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we drove from our hotel as normal... about 20 miles down the road we exited for gas. as we slowed down, we asked ourselves, 'what is that siren noise?' Oh yeah, i forgot to turn the alarm off the car we were towing... so for 20 miles we had a car alarm going off behind us and we didn't know it!

we saw evidence of asians in this part of the country. there were a couple at a gas station in montana and at lunch in fargo there was an asian...

we made it to south dakota last night. we had to drive through a pretty bad thunderstorm to get here, but we made it! we got in about 7 our time and many people of the church came to help unload or super-packed truck. we are grateful for their help. now we are unpacking and finding homes for our stuff.

we miss everyone in seattle a lot, but look forward to getting things started here. praise God for getting us here safely. the journey continues...

bismarck

it was a long drive today (560 miles), but we made it to bismarck, nd. it was amazing to finally get out of the mountains and have the sky open up in montana. we then stopped by the painted canyon visitor center when we entered north dakota. i'd post pictures, but my technology is so out dated that i have to wait to download my pictures from my camera :( (i'm also blogging, which is somewhat outdated as well...) i'm now tired... must get some rest

big sky

'i would like to have seen montana,' said the dying guy from the red october... why, yes...now i have seen montana... and yes, the sky is pretty big here. we made it to bozeman today. got in late. driving through the rockies in the dark, in the rain, with a big moving truck, towing another vehicle, is not fun... tomorrow hopefully we make it through the rest of montana... it's a big state. so far, no sightings of anyone named hannah...
btw... imo starbucks via is a very good alternative to bad hotel coffee... good trip purchase

spokane

the first leg of the journey takes us to spokane. it was pretty neat seeing the other side of washington state. living in wa all my life, i have not seen this part of the state, so it was nice to take a tour of i-90 beyond the cascades. driving the truck and trailer isn't too bad. i just need a lot more room to stop and i'm not suppose to exceed 55mph (if i do, i go back to the future...1.21 'jigawatts'). another day of driving... we'll see where we end up today!

still in seattle

we postponed our departure one day to allow us to pack to the max...

re:booted

God, by His grace and sovereign timing, has got us on the move again... this time to south dakota! i thought it was about time to dust off this blog and use it again to update family and friends of our new adventures. i can't promise how often i will update this, but check back once in a while. i'm sure there'll be a lot of things for me to blog about from SD!