Day 36: Ontario, Oregon to Kirkland, WA

Well folks, not much to say about today except that it was a long and beautiful drive through beautiful countryside with perfect weather. The closer we got to the west coast, the nicer the fall colors became...until we got past Ellensburg.

"Is that smoke in the distance?" Bry asked. "Is there a fire?" I questioned. Oh wait...that is a cloud. A very low cloud. An unending west coast cloud.

And into it we drove. For only the second time on the trip (the first was a few hours of pelting rain when we drove into San Fran) we were under a cloud, no sun to be seen. After 5 weeks of sunny vacationing, it was a bit sad. 

PS. Anyone ever play the Farming Game? (board game of awesomeness). Well I found Toppenish Tom and Wapato Willie on the drive...couldn't find Satus Sam though :P 

PPS. How flippin' Halloweeny is Seattle?!! Spiders EVERYWHERE! Fog EVERYWHERE! Misty chill, orange leaves, pumpkins, my word! It was like we drove into a different season in half an hour. 

PPPS. (last one, sorry!) Wow Halloween decorations are getting creepy; poor kids, I'm getting nightmares myself!