We made it to portland after 5 days of driving. The dog held up though she was a bit concerned we were going to abandon her everytime we left the hotel room to eat dinner or something. Our daughter was awesome. She surprised us everyday with her questions and comments, trying so hard to make sense of everything. I was in good spirits seeing some of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen. To think it’s all been in our backyard all along! America is truly beautiful.

We drove through the vast expanse of farmlands in Iowa and South Dakota. Stopping to boat and fish with Steve’s parents. We drove through the Badlands (which blew us away) and then continued on to Mt. Rushmore and the Blackhills where we spent the night. To see Mt. Rushmore in person is surreal…I thought I was imagining it. We continued on through Montana and spent the night at our friend Remi’s house. He had a creek right outside the front of his house. So all night I heard the beautiful sound of a real creek not some disc of canned nature sounds. It was so incredibly beautiful there!

Then we continued on to Spokane and sucked it up while we spent the night at a Ramada Inn so Tuesday can go swimming in a pool and we can watch cable. That was a good night!

Then the drive to Portland along the Columbia River and on to Mt. Hood. We saw some of the fastest wind-surfers I had ever seen! The wind gusts were beyond crazy! We witnessed one pretty bad accident along that freeway, but apparently, there always are! In fact, the wind nearly overturned our little Scion XB!!
In the end, we made it to Portland. We didn’t lose anything or anyone on the way and we actually had a great time! Truly, the drive was awe-inspiring. This country is beautiful.

And Portland is INCREDIBLE!!!

We’ll fill you all in more as we settle in and find a new home, and of course some new rock clubs for The Countdown!!!

There are some updates on the album…some good and some bad. It still is coming out but, well, we’ll just have to explain later.

We miss all of our friends but we’re on myspace and we’re both individually on Facebook so come find us.

love tamar & steve