2021 Northern States: Day 11
Sept 19, Sunday Travel day back home. We got up and went in search of breakfast. Blue BottleCoffee, which I was familiar with from time
Sept 19, Sunday Travel day back home. We got up and went in search of breakfast. Blue BottleCoffee, which I was familiar with from time
Sept 18, Saturday Shell’s birthday. While walking back to the hotel the night before, I’dnoticed an Intelligentsia, a coffee place I know well from here
Sept 17, Friday States seen: Wisconsin, Illinois (somewhat new), Indiana(new- but I’ll explain) So, we took our time this morning leaving since Chicago, ourfinal destination,
Sept 16, Thursday States seen: Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin (new) Knowing we had a good 8–9-hour drive ahead of us, we wentand got some breakfast, then
Sept 15, Wednesday States seen: North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa (new),Nebraska (new) We got up and wandered around Fargo a little to get somemore pics
Sept 14, Tuesday States seen: South Dakota, North Dakota (new), Minnesota This was day 6 of 11, so the midpoint of our road trip. Wespent
Sept 13, Monday States seen: Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota (new) Monday morning we were able to relax a little more, so wewent to Legacy Coffee
Sept 12, Sunday. States seen: Washington, Idaho, Montana (new) The plan was to drive from Whidbey Island to Billings,Montana, about a 13-hour trip. So, we
Sept 11, Saturday Shell’s aunt had a day planned for us, so we drove ‘toAmerica’ (the mainland), as she likes to say, through the northern
Sept 10, Friday Having spent the night downtown, we got up and walked a few minutes over to the Pike PlaceMarket and saw the sights.
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