2 days of road tripping

After a teary goodbye in Seattle on Monday morning, my brother and I set out for Toronto on our cross-continent road trip. It was hard to get excited about leaving Seattle, but so far we’ve had a lot of fun on our road trip. So far we’ve covered almost 1200 miles from Seattle to Rapid City, South Dakota.

We started out with a stop at the King County dump in Bellevue to dispose of some junk. Nicholas got some great video footage of me throwing junk into the dump, including a zoom-in on the guy operating the crusher yelling at us, “Get that camera outta here!”. Pure gold. Just wait for the YouTube edit.

We were surprised at how pretty Montana is, especially in the mountains and the foothills.

Past central Montana, the land turns pretty flat. It’s just like driving in Alberta. In a Hummer. Our UHaul is sucking back fuel like a monster! I think we’re getting somewhere around 8 miles per gallon by my rough calculations.

Tomorrow we’re hitting up Mount Rushmore, “a life-changing patriotic experience,” according to the billboard. Good times ahead!