The
eastern slopes of the Cascades.
Across
the North Cascades Scenic Highway, through the national park.
Scenic.
Yes.
Our
favorite parts were the quiet walks in the deep forest.
…and
the views from the top of Washington Pass.
Ultimately,
down to a KOA in Winthrop where camping karma somehow happened
again. At a KOA!
Evening
light.
Dry.
Yes. Hot. Yes.
We
still haven’t been to all the counties in Oregon. We did add two on our
trip up the Columbia River Gorge this year though.
That
top right county in Oregon, Wallowa; it’s not going to be easy. There
isn’t anything there. I can only see two roads into it, and one of them
is a dead end.
Washington.
That’s different. We’ve done great. We had a bunch of counties to
go.
We
picked off one of them on the way up the coast. We got seven more on the
Columbia River Gorge trip.
Filling
in the puzzle pieces.
We
were only there for one night, but it was so nice it warrants two trip reports.
Another
look.
Before
we left Bay View State Park.
We
decided to follow Washington Highway 20 from its westernmost point to its
easternmost. For that, we drove to Fort Casey State Park, which is not
exactly the western end, but it’s the ferry terminal to get to the westernmost
end. We could go across to Port Townsend, and Discovery Bay from there,
but that would be adding two ferry rides to the day, to cover an additional 13
miles of road, and we’ve been on that road plenty of times already, so we’re
declaring Fort Casey to be the western end for our purposes today.
From
Fort Casey, we followed Hwy 20, with a side trip on Hwy 20 Spur to the
Anacortes Ferry Terminal, then on to Rasar State Park, which is actually not
very far from Bay View State Park. Wow. We hit the jackpot on this
campsite.
Brother
Bill’s son Jon, and Amy, and their clan.
Their
oldest son Jake behind Judy and me, Jake’s husband Max, their bonus daughter
Barbara, her husband Kyle, Jon, Second son Cody, Amy, and Cody’s daughter
Delilah holding Barbara and Kyle’s four-month old daughter Cora. And
Jesse of course.
We
got together at Jake and Max’s nice little house in Burien.
The
flowers in their front yard make our van windows look great.
A
picture of a picture. Jake and Max. Awesome shot.
Cody
right in the middle of it with the kids, as always.
There
were more girls there, two of Delilah’s cousins, the three of them forming a
tight group.
Back
in the house with Max, Jon, Jake, and Amy.
Another
great visit.
But
we’ve moved on. For real this time. An oil change in Marysville,
then on to Bay View State Park.
Judy’s
fried rice and still-fresh fruit for dinner.
Quality
camping!
Easy
day through the Eastern Washington scenery.
Stopped
at a fruit stand with its own orchard in Wenatchee. Apricots, peaches,
plumbs, and Ranier cherries. Loaded up with more than we could eat, then
ate a lot.
I
think I may have missed sending this out at the end of June, the reason we’re
here in the first place.
It
was a very nice venue.
I
don’t have any actual wedding photos because I was practicing not being
annoying and let the wedding photographers do their job.
Here
is a picture of part of our hoard, though, including Tom and Kathy.
Some
couples.
Elise
and Teigan.
Conner
and Brian doing whatever it is they’re doing.
It
was a good time. Even for Kyle and Alexis (not pictured).
