Best Western Peppertree Yakima Inn

... incredibly late.. 10:00pm. Sausage Dog licked the pan that breakfast was cooked in and was very ****ed up. (Breakfast was cooked Papa Jerry Style.. where butter is "butter")

Today Rob and I headed out with a jar of hot pickles and trekked up to Pullman, WA to check out Merry Cellars. A winery that Shaner worked at a few years ago. The wines were amazing ...

... take them. Life goes by so fast when you're an adult. There never seems to be enough time for the details. I feel like in order to get the niceties covered I need to figuratively swerve onto the side road abruptly, take a few minutes, do the deed, put the card, letter, present whatever where I won't be able to lose it and head on back! It's crazy.

We planned to take care of some coach maintenance on the way out of Seattle. This seemed easier than moving the coach multiple times. Jim had noticed some excessive tire wear on the front tires, so our first stop was Foster's Frame and Axle for a front end alignment. They found the problem – too much toe-in. We also got a chassis and steering lubrication while we were there. While the work was ...

... sure you bring someone you really like otherwise you will leave them on the side of the road...and even if you really like them bring things to do in the car....like scrapbooking....yes....it IS a car activity for Carolynn and I!

I hope that you're all doing well....we're headed for Seattle tomorrow...only 2 hours away!!! Write more from there!


Sorry about the lack of pictures....we forgot/packed away the camera cords....oops!

... a few things. He brought back salads and flat bread pizza from Morelli's Cafe Italiano, one of the local college hangouts (Central Washington University), then set up the slingbox and we watched The Closer. It made for a short and relaxing travel day.

Bone-dry Shelah Creek
Wends its way to colder climes
Trailing dust devils


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Our next stop was Yakima, which is an up-and-coming wine producing area. Washington wines are really coming into their own and Yakima is challenging the better known Walla Walla region.
It was a magnificent drive to get there. Rather than take the most direct route, we drove up and over the Chinook pass, near Mt Rainier. The snow fall at the top was amazing, two car heights tall, and, indeed, the road had only ...

... glacial mountain fed waterfall. Being the only ones up within the park system we were able to peacefully stand at the bottom and enjoy the mist from the falls all to ourselves. FC Again =;) We headed From Narada Falls to the Grove of the Patriarchs. I didn't understand the name of this trail until I met the Patriarchs. Old growth ...

Well it is off to Meridian, I had a great night sleep at Greg and Barbra's house and some wine to seal the deal, slept like a rock, then off to Meridian. Had a good drive but it was a long trip after the flights, had to stop outside Baker City , Or. to get some sleep. Passed out for about two hours and then back on the road

... to plunge me down into the frigid river. I couldn't let go my trousers. They too would become contaminated. Couldn't use my right hand. It was covered with excrement and I needed it to hold on to a small shrub. If I attempted to stand I was in danger of falling again, this time probably right into what's left of my deposit. I survived the incident. And I learned never again to leave home without my mommy. At Lolo Pass the ...

... thick tangle of ivy, ferns, and trees draped with moss, the entire area criss-crossed by sparkling crystal-clear spring fed creeks. In some places the forest canopy is so thick that falling snow is caught in the trees and never reaches the ground until it melts. There are lush growths of fir and spruce, madrone trees,alders, cottonwood trees shedding their cotton-like seed clusters, trees rooting and growing out of fallen trees, moss and lichen civered limbs ...