Vancouver, BC to Ritzville, Washington

We left Vancouver at 9:30 and headed towards Seattle. Crazy place to drive. We saw 3 accidents and were glad to clear that city. Within an hour of crossing into the United States, we heard the national anthem on the radio. Americans sure are patriotic! The drive was beautiful. Driving through the beautiful green mountains in the intermittent rain.

Then abruptly we entered the badlands. Still beautiful.

We saw a herd of wild horses
We have a beautiful room in Ritzville (pop 1700). In the first 2 minutes in town, we saw 3 different police/sheriff vehicles from 3 different forces. We feel very well protected.

We had a great meal at Perkins. I had salmon, rice and brocolli - very healthy choice. Then we had peanut butter pie. Melt in your mouth peanut butter concoction smothered with whipped cream on a chocolate ganache. Mmmm! See the picture below?
That is what's left. It was $3.99 a piece and we each wanted a piece - or $13.99 for the whole pie. It was a sound financial decision to buy the whole pie, right? We walked (a whole block)to the restaurant and back and took the stairs instead of the elevator so I am sure we burned off most of the calories, right? The room has a fridge so we can eat the rest for lunch tomorrow. It is packed with protein (peanut butter) and dairy (whipped cream) so it is a healthy choice, right? Glad you agree.

Travel joke of the day:

A woman was frantic when she saw smoke coming from her garage. She called 911 to report the fire.

How do we get there asked the emergency dispatcher?

"Well" said the woman, "Don't they use those big red trucks any more?"

And on a totally unrelated topic, last I heard my dad was doing much better. He showed marked improvement when I saw him Monday and apparently is working on mastering German now.