With a U-Haul in tow and two cats and Hannah in the back seat of our new truck, we headed north on the road to Moscow, Idaho. We expected a lot of meowing and complaining on this first day out, but surprisingly heard none of either. Everyone was well behaved, if not always happy to be cooped up for 8 hours. Spent the night in Sacramento and ate take-out Chinese food. Cats happily ran around the hotel room and sniffed the carpets and played around all night as we pondered our next move. We abandoned plans to head northeast across Nevada because we're getting pretty poor mileage with the U-Haul, the back desert roads are too hot, and we run too great a risk of running out of gas between towns. Instead, this morning, we're sticking to I-5 north to Portland, Oregon. From there, we'll take the Columbia River Gorge byways to Idaho. It's a prettier drive anyway, even though it will be a little longer in the end. More soon...
