we left bishop at 5. at 5:45 we were in the middle of nowhere in southwestern nevada, and we came upon a family of wild horses. that's right, kids. F-ing WILD HORSES. and you might ask, em, how do you know they were 'wild' horses, and not just regular horses since you were in horse/farm/ranch type country? well i'll tell you. one of them had a lower-back tattoo, several of them stayed out all night, and one took her shirt off for beads. also, when jeff got out to take pictures they booked it out of there pronto, instead of standing there awkwardly waiting for apples or carrots. it was freaking cool.
breakfast was one of the other highlights of the day. if you ever find yourself in hawthorne, nv (as we all do from time to time), try maggie's cafe. i could eat their biscuits for all eternity.
the rest of the day was pretty rainy, which was really nice. especially once we got out of nevada, which i've decided is not my favorite state. we went back and forth through oregon and idaho all afternoon. it was beautiful scenery, and guess what? people up here know how to drive in the rain. even when it's coming down really hard. even giant trucks. they don't freak out. it was nice.
we're now in baker city, oregon. the town itself is very cute. unfortunately my ridiculous fascination with the oregon trail (both the game and the trail) led us on a crazy search for a hidden visitor center and then to a below average restaurant named 'the oregon trail restaurant'. i gotta get over this.
the restaurant didn't sell alcohol. what? is that a weird oregon rule? we stopped by a liquor store on the way back to our hotel and they didn't sell beer. WHAT? we finally picked up some beer at safeway, which i point to as the cause of the excessive length of this post. but here's the point i'm trying to make: today was supposed to be just a driving day, boring and long and tedious. and it was really great. i love this vacation.
em.
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