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.
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.
Before we left Bay View State Park.
We decided to follow Washington Highway 20 from its westernmost point to its easternmost. For that, we drove to Fort Casey State Park, which is not exactly the western end, but it’s the ferry terminal to get to the westernmost end. We could go across to Port Townsend, and Discovery Bay from there, but that would be adding two ferry rides to the day, to cover an additional 13 miles of road, and we’ve been on that road plenty of times already, so we’re declaring Fort Casey to be the western end for our purposes today.
From Fort Casey, we followed Hwy 20, with a side trip on Hwy 20 Spur to the Anacortes Ferry Terminal, then on to Rasar State Park, which is actually not very far from Bay View State Park. Wow. We hit the jackpot on this campsite.
Brother Bill’s son Jon, and Amy, and their clan.
Their oldest son Jake behind Judy and me, Jake’s husband Max, their bonus daughter Barbara, her husband Kyle, Jon, Second son Cody, Amy, and Cody’s daughter Delilah holding Barbara and Kyle’s four-month old daughter Cora. And Jesse of course.
We got together at Jake and Max’s nice little house in Burien.
The flowers in their front yard make our van windows look great.
A picture of a picture. Jake and Max. Awesome shot.
Cody right in the middle of it with the kids, as always.
There were more girls there, two of Delilah’s cousins, the three of them forming a tight group.
Back in the house with Max, Jon, Jake, and Amy.
Another great visit.
But we’ve moved on. For real this time. An oil change in Marysville, then on to Bay View State Park.
Judy’s fried rice and still-fresh fruit for dinner.
Quality camping!
