Road Trip Day 2

So today was our first "full" day on the road.  Chris and I took a little time to catch up on our sleep (FYI: 2-3 hours of sleep a night for the last 2 or so weeks is NOT enough sleep for an adult parent of a toddler) so we didn't leave Pendleton, OR until noon.  After a much needed sleep-in, we ate breakfast at the hotel and packed up the car (again sneaking the cats and their litter box out one by one).  After Chris figured out that the stuff from the car that fit fine (tight, but fine) yesterday no longer fit, we went to the post office and packed the lesser necessities in two boxes and shipped them ahead of us.  If you can believe it, shipping 85lbs of our belongings cost nearly the same as taking a literal ton of trash to the dump in Vancouver.

It was a good travel day.  Not much drama from the cats and CJ was a model traveler.  He got a little fussy right as we were coming up on our hotel, but we managed to give him an incentive to push through that last little bit.  And Baby Girl managed to escape their little camp set up in the back of the Rav4... she was fine though.  Honestly, it may have been mostly due to Cassie beginning to growl again - I'd probably want to escape, too!

We managed to get about 522 miles under our belt and got to check off the remainder of Oregon and all of Idaho and have now checked into our hotel for the night in Ogden, UT.  We did lose an hour right before crossing into Idaho due to the time change, but feel like today was a good day.  The upside to this hotel is that it is pet-friendly and required a mere $50 refundable deposit per stay for the cats!  It was much nicer to not have to smuggle them and their litter box in one by one.  Now we're getting ready to sleep for the night and we'll hopefully get an earlier start tomorrow.

I'm taking the first leg tomorrow so Chris can take the last part of driving and see if we can get a bit more driving in by switching off.  So far, Chris has done all the driving (mainly because it's a tight squeeze for him to sit in the passenger seat and be unable to push the seat all the way back due to his desire to not squash our son's legs).  He's a superstar and I'm happy I can help a little by taking first leg.  With that said, I ought to rest up!

Good night!