3 down, 1 to go

(Susan)

Today it was a hot and sweaty day here in the desert of Eastern Washington. We stopped in Winthrop tonight, which is an Old West-y tourist town, a bigger version of Medora, ND. Tomorrow we’re headed up the big ol’ Washington Pass in the North Cascades National Park, and then will probably be camping in a NPS campground around Diablo.

Here’s some pictures from today:

1. We had breakfast at this cafe, which, inexplicably, is located in the Okanogan livestock auction house. It had the biggest portions of any cafe in the country we’ve been to for breakfast, aportioning 8 slices of bacon in one awesome “serving.”

2. On the way up to Loup Loup Pass from Okanogan:

3. We were thirsty:

4. At the pass!

5. In the Methow Valley, after descending the pass:

6. The North Cascades appear at the far end of the valley: