Steve and Judy's Travels!

Roadside rest.  Hwy 20.

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Stopped at a KOA for the night.  It was nice enough, a forested hillside, but it was a busy holiday place for young families.  It felt like we camped for the night in the middle of a middle school playground.  Hey you kids, get off my lawn!

We were very close to the next-door neighbors, but they were wonderful.

We accomplished two goals with this leg of the trip.

We visited every county in the state of Washington.

And we drove Hwy 20 from the beginning at Fort Casey to the end in Newport, where it meets up with U.S. Hwy 2.

Still state-parking it as we can.  Hard to find state park spots on weekends, but we got this one.

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We were going to continue east along U.S. Highway 2, but the wildfire smoke has rolled in.  It makes for great sunsets, but we’re going to make up a new plan pretty soon.

The eastern slopes of the Cascades.

Across the North Cascades Scenic Highway, through the national park.

Scenic.  Yes.

Our favorite parts were the quiet walks in the deep forest.

…and the views from the top of Washington Pass.

Ultimately, down to a KOA in Winthrop where camping karma somehow happened again.   At a KOA!

Evening light.

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Dry.  Yes.  Hot.  Yes.

We still haven’t been to all the counties in Oregon.  We did add two on our trip up the Columbia River Gorge this year though.

That top right county in Oregon, Wallowa; it’s not going to be easy.  There isn’t anything there.  I can only see two roads into it, and one of them is a dead end. 

Washington.  That’s different.  We’ve done great.  We had a bunch of counties to go.

We picked off one of them on the way up the coast.  We got seven more on the Columbia River Gorge trip.

Filling in the puzzle pieces.

We were only there for one night, but it was so nice it warrants two trip reports.

Another look.