Finally Off!

After Horn Rapids in Richland, WA., we returned to Walla Walla, to say one last angolizing goodbye to everybody, and to see our tax man.  It is not that we love the guy so much (we do kind of like him,) but we get to pay our final taxes, ONE MORE TIME,  and become tax free for the rest of our lives! That is a great feeling!  Of course it also means we are poor as church mice.  Not to worry; we are filthy rich in time and good looks and we don't owe a sous to a living soul......Ahhhhhhh!

As of today we are in Salt Lake City, UT in a Dunkin' Donuts, using their WiFi!  Good WiFi is hard to find and do I appreciate it!  We spent a great evening, parked in a gigantic, flat and silent parking lot about 200 yards from a bountiful gettin' place; a Winco grocery store.  It fit our requirements well as it is free, quiet, and virtually devoid of people and traffic, and we Lance and I slept like two trees in a petrified forest.

The morning brought a glorious array of sunshine, and springtime is everywhere, with a blossoming tree 10 feet from my window, and across the valley, a spectacular view of the snow covered Wasatch Mountains.  Breakfast was crunchy granola with an  addition of sunflower seeds, cranberries, and chopped apple pieces.   It was heaven!

In the last couple of days I learned that one can drive across three states, Washington, Idaho, and Utah and the Little House will stay quite orderly, but if you veer from the highway and pull into Woods Cross, UT., to go to the bank, you will trash your home!  The roads are so bumpy, and fraught with washtub sized potholes  that we bounced  the Little House (LH)  to shambles!  Every cupboard door opened and all our stuff went everywhere.  This upheaval of the LH is fodder for a future blog post all in one major topic, but for now, trust me when I say, I was dismayed to the max.

We have taken a leisurely day to reassemble our home and blog a bit, but now Lance is tapping his foot in eagerness to get going, or to get lunch, it could be either, but I will cut short and try to find internet down the road.    We are enjoying our trip.