I watched a beautiful sunrise over the Washington State’s
Wine Country; that Yakima is very much in the center of. I had my favorite Fairfield Inn Waffle while
seeing various guys in military attire walking in and out of the hotel. I guess there must have been some kind of
base or something in the area. Shortly,
after starting my drive north I found myself driving along windy roads crossing
gorges. Then, all of a sudden it just
opened up. I stopped at this view
point. It was AMAZING! There was a patchwork of farms, vineyards
crawling up the hillsides, windmills, and snow crested mountains off in the
distance. A bank of clouds looked as
though it was sneaking a peak over the mountain. I took a picture but it just didn’t seem to
do it justice.
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| Photo- The Amazing Valley View-- though picture doesn't do it justice. |
As I am driving into the valley that I just over looked, I
couldn’t help but wonder at the amazing variety that we have in our
country. A great deal of people are kind
of pooh-poohing that I’m visiting around the US and think I should be doing
somewhere in Europe which would be “much more interesting”. But I can’t help but say that there’s a great
deal that we take for granted in this country and I want to not take it for
granted and check it out. I mean where
else can I be in a desert one day and within two days drive thru vineyards,
forests, and on to a scenic Island.
Yes, later on in the day I drove through a National Forrest
Area where there were ski slopes and a bit of Interstate construction too. They had BLASTING Zones! They were working on widening the Interstate
and blasting through cliffs off to the side of the road. Rocks were in piles here and there being
loaded and hauled off. It was a bit of
slow driving but very interesting to watch.
I hit heavy traffic through the Seattle area as I traveled
north. I was kind of surprised because
it was a little after 10AM and I would’ve thought that I would have missed the
morning rush hour. I took the 405 north
to avoid some of the Seattle area and eventually managed to work my way to I-5
to go further north.
I rode this HUGE vaulted bridge over to Whigby Island. It was SO scenic and green with blue skies
that contained fluffy white clouds.
WOW! But I never imagined the
Island to be that BIG. I managed to get
lost trying to find the Bed & Breakfast that I had reserved. I called my friend and got directions. I got to the gate of the B&B and it
needed a code. I called the B&B and
they were surprised to hear from me so early; a whole day early in fact! Oooppsss!
I thought it was the 23rd but it was actually the 22nd. Embarrassing!
They said that they could get a room ready if I could come back in about
2 hours’ time. That’s what I did;
Meanwhile, I did a bit of exploring.
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| Photos- I took during a bit of exploring. |
Later on, I went to dinner at my friends. It was pitch lack dark on the way back from
their place to the B&B. The whole
drive is maybe about 3 miles but there were no street lights and there were
only a few houses her and there that had yard lights. It was rather unnerving for a city girl to be
driving in. Plus, I was going slowly
because there is a ton of deer on the Island.
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