It is way fun to travel together with someone, and we are really enjoying Brandon and Greta traveling with us. The guys have rigged a communication system between vehicles and this is a great outlet for Gary's verbal energy. He can point things out to his hearts content!
We planned to go over Snoqualmie Pass to Ellensburg, but for some reason Gary changed his mind right as we got to the Stevens Pass exit near Everett. Say what?
Greta had never been to Leavenworth and enjoyed a quick glimpse of the town. Blewitt Pass is a beautiful drive which we enjoyed, but we couldn't wait to get to Ellensburg.
We were all starving but Gary insisted we wait to eat there at The Red Horse Diner, a fun and funky must-eat-at-when-you're-there place. Amazing Burgers and shakes.
We then headed thru the wine region of Washington's Yakima Valley. It's been a long time since I have been thru here. Do you know some of the wineries actually have "resorts"? ["resorts" are the new code word for campgrounds as we learned during last years travels]
We made our first stop for gas in Prosser, WA. We're gonna take quite a hit on gas/diesel this trip - ya think?
Our travel goal for today was Pendleton, OR, but by the time we got there we were in no way ready to stop, so we kept driving and set a new goal of Ontario.
Gary does't particularly like traveling at nite cause he can't see anything, but we were running on adrenalin and had to keep going.
Ontario sits on the border with Idaho, and we actually passed a huge Ore-Ida fectory as we came into town. Makes perfect sense
We made it there by 12:30 and began to look for the WKOA [WalMart Kampgrounds of America according to Brandon] where we planned to catch a few hours of sleep.
Note to self: Ontario must grow or process a significant ammount of onions and the smell came wafting uninvited into our bbow. Beyond wrong! We had no option but to stick it out and hope the direction of the wind changed. It didn't.
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