Hey all,
Thanks for the great comments and encouragement. I guess it is a good thing to be able to say that we are having such a good time, I can’t find time to blog.
It has been 14 days and 1,251 miles since we left Boulder and tonight, we find ourselves in beautiful Wenatchee, Washington. You may recollect that this particular destination was not on the rather detailed itinerary prepared by my navigator and yet here we are!
We left Glacier and drove to Great Falls, Montana which was yet another sort of last-minute addition. We went there to see the Lewis and Clark Museum with my aunt and uncle which was surprisingly well worth the detour. We both really found the museum interesting. I know, we are “geeks.”
On Sunday, September 1st, we headed west again and ended up in Couer D’Alene, Idaho at the Wolf Lodge Campground for the night.

We decided to stay two nights and take a break from driving. We got caught up on our wash, hit the grocery store and saw a bit of the downtown which was really quaint. Our morning walk in the rain was productive for Kim (she found a lighter by the side of the road that still worked, discovered our one-armed snowman which is our official Idaho Mojo and spotted an osprey/nest).

I, on the other hand, found a pair of broken sunglasses, an old black sock and I saw a cow. I did rally a bit and spotted two white-tailed deer towards to the end of the walk.

But I digress.
From Idaho, the plan was to proceed to North Cascade National Park but a quick check of the weather indicated nothing but rain for the next four days. We had read about a cool winery ride from Walla Walla to Yakima but that was in the opposite direction. On a fluke, we happened upon Wenatchee which has numerous new, up and coming, wineries. We drove 3 hours, found a campsite and spent the afternoon at wine tastings talking to some really nice people. This area grows miles and miles of grapes and apples (Honeycrisp and Fuji) as well as pears and peaches.

We actually got stuck in traffic because a semi hauling apples had run into a ditch and there were apples all over the highway. We plan to hike and do some birding tomorrow. I am so glad we got off the freeway for a bit or we never would have found this area. I think we will most likely head to Seattle for two days and by then, if the weather experts are to be believed, we should have great weather to head up to Cascade.
We have been in touch with Craig and Stacy and we have tentative plans to head to Port Townsend after Cascade. Of course, as is the case with all plans, this is completely, totally and utterly open to change.
Just one other aside, we had been taking pictures of the “Welcome to ****” signs as we entered every state. I must confess to becoming a bit obsessed with these signs. Got Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana but totally struck out on Idaho. We missed it coming into the state because we were passing another RV up in the mountains when we saw the sign. As a result, I was beyond determined to get it this morning when we left Idaho and entered Washington. But sadly, it was not to be. There were “State Line” signs all over the freaking place but not an Idaho sign anywhere. No, “thanks for coming”, “see you next time”, “see ya, wouldn’t want to be ya.” Nothing!
I do truly believe I will get over it but just saying “you can’t always get what you want.”
BTW, Kim has been posting the evolving Mojo enclave on Facebook. I will try to add the latest to the blog sometime soon.
Hugs to all!