Alaska Road Trip Days 23, 24, and 25

Tuesday, 9 Sept through Thursday. 11 Sept

British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah…1546 miles

Drove south from Prince George under smoky skies. McClees Lake

Marble Canyon Provincial Park

Pavilion Lake

The Fraser River – followed along this for a long part of this drive

Cayoosh Creek

Duffey Lake Provincial Park

Nairn Falls Provincial Park

Brandywine Falls Provincial Park

So cool!!

Tantalus range

Porteau Cove Provincial Park

I need to come back to see this bit of the drive when it’s light

Finally got to Vancouver at 9. Had some dinner at Mike and Risa’s. So good to see them!

Vancouver temple

Slept at a rest stop on I-5 just inside Washington

Deception Falls – Mt Baker National Forest

Went to Leavenworth for lunch (The Soup Cellar), chocolates (Shocolat), and cookies (Gingerbread Factory)

Wenatchee River

Perry is very very dirty

Mmm, fresh apples from Washington. The white peaches…also divine

Moses Lake Washington temple

Walls Walla River…a small oasis in a bleary dry landscape

Still very smoky in places

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

What a terribly sad place. So much hate and death and misunderstanding here

Also some remnants of the Oregon Trail here too

A great smoky overlook

Sunset at the rest stop where I had dinner

Brought some souvenirs home

Stayed at Farewell Bend campground

Boise Idaho temple

Three Island Crossing State Park

Thousand Springs area

Hagerman Fossil Beds

Burley Idaho temple. Not open yet but I got a few pictures

Finally got home at 7 pm on Thursday

So happy to be home. My mountains 💚

The view during the sunrise on Friday morning