So as it is probably obvious by our moblog pictures, we've made it safely past the worse of our trip. And then we also made it where we were going. :)
The last two days kind of are merging together and this is my first change typing with something other than my phone :) We drove and drove and drove some more, and it was really tiring. In fact, at about 8PM this evening, we were sitting playing cards and I just couldn't concentrate any more and had to come upstairs to rest!
The biggest fun was going through Southern Oregon and finding that chains were required over the Siskiyou Pass. It took us 2 1/2 to 3 hours to get from where they had the sign and people started slowing down to where the snow was over. We had to actually stop and buy chains at a gas station, and E waited till we were really near the checkpoint so we didn't have to drive very far with them and put them on. And it seemed so silly because there was no snow... but we finally did hit it, and we were glad we had chains. We are worried we'll have to do the same on the way home (note to self: link to travel conditions).
There was SO much rain. I talked to my dad yesterday and he said the same about the Seattle area (he was in Tacoma). It was pouring SO VERY HARD for at least 3/4 of our day yesterday, I'd guess. In fact, it was raining so hard, I made up a new word: rainblur. Rainblur is when so much water is dumping on your windshield that everything is just a blur, including signs, and you feel like you are going blind because everything is blurred. Heh, when I was thinking about that word last night, I thought "I should tell Mark this one for neologasm" :D maybe when I get back :)
So anyhow, with the rain and the many hours near the pass, we got behind. We wanted to be more than half way here before we stopped, so even though we were tired (read: I was falling asleep, E was fine), we pushed on. and on, and on, and when we got where we thought we'd stop, we went further because we couldn't find easy access hotels until several exits later (too big of a city where were thought we'd stop in the first place, just ritzy hotels, not "quick-traveler-stop-off" kiind of motels). Seriously, we should have gotten a motel that charged by the hour for how few hours we were there :P okya, i'm exaggerating a little. :)
Today's drive didn't have nearly as much rain, and we actually got to listen to our audiobook, and I got to knit. Oh, there's a moblog post I haven't sent, just remembered! (see, i'm tired, i'm just talking to myself now!)
The plan for tomorrow is getting to eat breakfast here and then going on a much shorter drive for the "alone-time" portion of our trip, which should include shopping and resting. woo!
More moblogging to follow as we travel along!