









PA > OR in 5ish days with fun stops!
I’m on the last day of this adventure. Heading back into Eugene today from Hood River. Wow what a journey! This all started because my grandmother passed away in PA and left her old car (a 1997 Toyota Camry) to my mom, who was determined to get it back to Oregon. We left on the 15th and needed to be back in Oregon on the 20th because I have an appointment to get to!
Day 1: started near Reading PA > stopped in Cleveland OH > made it to Madison WI for the night. Total drive time was about 15 hours. This day sucked! We did stop at a few rest stops to stretch and switch off driving but we were feeling pretty rough by the time we got to the hotel.
Day 2: started in Madison WI > went to the farmers market > went to House on the Rock > made it to Mitchell SD for the night. Total drive time was about 8 hours. This day was decent since we spent a while in Madison and spent 4 hours exploring House on the Rock! Though we did end up leaving WI later than we thought, which got us into SD after midnight.
Day 3: started in Mitchell SD > stopped at the corn palace > stopped at the prairie dog ranch store > went through Badlands > stopped at Wall Drug > made it to Buffalo WY for the night. The drive through SD was long, flat, boring, but we made so many stops that it ended up being not too bad. About 7 hours of driving total. We ended up leaving Wall Drug later than expected which had us driving in the dark into WY and we almost hit a deer! We got to the hotel around 10:30.
Day 4: started in Buffalo WY > stopped for a while in Bozeman and went to the hot springs > ended up in Deer Lodge for the night. We decided to do a pretty easy day this day. It was about 4 hours from Buffalo to Bozeman. Then we stayed at the hot springs for almost 4 hours, then drove less than 2 hours up the road to Deer Lodge for the night.
Day 5: started the day in Deer Lodge > stopped in Missoula > stopped at the 50,000 Silver Dollar restaurant/gift shop > briefly stopped in Spokane WA > made it to Hood River OR. We did about 8 and a half hours of driving. We are very close to home now being in Hood River. We didn’t want to push on the 3 hours at night though so we stayed overnight. Now we only have 3 hours back today and I need to get to my dentist appointment at 3pm!
Day 6 (today): starting in Hood River > brief stop in Portland > then driving south to Eugene. Only 3 hours left. Going to get into town and go directly to my appointment.