I haven't had access to the internet for a couple of days, so am playing catch-up; so here goes....
May 29th, 2016
Last night was proof that we can boondock! Okay, I know that there may be some of you wondering what on earth that is so...it's spending the night in your camper at a truck stop or Walmart parking lot without power or water. We have the ability to carry enough water for about 2 days and have a fridge, cooktop, and furnace that run on propane. You get creative by toasting your bagels in a frypan or boiling water in a pan to make tea. We spent last night in a truck stop as the campgrounds have been few and far between. It turned out to be a bit noisy....but free! We'll try a Walmart next time. After breakfast, we headed over to Walmart which wasn't very far actually for a few supplies. We picked up what we needed and started back to the camper. As we walked through the parking lot, we saw a couple getting out of a beautiful black and red pickup with gold striping. Bill asked if it was a firefighters truck and they both said, "Yes!" We thanked them and had a whole conversation. Chief Metzger gave us a coin
and we gave him one of ours. He then gave us a coin that had been engraved with his name.
The chief wanted us to contact him on the way back and gave us cards with his numbers.
God surely directed our meeting. We could have walked through a different part of the parking lot or lingered longer picking out cottage cheese, but the timing was just right. Bill was literally pushing the cart in front of their truck when they shut off the engine. We started off once again. The grain fields go off in all directions as far as the eye can see. I shot a short video just west of Spokane to try to show you how great an expanse this is. And this goes on for miles! I'll put the video on our Facebook page, Twice Across America. Stopped at a pull off with a nice view and I cooked up some spaghetti and Bill sliced up the bread. I brought out our crochet placemats from home and we ate off our blue metal camping plates. And of course, the company was perfect. ;) As we came into East Wenatchee, we noticed fields of cherry trees. We stopped at Lisa Bee's
and bought a bag of cherries that she and her children had picked the day before. We learned that it was primarily apples that used to be grown here but with so many apples being imported, orchards were torn up and cherry trees were planted in their place. Lisa has a very nice place here and has quite a variety of items available. Oh my! Best cherries ever! We are nibbling them as we drive. These are the freshest cherries we have ever had. Further down the road was the town of Leavenworth. 27 years ago it was a small Bavarian village. Today it had greatly increased in size and even the local McDonald's was decked out in Bavarian painted designs. With the high mountains surrounding it, it felt like an alpine village.
Since it's Memorial Day weekend, it was jammed with people so I will try to get more pictures when we drive back through. The little town of Douglas came into view and we took pictures of the same things we saw 27 years ago. How time had flown. Then:
and now:
The General Store was still there, but now it was a private residence. I was able to get a picture of it though to compare with the old one. Then:
and now:
And I just couldn't resist this one.
The hamburgers smelled delicious but we kept moving. Stevens Pass is next....46 degrees and I wore a sleeveless shirt today! LOL! Time to break out the sweatshirt! We're at 3600 feet and there is snow higher up. The downhill side is kinda scary!
Nothing like going downhill for 7 miles! We started for Skykomish to try to find a place to spend the night and ended up at a State Park boondocking again! There is a whole story to that, will tell you about it in the next post. Thank-you for reading!
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