Sleepy sleepy Zoe and Alex arrived back in Portland at 4:45am...so much for getting our beauty rest! By the time we rode the train from the airport back into downtown where my parents were staying it was after 6. We napped for a couple of hours, said goodbye to my folks, and headed out to load up the uHaul.
We got all loaded up - taking a few things for friends who are moving with us - and hit the road!
We decided that our car should be named Franco. We hadn't named him yet and since he's so bad-A looking all packed up like this, we wanted a name that fit with: "good job ___, way to be awesome."
Day 1 starts our journey through Oregon. Our destination is far away from here. Even though it's bittersweet, we know The Lord goes with us. Our lives are completely His to use.
Driving through Oregon on the I84 East is absolutely gorgeous! Yes, pun intended. driving through the Columbia River Gorge. *sigh* I can't believe we are leaving this Eden right now.
We got a late start on our trip, so making it to Farewell Bend State Park outside of Huntington, OR was a struggle. Alex and I had to trade off every hour or so to nap (well when you're running on 3 hours of sleep that's to be expected). Finally, around 11pm we pulled into our first campsite of the journey. It was too dark to set up the tent so just cleared out the back of Franco and slept in there. It wasn't too bad at all! This thing has about 6 feet of room when the seats are laying flat.
We woke up to a magnificent view:
The Snake River at Farewell Bend State Park in Oregon.
The location was the most appropriate place to spend our last night in Oregon - get it? Cause it's called Farewell Bend? Yeah, anyways...
So a farewell it is and now we head out across Idaho and into Wyoming! Stay tuned for Day 2!
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