Today was all about water: rain falling from the sky, snowmelt swelling rivers in the forest, and, most cool of all, spillage released from a dam. Let’s unpack all that in today’s report. Once again, the rain decided to stay in the picture. You can even see a drop of it on the far right of this shot taken on the road going up the west side of Flathead Lake. Still pretty views despite the excessive humidity. Before I hit Flathead Lake, though, I tracked down the Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ just to the south. What the heck is that, you ask? It…
Eastbound: Day 2
I got an early start from Cle Elum because I had a long way to go before a lunch date in Spokane and I wanted to see the Grand Coulee Dam on the way. I’m a big Woody Guthrie fan, and so visiting this dam has been on my bucket list for literally decades. The first part of the drive was definitely about soaking up the sunshine because I knew it wasn’t going to last. It was gorgeous along I-90, even if the road surface was a mess and I could hear stuff in the back getting bounced around a bit. Just after…
Eastbound: Day 1
As a project manager, I’m a little proud of the fact I had all my pre-trip tasks completed a day early: mail forwarded, internet turned off, last work emails sent, and car gassed up and ready to go. Then I looked at where I had to return the cable modem. Halfway across the city of Seattle, just three blocks from I-90, the eastbound exit from the big city. Hmm… I decided the spontaneity starts now: get a cheap hotel room 90 minutes east of Seattle, pack the last of the stuff in the car, and get a jump on the drive, and a…
My Traveling Buddy
Since I was 10 and my Dad took me on a trip to Yosemite, just the two of us, we’ve been the traveling buddies in the family. We’ve seen a lot in the 50 years since that first road trip, from the stone bridges of Maine to the rain forests of Vancouver Island, BC. We did a roadside geology tour of Arizona, taking the most meandering route from Phoenix to Prescott. We rode the funicular in Quebec City, drove the length of the Jersey Shore, and visited the concrete ship just south of Santa Cruz. Almost every year lately, I’d…
Driving from Seattle to Quebec
Before I can return from Quebec with Breeze, I actually have to get there. It would be so much easier to fly with Bella shrunk down to the size of a suitcase and then add water, and voila, full size tow vehicle when I leave the airport. Unfortunately, this technology does not exist (get on that, Elon Musk, OK?) So I must drive Bella all the way across the USA and parts of Canada to get to Quebec by May 1. I am lucky to have a friend who will fly to Seattle and then do the drive with me….