Today Ashley wanted to visit the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery. It was a bit of a drive up to Woodinville, WA Northeast of Seattle. The winery was very fancy. We both had their flight of the day and then had a bunch of tasters before ordering a glass. The servers there were super informative and […]
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Ashley flew in this morning after a delay that left her stuck in Denver overnight. After breakfast and a couple errands we went to the Museum of Flight. This was an amazing museum. I’ve read that it is the premier aviation museum in the PNW. The space section was ok, it was a lot that […]
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On the 3rd I toured around Bremerton, WA and then went to Tacoma, WA. On my way into town I saw there was a naval shipyard in Bremerton and a museum ship in the harbor. The museum ship was the USS Turner Joy a destroyer from the Vietnam era. I didn’t pay to tour it, […]
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Over these two days I explored Olympic National Park. I left Olympia and went to Ruby Beach. On my way out of town I passed a nuclear power plant. Ruby Beach was really pretty. I wished the weather was nicer, but this is how Washington is in the winter. I would’ve gotten pictures with some […]
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Today I started my journey to Olympia. On the way I stopped at Rimrock Lake for lunch. The level of the lake was so low I drove out to the middle of the lake and had lunch. After lunch I went a little further to Clear Creek Falls to look at the waterfall. Once I […]
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Last night was a nightmare. Google Maps screwed me over and I ran out of gas. I was heading back up to the Tri-cities to go on a tour and maps put me on the Oregon side of the Columbia River and there are very few crossings and no gas stations. I was eight miles […]
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When I got to Portland, OR it was raining and when I looked at the weather it was supposed to rain for the next week. I decided to go down to Bend, OR to get away from the weather. There are a lot of breweries in Bend including Deschutes. I went on a walking brewery […]
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Today I drove through the Columbia River Gorge down to Portland, OR. The gorge was created by the Columbia River over thousands of years. The interstate is on the Oregon side and there is a highway on the Washington side. I took the Washington side for a few hours. I stopped at a full scale […]
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I’m going to put a few days together since they weren’t super exciting. On the 16th I drove the whole day. I went from Helena, MT to Coeur d’Alene, ID. When I got into town, I stopped to shower and then went to Daft Badger Brewing. The staff was really nice and gave me a […]
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I left West Yellowstone, MT yesterday and got to Helena, MT in the late afternoon. On my way I got stuck in a cattle drive. I was moo’d at by several grumpy cows. Right away when I got to Helena, I went to the capital and the liberty bell. Everything closes at 8PM here so […]
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