Saturday, September 11, 2010

Great Friends & Great Times in beautiful Washington State

Thanks to all of you for hanging in with us after our "bump in the road".  We're doing better and are finally getting back to blogging.  Check back frequently as we will be trying to catch you up on our travels (North Bend, Seattle, Olympic Peninsula, Bonneville Salt Flats,  Wyoming, Colorado, Davenport and much more).

On August 1, we started our trip north to visit with our friends, Yondi and Daniel in North Bend, WA.  We took the costal route through California and into Oregon and the views continue to amaze us.

Pacific Coast Hwy - CA views

Pacific Coast Hwy - this is what makes it a scenic highway

 Oregon Dunes Natl Recreation Area
 Dunes in Oregon...who knew?

Elk Viewing Area in Oregon
Wonder how the elk know to stop there for us to watch them?

We arrived at Yondi & Daniel Hall's on the afternoon of August 2 and proceeded to set up at the base of their driveway.  How many friends can provide you with hook ups for your trailer?  This would be our base camp for the next few days and we were once again "neighbors" with them.  We had promised to visit them for years and now had finally made good on the promise!  And just like when we were neighbors in Virginia, we were constantly together eating, drinking or riding!  It was wonderful!!

Good neighbors working together - success on putting together a new grill!
And we definitely put it to good use!!!!


While we were in North Bend, Yondi and Daniel took us on a ride to La Conner, WA.  It started with a stop at Snoqualmie Falls and then a gorgeous ride through the back roads to La Conner.

Snoqualmie Falls


On the way to La Conner


Daniel, Yondi, Barb and Tim in La Conner

Yondi and Barb in La Conner

Our next trip with Yondi and Daniel was via car to Leavenworth, WA, a Bavarian style town in the mountains.  Again the ride was beautiful and the town was unique!

Leavenworth



Enjoying the Leavenworth sights

One rainy afternoon, we decided to take a drive from Yondi and Daniel's house to Snoqualmie Falls to spend a little more time and take additional pictures.

Snoqualmie Falls


The Falls were dramatic

The Lodge at the top of the Falls


At Snoqualmie Falls



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