Moses Lake, WA

Wednesday, our last day in Fall City was spent with Judy going to Curves and a few errands. In the afternoon I helped Dave arrange his storage site then we discussed many topics at the local tavern. Judy did the dirty work, the laundry. Of course it rained some more.

Thursday was a banner day, we pulled out at 10am and made the right turn heading east!! The only sad thing is we are leaving Dave, Trish & Tank; but we'll see them in 3 months. The roads took us over a couple passes and we saw lots of snow on them there mountains. Just as we were impressed leaving the Arizona desert for the lush green valleys of California when we crossed over the mountains we were likewise impressed leaving the wet, soaked, heavily forested, overcast and dreary (50s) western Washington for green, rolling hills with just a few trees, dry (the fields are irrigated), warm (hi 70s) and sunny central and eastern Washington. We stopped at a rest area on I90 to streach our legs, got out of the truck, and pulling in beside us were Lanny & Lois from MI who we met last September at the Elkhart Escapade!!! Small world huh? Ain't it amazing??

See the blue sky and Judy's shadow in the picture, we were afraid she had lost her shadow. Yippee!!!!!!

Fall City, WA

Today was a laid back day. We went out to lunch with Trisha and Dave, had a good burger at Ruby's Dinner. Stopped at the post office and spotted these two tall chain saw carvings. Yes, it rained most of the morning and is raining again now. I think we will have to trade the fifth wheel for a boat, or better yet an ark, to get out of here. We are closely watching the Snoqualmie Pass on I90 for snow and ice when we leave Thursday. The state road department has good weather info and live pictures of the pass online.

Fall City, WA

Jeff & Susan pulled out this morning, of course in the rain. This afternoon we went with Dave & Trish for some local sightseeing. We stopped at the waterfall the guys checked out Friday, still couldn't see it. We stopped again on the way home and !!!!! the waters had parted and we saw it!

Seattle again

Today we went to a nice pizza place on the University of Washinton to meet another HitchHiker couple from Seattle. After pizza we did some more sightseeing and took the ferry across Pugot Sound and back. Ya know what? It only rained half the day!

Seattle, WA

Today Dave & Trish took us (and Susan) to Seattle, in the rain. We are about 1/2 hour from downtown. We stopped at Pikes Market and checked out the area on foot and had lunch, I had seafood gumbo with mussels in the shell! Lots of people there and you get a good view of downtown and the port. We also went to West Seattle where you get a great view of the downtown area, bay, port and Space Needle. Can ya guess in the pictures it was raining?

Fall City, WA

Thursday morning we packed up in the rain, pulled out in the rain, drove in the rain, arrived in the rain and set up in the rain. It's ugly out here folks! We moved 140 mile to Fall City just east of Seattle to join Dave & Trich Wood. Nice CG in the woods AND RAIN. It's nice to be with Jeff & Susan Collingwood plus the Dave & Trish.

Friday the women went after hair cuts and shopping while the guys hit one tavern, one brewery, and one bar. We also checked out a train museum, because it was next to the bar. That's Dave & Jeff in front of a snow plow used to keep the railroad passes open. We also stopped at a large waterfall, we know it's there because Dave told us so and we could hear it. But ya can't see it in the rain and mist. Friday night Judy played Bingo at the clubhouse and broke even.

Olympic National Forest

Today we all (Jeff, Susan & us) drove up and into the Olympic National Forest. You can't drive all the way through as there are no through roads. We drove into it as far as we could and saw the worlds largest Sitka Spruce tree which is about 1000 years old, Merriman Falls, the Bunch Creek waterfall, and Washington's oldest tree , a 1200 year old Western Red Cedar. The last tree was only a 1/4 mile hike but it was a tough one, uphill, slippery ground and tree roots, uneven dirt steps and lots of places to trip. The tree was more dead than alive but you could stand inside the trunk and look up into it! This is a rain forest that averages 12 feet of rain a year. We did see a black bear that was casually chowing down in a meadow, that was nifty.