Made it!

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Miles: 335                               Total Miles: 3,026
Hours: 7                                  Total Hours: 49.8

They are a lot bigger than the picture makes them out to be


Pulled over at a dam to get some pictures

Unfortunately it was raining pretty hard the whole way and we could not get some good pics. It seems that we missed some really pretty scenery last night and today.

We drove through a lot of mountains...literally


And this was one of four other minor accidents. We are thankful that God kept us safe for the entire trip!

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