We had to replace two of the tires on our car.

We noticed a funny smell when we were driving down a mountain, so we stopped to check it out.  The smell was coming from the front left wheel well.

Seattle’s gone.

We went to Olympic National Park on Monday when we left.  But after a bit of car trouble we decided to cut that short and head east to Yellowstone National Park.

Seattle is a friendly city.  It has no superficial friendly charm… there aren’t a lot of cheerful smiles walking down the sidewalk, but people are generally interested in each other…

Did you know that the Pacific Northwest drinks more beer per capita than any other region of the country?

The weather in Seattle is constantly damp and cold, beer and coffee seem like a logical choice.

On Sunday we visited Mac and Jack’s brewery and the Redhook brewery, both in the Seattle area.

From Boise, Idaho to Kennewick, Washington we got 36 miles per gallon.

As we approached 300 miles on the trip odometer we had barely breached the half tank mark.

Given that our tachometer, speedometer and oil temperature gauges don’t work, I thought our gas gauge had finally succumb to the roadway as well…