We've officially started toward home. We're in no hurry so it will take us another two weeks or so. It will probably take Mick and Linda that long to become convinced we are not going to show up at their door in Olympia again. Then their happy dance will begin. These are a couple shots from our last days in Olympia.
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| Washington State Capital |
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| In a National Forest |
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| In a National Forest |
The national forest shots were from High Steel Bridge. It was originally a rail bridge for logging but was converted to part of a logging road. We tried following our GPS to get there but it selected a route through an indian reservation. When they don't want you on their land, they make it very clear so we had to find an alternate route. I'm going to let Garmin know they need to make "avoid indian reservations" an option just like avoiding toll roads or ferries.
Today we headed south to Portland and then turned east along the Columbia River.
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| Columbia River |
It was the usual cool, wet, fir forests you would expect in Oregon or Washington but within 30 miles of taking this picture the trees were nearly gone and the temperature had risen over 20 degrees. It hit 93 during our drive today. I was hoping to delay hitting the 90's for another couple of days but it wasn't to be. Although it will only be a couple of more days until we'll be saying, "Remember when it was only 93."
We're staying in Pendleton for two nights before continuing on.
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| Hotel View |
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