Best Western Snowcap Lodge Cle Elum

spokane ist ein paradebeispiel dafür, dass ein lonely planet journalist imm** etwas grossartiges üb** einen ort schreiben muss. Dies** schreibt wohl nebenbei kitschige romane und hat beim abschnitt üb** spokane (leid**) einen v**dammt guten job gemacht und somit auch mich getäuscht, ab** in spokane gibt’s wirklich nicht viel zu sehen od** zu unt**nehmen... ich würde diese stadt im osten von washington kurz und bündig ...

We drove through the mountains to our daughter-in-law's parents’ home in Tacoma Washington where we will stay for the next week or so. The sun was shining in Cle Elum, but as we crossed the mountains we drove into the clouds and they stayed with us ...

Up early again, cleaned up a bit from the night before and took back the borrowed wine glasses to the main lodge. Admired their views. Fixed a light lunch and then went for a 5-mile hike up Icicle Road. The log cabins along the river there were quite amazing, but they all appeared to be either strictly weekend or summer places.

Leavenworth, Washington, United States lisajagmin

... a turkey, Brie & cranberry sandwich on brioche--yum! Picked up a few more items at Safeway and some summer sausage at a meat shop in the quaint downtown area.

Back at Ravenwood, I prepped a cheese tray, celery/carrot tray garnished with blueberries and a remoulade dip, made up some crackers with shaved turkey and served with my cherry-onion chutney which I had cooked up earlier ...

... eye salmon, scallops, asparagus and salad stuff. Back at Ravenwood while Chris was grilling our feast, a 9-point buck appeared on top of a little hill right in front of him, no more than three yards away! He called out to me (something I'm not sure I'd ever heard him do), and I hurriedly dropped my salad-making, grabbed my camera and took a picture of the two of them, Chris standing at the grill while the buck ...

... a Bavarian themed town in the Cascade Mountains, just like Austria. Had a day off the bikes and enjoyed the atmosphere there. We had a cabin alongside the river where we sat on our balcony, in perfect weather, watching the whitewater rafters go by. Today we climbed Steven's Pass (4061ft), our last Pass before Seattle. Yahoo! In 3 days we hope to be in Vancouver Island. Love to you all. xx

The day started with a trek down to the Grange for the Memorial Day Weekend Pancake Breakfast. Of course, on the way, Jay spotted a salamander and had to stop to show it to the kids. The breakfast was in the basement, and it was crowded! There were families and kids running around, and the pancakes were quite good. We would recommend it to others. After the breakfast, we went ...

Guten Tag friends and family! My first expedition outside of North America is just about to begin! After 'comparison shopping' of travel blogs I think TravelPod is the best way to go. Please "subscribe" to my travel blog to get an e-mail when I've updated (there's a link on the left side), or bookmark my blog and check it out whenever you'd like! I'll upload pictures, video, sound-bits, yadayada. Also, I'm having an exciting ...

... special guest appearance from Art who sweeps in at the wee hours from a business trip only to grab a couple hours of rest, a cup of coffee, and a Joey...then he's back on the road to brave the wilderness of the Washington forests and the adventures of one sharp red-head!

... 19-20: Interlaken June 21: Grindelwald June 22: Montreux, Lausanne, Geneva June 23: Geneva June 24: Bern, Murten, Zurich June 25: Zurich June 26: Freiburg (Germany) June 27: Strasbourg (France) June 28: Heidelberg (Germany), Frankfurt, Bad Homburg June 29: Bad Homburg June 30: Rothenberg July 1: Bamberg, Nurnberg, Rothenberg July 2-3: Fussen (Neuschwanstein Castle) July 4: Lindau July 5-7: Munich July 8-9: Berchtesgaden July 10: Vienna (Austria) July 11-12 ...