Multi-State Solution

Starting Mileage - 164730

Made it on the road only 15 minutes later than the 0600 scheduled departure.

 Oregon to Washington to Oregon to Washington to Idaho and now camped out in a Days end on the west side of Missoula Montana! Whole lot of windshield time today.

First stop was to drop off the dogs in Stevenson. Second stop was a rest area just west of The Dalles. It was a pretty popular place. I walked into the rest room and there was a line - I made a crack about this being the place to get rid of the first cup of coffee for the day and a guy came walking of one of the stalls and cracked back "or the first three cups of beer". He and his buddies were in a luxury motorhome with a keg of beer and were headed to Boise for tomorrow's Football game with the Beavers.

Looking north at Bridge of the Gods - Sunrise Colors on the Rocks

My Rig at the Rest Stop

Big Horn Sheep in the Columbia Gorge near MP 121 - Just east of the John Day River - They're always in the short stretch just east of the river - I usually see them about MP 118 - this is the farthest east I've seen them - they're almost always within a couple of hundred feet of the road

Espresso in Boardman - They use Kobos beans - made a fair latte

Boardman Taco Truck Pod

Umatilla Army Depot - the igloos (the lumpy mounds you can barely make out) where they store the chemical weapons used to be kept weed free. They're still a couple of years away from the end of the project to destroy the chemical weapons stock.

I expect to see lots of corn on this trip - especially in Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas - We don't grow nearly as much here in Oregon and as such it's valuable and we need to protect it with a razor wire topped cyclone fence.

John Deskin's Pride and Joy - Dual Lane Flashing Yellow Arrows - Appreciating it is a Signal Nerd thing

Kennewick - Pasco Bridge - there are two towers - I only was able to get one in the picture - Really Pretty Structure

Zip's in Connell WA - they seem to be the Eastern Washington version of Burgerville - there big thing is their tartar sauce and it bears an uncanny resemblance to Burgerville's secret sauce. They've got crinkle cut fries - something I haven't seen in a while

How do you spell Tokio? Tokio is a ghost town north of Ritzville

 

 

Sprague Lake Rest Area - I always stop here - really pretty and an opportune place to stretch your legs

A bit of Geology across the highway from the Sprague Lake Rest Area

Heading East into Spokane - No Suburbs on the west side - you just sort of show up in Downtown - East side is sprawled in to Idaho

Rabbit at the hotel in Missoula - I can't get this photo to load after the next photo, so it's out of order - I'm having a hard time getting over it! - didn't see much wild life today. The big horn sheep are aways a treat and I did see one magpie- one of my favorite birds east of the mountains

Here's a Cheese Burger at Hudson's Hamburger's in Coeur D'Alene- You've got a choice of
toppings - Cheese, Onions, Pickles. They grind their own beef and hand form the patties. I understand there's usually a line, but I walked right in. It was an excellent choice for a place to eat - Three Sauces - Ketchup, Spicy Mustard and Spicy Ketchup, which is a blend of Spicy Mustard and Spicy Ketchup - I liked the spicy ketchup