Road Trip

Dad and I left a week ago yesterday to start the long, beautiful journey back to Nashville. He was a trooper on Friday after waking up early East coast time to fly and then hitting the ground running on West coast time. We hit a few Seattle high points, it was a beautiful sunny day there and headed East. We made a quick hiking stop in the Cascades before driving to Spokane for the night.

The next day we got to visit my friends who I was lucky to have and get to see a few times in Spokane and then hit the road. The drive took us through the panhandle of Idaho. This part of Idaho was really different than the southern area we drove through on the way out. In the panhandle there are mountains with snow capped peaks, crystal blue lakes and of course, tons of evergreen trees. We made a hiking stop in Couer d'Alene and then headed east in Montana. We probably spent the most hours in Montana and it is spectacular! And as you drive East the terrain changes so much. It is easy to tell why it has the name Big Sky. And hard to believe why more people don't live there with all the beauty. We ended that day outside of Yellowstone National Park and would then spend a day exploring. As I took over 100 pictures in the park I will save that for it's own post :)