{"id":6945,"date":"2025-03-12T17:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T00:22:20","slug":"031025-travelcon-2025-day1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/031025-travelcon-2025-day1\/","title":{"rendered":"03.10.25: B2B: Day 1: Travel Con &#8211; WA 2 ID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Monday, March 10, 2025<\/strong><\/em><br>Sumas, Washington &#8211; Boise, Idaho<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day&#8217;s journey departing from Sumas, Washington with my Mazda 5 setup for car camping and long-distance travel. Back staged for a night&#8217;s rest whenever, wherever. I&#8217;m headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/?p=8306\">Travel Con 2025<\/a> &#8211; A conference for travel writers, bloggers, and adventurers in Tucson, Arizona. Hoping to up-step my travel tales and network with my community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRDlwSylLDo?si=F14Nquz7noFONG2M\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><P><A HREF=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1065298199\">Vimeo video link<\/A>, <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/e\/player\/PQQQJ0NSRys-RRdhCzE?t=1741823798\">Magisto video link<\/A>\n\n\n\n<!--- MAGISTO EMBED <p><script data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"360\" data-magisto src=\"https:\/\/www.magisto.com\/e\/player\/PQQQJ0NSRys-RRdhCzE?t=1741823798\"><\/script><\/p>\n--->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Departing the cold rainy atmospheric river impacted the Pacific Northwest for the &#8220;hopefully&#8221; warm desert environs of Tucson, Arizona. The last of our online orders\/Ebays\/Etsy\/Amazon stores which are now on vacation for this two-week adventure. Deposited at the Sumas Post Office, gas up at the Tank n&#8217; Tote, at $3.54\/gallon. Then southbound through Bellingham, Burlington, and Mt. Vernon. Picked up a new power inverter from Camping World to keep my electronics flowing over travels. Seattle and Bellevue traffic, eastbound on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass. Weather station lied about the 8 inches of snow this morning, that almost re-routed me to Portland across the Columbia Gorge. But luckily I took the more streamlined path. Passed Easton where I was once snowed into my car for several days when snow\/ice\/ and accidents closed off Snoqualmie Pass years ago. PTSD every time I cross over this pass during winter. It&#8217;s an easy pass, such things should not happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/031025-0012-WA-OR-ID-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7413\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Craving seafood, I sought out <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/?p=8329\">Quizno&#8217;s<\/a> in Yakima to get a lobster sub-seafood fix for departing the coastlands. Visited the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/?p=8331\">Teapot Dome Service Station<\/a> for roadside attraction fun. The bridge crossed into Oregon, passed the Blue Mountains, followed the <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/the-oregon-trail\/\">Oregon Trail<\/a>, and pitstop in Baker City for my last trip to Grocery Outlet. Got a new cell phone holder for the car at $4, and snacks for the road. Then down through Ontario Oregon into Idaho. Pulled into the rest area and made an online order with <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/?p=8333\">Red Lobster<\/a> to take advantage of its Monday special: Lobster tail, side, and Shrimp Scampi for $20. Still had a coupon for a free birthday dessert so got the Chocolate Wave Cake. 45 minutes later, pulled into the Red Lobster Red Curb pickup zone, grabbed my grub, then headed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/technowanderer.com\/?p=8318\">Quality Inn<\/a> &#8211; a free night of accommodation through accumulated Choice rewards program points. Night of rest in Meridian, Idaho &#8230; played Dungeons and Dragons with my son over the phone\/WhatsApp, and then called it a night. 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