September 4-5, 2014 Travel to Ellensburg and Rest

Thursday, September 4th

We left our spot at the Elks and continued west, after getting gas and propane at Flying J in Post Falls, Idaho.

Our journey took us into:

The weather was beautiful:

Western Washington is actually part desert and we saw many desert areas as well as farming areas:

And many lakes and rivers:

And wind too – notice the dust tornados:

The Columbia River Basin:

The west side of the basin – must be windy here all the time:

We came up over the hill above and this was our view – WOW:

This is either Mount Baker or Mount Rainer:

Beautiful farms:

We made it to Yakima RV Park by mid afternoon and just hung out and relaxed the rest of the day.

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 208 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Idaho: Prairie Avenue; US-95; I-90

Washington: I-90; Canyon Road; Ringer Loop

Friday, September 5th

After traveling almost 500 miles in three days, we decided we needed a break and today was that break – .  So we did some things around the motorhome as well as plans for later this month.  It was a nice day.

Our neighbors:

Tomorrow we are going to our daughter’s in Everett so stay tuned and enjoy today.