{"id":3374,"date":"2024-08-10T04:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2024-08-08T04:52:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T12:52:33","slug":"glacier-national-park-2024-day-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3374","title":{"rendered":"Glacier National Park 2024 &#8211; Day Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, we were winding down our trip. And we were getting ready to be home. We typically can go about 8 to 10 days of living out of a suitcase, then we&#8217;re ready to be home. And this trip was no exception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the incredible time in Glacier, nothing was as spectacular or as beautiful. But we did see some pretty scenery on the way to Yakima. The drive from Couer d&#8217;Alene to Yakima is mostly uneventful, boring and nondescript. This was no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, we had a second audio book to listen to on the mostly boring drive. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lincoln_Highway_(novel)\">The Lincoln Highway<\/a>. We recommend this one, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we did see the Ginko Petrified Forest along the upper part of the Columbia River on our way in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3023.heic\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesimplehouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_3023.heic?w=525\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3375\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ginko Petrified Forest on the Columbia River<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We took a short stop for coffee and charging in Hood River, then landed in Portland for the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we were winding down our trip. And we were getting ready to be home. We typically can go about 8 to 10 days of living out of a suitcase, then we&#8217;re ready to be home. And this trip was no exception. After the incredible time in Glacier, nothing was as spectacular or as beautiful. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3374\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Glacier National Park 2024 &#8211; Day Eight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84,273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3383,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions\/3383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}