September 23: Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

[mmegaera]

One seven-hour drive later, and I’m home. Well, staying with my friend Loralee until I find a place to move into, but you know what I mean.

Across southern Washington, through more brown hills to the Tri-Cities, where I picked up I-82 to Yakima, where I turned west on U.S. 12, over White Pass to the little town of Morton, where I turned north on U.S. 7, which eventually turns into the Mountain Highway, which leads to Tacoma.

The sleek hills of southeastern Washington, and the Snake River.

Hayfields in southeastern Washington.

I *think* this adorable little courthouse is in Pomeroy, Washington, but I wouldn’t swear to it.

Orchards near Yakima.

Heading west from Yakima on U.S. 12 — I drove this road in the other direction on my second day on the road.

The west side of the mountains — can you tell from the weather? [wry g]

15,500 miles in almost four months (it would have been four months exactly next Tuesday). Which I’d have thought have been farther, given that in 1999, I was only gone two and a half months, and racked up 14,000 miles before I rolled my car in California. But that’s what Merlin’s odometer says, and I believe it [g].

Part of me is glad to be here, I think. Part of me wishes I just could have kept going, but well…

Thanks to everyone who stuck with me through all this! It’s been fun writing the posts, and I’m looking forward to the next time I get to hit the road.

Mirrored from M.M. Justus -- adventures in the supernatural Old West.

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[mmegaera]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! And, hey, I didn't roll my car this time, the way I did at the end of my last Long Trip...