Idaho, Oregon and back

We've had a pretty full week.

• Wednesday: drove to Potlatch, ID to see Rob's brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephews (Larry & Suzanne's family).
• Thursday: actually saw the family; Wednesday was all about driving. We went through our stuff in the basement and packed the car as full as we could (or, as full as Rob could, actually) to bring back to Bellingham to sort. We got to spend some time running around Moscow with Larry and seeing the sights in the afternoon. Celebrated nephew Sammy's birthday in the evening with balloons (pictures to be posted later).
• Friday: drove back to Bellingham.
• Saturday: drove to Grants Pass, OR. This was a pretty weird trip. Rest stops were the place of much action along the way. At the rest stop where we lunched, we were descended upon by more than 50 Porsches. One after another, they pulled in and filled all available car spots, moving on then to occupy the trucking spots in 3 car strings. They all got out and started smiling at one another, chatting and (presumably) pottying. I have never seen so many 'spensive cars in one place. I felt decidedly self-conscious about getting out to shake the Ezekiel bread crumbs of my pants from my turkey sandwich next to the smiling supermodel with the Dior sunglasses and tiny matching dog. Our next rest stop adventure was one where we couldn't actually use the rest stop because it was barricaded off and crawling with cops and soldiers brandishing weapons. We found out the next day that they were trying to apprehend some people they had been chasing there.
• Sunday: Spoke at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Grants Pass. Had a half-donut, changed out of our monkey-suits and went to find a lunch place. Ended up at El Paraiso, one of Grants Pass's many fine restaurants. Had wonderful tacos. Then, we drove back to Bellingham, rolling in around 10:30PM, exhausted.

Today, we're doing "stuff". Need to:

• Select and make an appointment with a dentist
• Work on 45-minute presentation for missions conference at Denny Park Lutheran in Seattle on Sunday
• Unpack and sort more from our sea of boxes
• Buy toilet paper and paper towels
• Maybe go online out there, somewhere, find out what Seattle area churches have mid-week events in December for us to be a part of
• Do something fun, weekendish type something