Fri 30th Sep
Left Spokane and carried on across miles and miles of wheat fields. Eventually arrived at the Grand Coulee Damn. Pretty impressive from the outside. We didn't see the inside as we arrived just too late for the afternoon guided tour.
Carried on along US2 eventually arriving in Wenatchee for our overnight stop. Miles and miles of fruit orchards around here.
Sat 1st Oct
Early start in Wenatchee, where we sought out the venue for a Wings and Wheels Festival, commemorating the first Pacific crossing by plane in 1931 (it landed near Wenatchee). Didn't see much happening at the airport, but went to look at lots of old cars, in immaculate condition, at a different venue. CR has lots of pictures of old cars. There were also some old codgers on huge motorbikes there, all gleaming in the sun.
We then continued on our way West. Called in at a place called Cashmere where there was allegedly a festival going on - it didn't seem to have started. Carried on to Leavenworth where there definitely was a festival going on - Oktoberfest. The whole place re-invented itself in the mid 1960's (lots of unemployment at the time), and it now resembles a Bavarian village, lots of oompah, yodelling and lederhosen!
Carried on along the US2 through the Cascades. We're sure they are beautiful, but couldn't see much for the rain cascading down! Eventually arrived at Days Inn, Seattle for the night. For our evening entertainment, we went to the Fox Sports Bar and saw Sunderland scraping a draw with West Ham. Unfortunately there was no chance to see NUFC, but we have just seen that they also scraped a draw with Portsmouth.
Sunday 2nd Oct
Weather not too good, showers and cloudy skies. Went on a three-hour bus tour of Seattle, setting off at 10 a.m. Good and informative and the guide was entertaining. Shared the tour bus with people from Georgia, Ohio, Florida, California and Brisbane. After the tour, we wandered around Pike Place Market and had a good helping of clam chowder in a bread bowl. Went back to motel for a cup of tea and then in the afternoon went up the Space Needle, it had stopped raining so the views were quite decent, although we still couldn't see the peak of Mount Rainier for clouds. Had a coffee up top - Seattle, we just had to! After descending, went to the Imax theatre and saw a film about the Vikings. We then went into a mall food hall where there was a Croatiafest going on; much singing, whistling and dancing going on, plus exhibition stalls from local Croatian communities.
Monday 3rd Oct.
Chill out day in Seattle, prior to heading for the Oregon coast tomorrow, then heading South.
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The "Grand Coulee Damn"? Was it really that disappointing? Can we get an editor to check what you're typing in the future, please? ;-)
To celebrate you reaching Seattle, I had a Starbuck's last night. Ok, so it was a coincidence. Anyway, glad to hear you're still enjoying it and that you've not crashed (yet). Are you not going to be popping by Redmond at any point? Geeky it may be, but I think I'd have to check out Microsoft's gaffe while I was in the area.
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