew pubs, a generous helping of my family, a few of my friends, and some very large mountains.

we also had the pleasurable company of quite a few deer on our camping trips to the Winthrop and Wenatchee areas. In fact, we're 99.9 percent certain a deer slept next to our tent one night near Diablo. the tenting area had sand and was flat when we set up our tent. we saw a deer before bed, then one woke us up as it huffled near the tent. and in the morning there was an indented area next to the foot of the tent that was in the shape of a large animal - likely a deer.

we also had a run in with an ambitious little mouse near Lake Wenatchee. i awoke in the dark to see the outline of a little mouse on top of the tent as it scurried across and slid down the other side. the wee fella spent half the night trying to hurdle itself back over but never made it up again.

we officially left yesterday and stayed the night at a campsite near Cle Elum. our plan is to find places we can camp for several days at a time and just relax our faces off as we head to our first true destination "Minneapolis."

Me, DB and our darling little Yaris.