I wasn't able to post this on time because the hotel we stayed at had absolutely horrible WiFi. It worked in other parts of the building, but not where our room was, so I just went to bed early.
Late last night, after the kids were asleep, Sandra discovered that you needed to purchase a timed pass to the Multnomah Falls, and everything in the morning was already sold out. You were allowed to park for free before 9:00am, so we surprised the kids by waking them up early and getting out of the hotel before 8:00am so that we would be at the falls around 8:30am. That all worked out, though the kids weren't impressed. The Multnomah Falls are the tallest falls in the US, though we argued about whether that was continental US or not, since the Rainbow Falls in Hawai'i are also really, really tall.
After leaving the falls, we drove to Hood River, where I took a picture of the Hood River tourist train. We all wanted to go on it, but it didn't leave until 11:30am and get back until 2:30pm, which would put us in Spokane very late. Then it was in to Kennewick, where we got stuck in an hour worth of traffic due to a lane closed on the bridge and ended up eating in a Taco Bell parking lot because I could not see anywhere to stop. It was pretty miserable, especially as it was approaching 38C.
Then it was on to Spokane - a fairly easy drive through the Columbia Basin, which is an arid and empty area. At Spokane, we had a room at a hotel at the airport, literally. The long term parking lot was across the street. It was an interesting hotel. It had the aforementioned Internet problems, a pool and waterslide with so much chlorine in it that all the kids in the water were coughing, but a nice courtyard area between the hotel buildings with gas firepits and chairs for everyone to sit in and relax.
Tomorrow we drive into Montana and then we are one day from home.
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