Cazella National Tour '05

Day 1

We got a late start (by 2 hours) and we would have made up for it were it not for 2 things; mountains and mountain time. When the program says “Check local time. This stop is in a different time zone,” we should probably plan for that. That’s okay, we’ll get the hang of this!

We thought this was pretty neat. It’s the John Day dam.


Here’s us at a viewpoint somewhere in the mountainous range in eastern Oregon.


It was beautiful.


Phil had a colossal idea that would’ve had us traveling for free if he would have thought of it sooner. We could have auctioned off space on the RV for advertising! Auctioning off advertising space on EBay is the new thing. So take note, in the event that you ever decide to travel cross country.

If you do decide to travel cross country, I wouldn’t suggest doing so on I-84. It’s all fine and dandy until you get to Idaho.


The roads are atrocious. I don’t think we’ve missed one bump…nope…I’m pretty sure we hit every last one of them. And there is a whole lotta nothing this way. Northern Idaho is beautiful. Southern Idaho is sage and plains and historical rocks for miles. They do have the occasional patch of blue flowers along the highway which are nice.

Jacob is traveling well so far. It’s just like home, but louder (road noise). He requires constant attention except when he’s sleeping. We’re trying to figure out a way to keep him occupied and still keep our sanity. Maybe we’ll get into a routine before to long.

Meanwhile, we’ve got this groovy mirror to keep an eye on him with.


We spent the night at Village of the Trees RV resort. Jacob was pretty much a pill all night. We sure hope this gets better!

posted by Chelle @ 9:00 AM