Wanderlust

For the squeamish or weak of stomach, or those who think that I am just disgusting or mean - don't look at the picture below of Charlie. Poor thing, on our *super quick* trip home (read 2200 in 2 days) she was a sick puppy. Literally. Not sure what she got into - cat food perhaps (which is ironic, because I truly believe she is part cat) that upset her digestion - and she had to pull over almost every hour. Thankfully, she was humble enough to request the pullover, and we always pulled over just in time. No cleanups involved. Okay, enough gross talk. And no more gross pictures that only I think are funny.

We were welcomed graciously home - by mom first which was all good, but then the RV water heater which was not good. In fact, it split in half and had to be welded back together by the industrious man I call Cujo. The only trick was "How did these wires go again?" because the foresight-thinking pictures of exactly how those wires go weren't quite distinguishable suddenly.

While we were home, Charlie discovered mountain biking - she doesn't seem to wear out - but this one came real close to doing the trick.

On our way to Spokane, we drove through Boise to drop Cujo off, and finally met Cody! He was even cuter in person than in his lovely pictures. Poor little guy was tired and had been up waiting for us all morning, but was still quite the hospitable host. Can't wait to spend more time together. And next time see Jamie, too!

Year TWO of our trip to Spokane, Washington Race for the Cure - Uncle Mart started it, and we are trying to continue the tradition. Crossing our fingers, we made it there. This year was a little different from last - it SNOWED! Funny thing is it actually waited until we crossed the finish line, by mere minutes. This year they also have the group survivor pictures up free from Moxie Images, which is very nice. While we were looking through this year's program, we spotted Mom, who is also on the front page of their website, and also on the business cards!

We luckily got in on celebrating Aunt Naomi's birthday which was the week before.
And of course, keeping with tradition, there was kite making!
Some of the Hughes pets:

Food highlights - I (actually) made a great bowl of Mongolian noodles thanks to Steph, had wonderful sushi and gyoza at Sushi.com, and a great fresh brewed (the blonde) beer from Shenanigans.

Coming home through Montana was a bit hairy, but we made it without issues and with a belly full of a mediocre meal at a cafe in Superior. As Mom puts it "That fake Swiss they call Swiss but it's just American that's white!" hehe
And we made it home in time for the *early* morning promo piece for the Pocatello Environmental Fair this weekend on our local NBC affiliate!