Up the Columbia River Gorge, through Eastern Oregon and into Eastern Washington, and today across Idaho and Montana\u2013there\u2019s not been one speck of countryside that hasn\u2019t been stunningly gorgeous. Even benighted children have paused mid whine to gape in awe over the landscape.<\/p>\n
Got to see an old school friend, seemingly lost to the mists of time, expect that suddenly the mist clears and you pick up talking as if you were still lying back, too hot, along the cool cracks of the concrete floor, waiting for the minutes to pass by into something more \u00a0exciting. But what could have been more exciting than being a teenager in boarding school? Someone would have made a movie about us.<\/p>\n
Anyway, the thermos of tea is steeped and I need to shove us back in the car. Ten hours today.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Up the Columbia River Gorge, through Eastern Oregon and into Eastern Washington, and today across Idaho and Montana\u2013there\u2019s not been one speck of countryside that hasn\u2019t been stunningly gorgeous. Even benighted children have paused mid whine to gape in awe over the landscape. Got to see an old school friend, seemingly lost to the mists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[63],"class_list":["post-4787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-going-on","tag-traveling-with-children"],"yoast_head":"\n