Category: Eastern Washington
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From Grand Coulee to Leavenworth on Highway 2
One last glance back at Coulee Dam before we start back home. We go at our own pace becausenobody’s behind us pushing, pushing, pushing. However, we’ve got to make good time because I told Michele we’d be home by noon. With the dam behind us, we breeze through three towns whose existence is owed to…
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Grand Coulee Dam
The goal lay ahead; Grand Coulee Dam. I’ve wanted to come here since talking to an older lady some 30 years ago when Curt and I lived off the Hood Canal. She went on about her husband working on the Coulee Dam. Every other sentence had the words “Grand Coulee” and she was boisterous as…
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Nepselem: We share our traditions
Having been to Inchelium twice in one morning, it was time to go. From a side street with potholes ourroad became a two-lane highway. Through thick forest we cross a pass and dropped down into Nepselem. Old homesteads and wide open fields mark this territory. Nepselem means large flat meadow and there’s plenty of that…
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Colville: Welcome to the Reservation
Kettle Falls turned out to be a remarkable place of mountains, valleys, forests, and small towns. Thenthere was Lake Roosevelt; huge and wide with hardly a boat on it. Where is everyone? This area marks the farthest point east on our giant loop. Looking at the map of Washington we’d be near the upper right…
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Leaving Yakima for Toppenish and Zillah. Where?
With a continuous snow storm and two kids down with the noro virus, we contemplated the situation. We can go back in the direction the storm had already passed, stay put and wait it out, or move forward. Neither option sounded right and check out time approached. A better, fourth option emerged to re-evaluate and…
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Palouse Falls, scablands, and Ellensburg
Another full travel day. This time on state route 26 heading west through the scablands in the central part of the state. It’s straight through with a couple of planned stops. In Colifax we hit a thrift store and take a look at the codger pole. The pole commemorates a football game played between rivals.…
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Moving through Cashmere / 9/11 memorial
In the small town of Cashmere is a 9/11 memorial located behind the library and adjacent to a large public park. The memorial honors those who died on 9/11 and those who served and lost their lives in past wars. Cashmere is located on the east side of the Cascade mountain range. Once over the…
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From Grand Coulee to Leavenworth on Highway 2
One last glance back at Coulee Dam before we start back home. We go at our own pace becausenobody’s behind us pushing, pushing, pushing. However, we’ve got to make good time because I told Michele we’d be home by noon. With the dam behind us, we breeze through three towns whose existence is owed to…
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On the Snake at Lewiston and Clarkston
On the eve of Thanksgiving we rolled into Clarkston, Washington after a memorable day on the road. Across the Snake River on the Idaho side is the sister-city of Lewiston where we stayed. Our one full day in the Hells Canyon area had one setback – everything closed for the holiday. No matter, we took…