Friday the 6th: DAY 9

This morning I woke up around 7am to go running. I actually ran around this small town to see the sights. The weather was perfect for running… very little humidity! When I got back Jamie was finishing up some blogging and then we headed for the hot tub.

We stayed in for about 20 minutes and then ate a small breakfast at our hotel. We got cleaned up and headed out get some pictures around town and then onto Tacoma.

(Jamie) Pictured here are some of our favorites Jamie's Depot was established in 1983, sadly one year off of The Amazing Jamie's establishment. Ash-lee got attacked by a bear, and (as usual) all I could do is scream.

We also chanced upon the Stewart Lodge. . . we have not chosen to mention how much Ash-lee has missed her boyfriend, but since in real time (nov.2) Ash-Lee and Bryan are already engaged, I think it is safe to say TONS! She missed him tons. And the only thing that could have possibly made our adventures any better, was if he had chanced to meet us at every stop. . .

(Jamie)I think this is an appropriate time for a wound up date. Ash-lee's finger is still disgusting but her spirits are still high. I have turned a new leaf and been able to help her dress the wound for cleaning and such several times. Okay, maybe "turned" is to strong a word. Perhaps the correct sentiment, is that I love Ashley having fingers more than I hate glancing at finger guts. I am still slathering neosporin on both our injuries (stupid Peter Pan monument). Any-hoo back to the goods. . .

We drove through mountains and Seattle as well. It was so neat to finally see the wonderful place Jamie has always talked about. She explained various sites in Seattle and even more when we got to Tacoma. We made it safely to her parents’ house where we were greeted by lots of smiles and hugs. WE MADE IT!! WE DID IT!! Three thousand three hundred and sixty five miles later we had made it to Tacoma, Washington. Jamie was home!

We can’t stop there though. (Although I did stop taking pictures for the evening. . .Ash-lee hadn’t told me we where continuing. But in retrospect it makes sense. She’s doing most of the talking, why shouldn’t this cover her whole trip). I only had until 6am Sunday morning to play with Jamie and her family so we have to tell you all the fun things we did. After visiting for a bit we showed them all our treasures we collected along the way. We then helped Jamie’s mom and sister get ready for Jennie (Jamie’s sister) and James’ (Jennie’s new baby boy) party on Saturday. It was a welcome party for new baby, James. Jenny was making a super cute cake while we were trying to help clean and run errands. After sub-sandwiches for dinner, we unloaded the trailer into Jamie’s new place. Her brother, Nathan, and some of his friends helped us along with Jamie’s dad. We did it really fast with all that help. Then her dad took us all out to Dairy Queen for ice cream. So nice! After we returned home we stayed up to see the finished product of the cake and then headed to bed.