Home again.

After Leaving Grand Coulee we headed towards home. We wandered on Hwy 2 for a while and around Banks Lake. I was looking around and was reminded that Washington is one of the greatest states there is. It has everything that all the other states has and lumped it all together in one place where you can drive 4-5 hours and see pretty much everything.

It has oceans, A beautiful sound, High Mountains, High desert's, Places that look like the grand canyon, sand dunes, a rain forest, and so much more.

I am truly blessed to live here.

Don't get me wrong, I love traveling and seeing other places, but I am always glad to be home.
Anyway, We dropped Dirtball and Lori (S) off at home and spent the night there, then we wandered around and spent the afternoon at a casino, then finally got to relax in our own bed.

Today we are thinking of wandering over to the North coast and looking around.

It is great to see the dogs again and they sure did miss us. They went nuts trying to be as close to us as they could.

We are already looking forward to next year. It doesn't really matter where it is. It is an adventure to be undertaken, just for the sake of the ride and the friends. The destination is but a small part of it.

We are glad to be home safe and sound.

Grand Coulee

After leaving Quinn's this morning we made a mad dash to get across the divide before the rains hit.  Nope, it didn't happen.  We got hit hard by the the time we started back down. Luckily, it didn't last long.

A quick stop in Liberty Lake to escape the rain and to leave my cell phone behind (it will be a couple of days before I get it  back) and we headed across the state in the high winds and left Mark and Lori behind to visit friends. They would catch up later in the day.

Lori and I made it to the Grand Coulee dam and got our room for the night. We are going to be watching the laser light show and the fireworks show for the 4th. Our room overlooks the dam.

Tomorrow, we don't know yet. We will see... :-)

The view from our room

Glacier

Today we went through Glacier and had a great time. Lots of things to see and some of the greatest scenery on this planet. All I can say is, if you have never gone on the road to the sun, PLEASE do it. It truly is like no other.
It is  quite interesting that on one peak here, water could go to Hudson Bay, The Gulf of Mexico, or the Pacific Ocean, depending on which side it fell on.

 We stopped for the night here at Quinn's hot springs to relax. The pools are great, the food is awesome and the bartender is funny.



Here's some pics.

Sunday

Today we went from Billings Montana to East Glacier park. It started out as a great day with the
weather warm and the sky's clear. This area of the country is really beautiful. I don't know why but just the rolling hills and the grass fields and everything green and growing just pleases the eye. I could see living here as a getaway type of home.
The cost of living would be reasonable and you could have a small farm to take care of most of your needs.

We hit a few area's of construction and everyone did real well. Lori was nervous about it, but after 10-15 miles of gravel (packed) she was relaxed a lot more.

We also looked at the Judith Gap wind farm. The generators are huge! You often see them from the hwy's, but unless you get up close, you don't realize the actual size of each generator.

They had a blade set up for people to look at and it is quite a setup. A lot of engineering went into it. I had to have Mark stand beside it to get a perspective of the actual size.

From there we would across the state in a generally NW direction, dodging rain clouds until we got to East Glacier.

Tomorrow we head over the road to the sun, through Glacier and (probably) into Hot springs Mt. for the night.

I hope to take a lot of pictures going through Glacier.

Thanks for following along and sorry there is not a lot of pictures from the last few days.