The Big Move, Part III - The third day of the trip

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The Big Move, Part II - The second day of the trip

We woke up pretty early, Mama was pretty uncomfortable!  I pulled out my trusty Smartphone to the Yelp App, as well as cross checking with the Urban Spoon app, which I LOVE, to find a highly rated restaurant in the area for some GREAT breakfast.  The treasure we found was AMAZING, we went to The Garnet Cafe.  We had to circle the block a few times to find somewhere to park our ridiculously long rig, but so glad we did!  We got to the door and there were people waiting outside, and the list wasn't too long.  Little did we know how few seats were inside so the wait took a while, but we figured with all the waiting from the locals and the incredible reviews it would be worth it... WE WERE SO RIGHT!  (even though I was starving and getting a little testy so I was eating a bag of Doritos I had in my purse).

If you are ever in Coeur d'Alene SERIOUSLY go here!  The menu was very unique, offering things like Crab, Avocado and Cream Cheese Omelets (which I had and was AMAZING!).  Also they were very reasonably priced!  It was so good that Jay and I joked perhaps this is all the further we would travel just to be able to eat there more!

After breakfast we hit the road.  Part of this roadtrip is for us to take a little extra time to stop and see some things we had never seen.  Although I went back to Sioux Falls to visit family quite a few times growing up, we never really had time to stop and see much, and we always just took I-90 the whole way.  So we decided we were going to venture off the beaten path some, while still trying to make decent time getting back to So Dak.  A special thanks to Jay's dad, John, who bought us an Atlas so we could find all these new, fun routes to explore! Neither of us had seen the Bitterroot National Forest, so that was on the agenda for the day!  We continued East to Missoula, MT on I-90, then South onto US-93.

The Bitterroot Mountians are a part of the Northern Rockies.  We drove through the Bitterroot Valley which is part of the Lewis and Clark Trail , that runs along the Idaho/Montana border.  I wanted to stop and read EVERYTHING... but had we done that we would still be there!  Here a few of my favorite facts that we collected along the way:

The communications between Lewis & Clark and the local natives had to go through FIVE translations!  Can you imagine how long just introductions and pleasantries must have taken!

Lewis & Clark were the first men the Chief had ever met that didn't have blankets!  Can you imagine they made it this far without blankets?!?!?!?

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the Valley - for those that know me well, I had to sort through MANY to get only a few :)

We stopped for the night outside of Billings, MT.

The Big Move, Part I - The first day of the trip

Okay, I know everyone has been patiently waiting... so many texts and emails wondering when I am going to get this up!  A new house with property is A LOT of work, not to mention moving in, getting settled, trying to get caught up on my school work... and to top it all off I had the flu last week, only to recover in time for Jay to be the sickest he has been in over 2 years!  So I'm going to write a bit now, and will continue to fit it in throughout this week! :)

As I mentioned before there was quite a bit of work we had to do to the trailer before we were ready to load it down with my storage unit!  We ended up having to reframe practically the whole back end.  More work will need done to finish the project, but this was enough to get us on the road.  Thanks to my great friend Tanya for letting us park/work on it in her back yard!  As well as my brother, Jason, for coming up and helping a few nights even though I know you were really tired from work!

Friday afternoon  (the 27th of April) we finally finished packing it all up into the trailer and hit the road.  We intended on leaving that morning, but I of course had a lot more crap to pack then either of us planned for.  With the trailer VERY loaded down, as well as practically no room in the truck (we folded up the Tempur-Pedic King sized bed in the back, stacked food and essentials for the trip behind it, all with the our babies riding on top of the bed (we were VERY FULL) - OFF WE WENT!  Our goal for the first night was to make it to Coeur d'Alene, ID...

We stopped about 30 minutes west of there at a rest stop for the night.  My ankle was on fire from the accelerator being pushed to the floor for so long!  Although there was hardly enough room back there for the dogs, somehow we managed to fit our bodies in there to sleep too... it took a lot of creative maneuvering, since the way the bed was folded up we only had about 3/4 the width of the Yukon to sleep on, and the direction we laid it the bed isn't long enough for Jay's long legs!  We finally got settled with both dogs sleeping ON MAMA, so he had enough room!

Update... short and sweet

I know I haven't been updating anyone... we don't have cell service or internet at the house until this week... until then it is a 45 mile drive each way for internet, so I am using my net time for homework...  I promise to get back to everyone soon! <3

Jay has started his new job, and LOVES IT.  We are loving it.  More to come this week.  Including lots and lots of pictures!