The trip that almost wasn't Day 1
The bad news came on Thursday the 8th that EVERY road out of WA state was closed due to flooding. I spent all day trying to figure out a way out but there really wasn't one.
I got up at 4am Friday to watch the news. One route was now open but it would add at least 5 hrs to the drive and was over a dangerous mountain pass so we didn't want to do that. Then as the sun rose news came that all of a sudden the water over the I 5 was gone! That was nothing short of a miracle, they didn't expect it to re-open for a few days. They were waiting for the DOT to assess the road before they would open it but we decided to make a run for it and left the house at 10am. See what we left behind...
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After a quick stop at my favorite coffee place we were on the way to the border.
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We did see some flooding on the way but not nearly as bad as we saw on the news the day before. I don't know where the water went so fast.
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A few hours later we hit Oregon.
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Since we left about 4 hrs later that planned we got as far as Redding. We stayed at the Hampton Inn which was quite nice! Up next day 2!!
