Sunday I dropped you guys off with your mom in the Dalles and then I headed back to Montana. I usually stop for diesel in Hermiston on the way back at that Space Age truck stop off Hwy 207. Diesel is more expensive now in Oregon than Montana which is the reverse from what it was earlier this fall.
The drive from Hermiston to Spokane was normal except that it is getting dark now by the time I get to Spokane. I stopped in Coeur d'Alene to get some sun flower seeds and a coke to drink to stay awake on the drive through the mountains.
Oh I e-mailed Jenny and sure enough it was her I saw on my way over, the school had an early out so she was done teaching for the day and that is why she was out and about when I drove through.
The moon was out pretty bright on the way over the mountains until I got to Lookout pass and then it clouded up. It is still hunting season so I saw no animals out at all. Too many Montuckey Cleetuses shooting at them at night so they stay away from the roads this time of year for the most part.
Got too tired to drive any further so I pulled over just before the CSKT reservation and slept in the car for a bit. As usual the cold woke me up about an hour later and I had a bit of my coke and then continued toward home. I almost hit a collared dog around midnight on the far side of the reservation. Not sure what it was doing on Hwy 93 at midnight but its collar was reflective so I was able to see it and stop in time. Just a few seconds later I saw a deer in the road so it was good the dog caused me to slow down. I wonder if maybe the dog had been chasing deer and that is why they were both up on the hwy? Anyway after that I continued home and saw no more animals.
Pretty uneventful but the return drives generally are this time of year. I like uneventful because later on when the weather gets bad and I have to drive 25mph on icy roads across the passes it is a lot less fun of a drive. Also not hitting any deer and having to have body work done on the car is always a bonus :)
Oh and my friend Ty who makes the lures we use for perch fishing got his elk this week. A nice four by five. It is a raghorn but his family needs the meat not the horns just like us so I am glad they got one. Here is a picture:
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