After an excellent (if too brief visit) with my friend and her family, a morning at CostCo (!) and a bowl of some of the best Pho ever - I hit the road in the pouring rain for Spokane, Washington.
The day in numbers:
284: miles (not sure km - I am immersing myself in American measures)
5: hours driving (and 4/5 in pouring rain!)
1: number of times I wrote a not nice tweet about the disastrous check in process at the hotel (wandering young people with iPads)
10 billion: gallons (40 billion litres for Canadians) of water that fell from the sky or was sprayed on my car from rigs and slow moving vehicles.
2: young deer :)
Observations:
- Many Washingtonians have not got the memo on keep right except to pass
- Men who wear cowboy hats ALWAYS hold doors for women
- Washington State is beautiful
- I really like this two lane highway on Interstate motorways (Canada needs to learn some lessons there - build for the future)
Now for the photos - a few less than normal given the yucky weather!
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| The route in miles! |
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| Seattle behind rain (fitting I guess!) |
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| Horrible photo - but they label the crops on the fences and I love that! |
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| Columbia River gorge - stunning! |
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| Another view of the Gorge |
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| RAIN and mountains and spray from cars |
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| SUPER busy gas station! |
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| Combo River gorge - just wow |
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| This should be first in the Gorge photos... just so beautiful! |
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| Reminds me of a flater Kamloops |
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| Two lanes :) |
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| These freaked me out a bit - they look like monsters from a book I read as a teenager... or at least how I pictured the monsters... |
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