Thursday, June 10, 2010

Cruising with the Neighbours – Washington State

When our neighbours bought a Pontiac Soltice Convertible last year the four of us began making plans for a "Topless" holiday.

Well the weather has not exactly been conducive to topless driving but we decided to go anyway and perhaps we could find a little sun.

We heard that it wasn't raining in Leavenworth so off we went.


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At Stevens Pass it wasn't raining but there was still snow on the ground.


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Near Leavenworth the sun peeked out for a short while and we cruised into town with the tops down.

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After spending the evening window shopping, we stayed the night at the Enzian Inn, enjoying a lovely piano concert in the hotel lobby before going to bed.

The next day we heard that sunny skies were predicted for the Oregon Coast on Sunday so we headed south to the Columbia River and Oregon.

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Stopping for pictures in Eastern Washington.


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As you can see it wasn't topless weather here.

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Near Goldendale "Bugly", our VW, began coughing a little so it was a good thing we'd brought along our mechanic. Harv did a little magic to the fuel pump which seemed to solve the problem.


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Once we got near the Columbia River Gorge we took advantage of the sunny skies and enjoyed the view.

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There's a good reason the wind turbines are located here. The winds were strong enough to make whitecaps on the river. As we headed closer to the coast, the winds diminished and the rain clouds gradually turned to white cumulus clouds and we traveled under mostly clear skies.

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Stay tuned for the Oregon Coast.

4 comments:

ellen b. said...

What a fun trip Bev! The last and only time we stayed at the Enzian Inn I had a knock out bicycle accident. The Columbia looks great. Looking forward to more from your topless adventure :0)

Peggy said...

Lovely trip - we're headed for the Oregon Coast today, stopping at Pt Townsend for a few days first. We'll have to compare our trips, see if we saw the same things!!!

Islandsparrow said...

Beautiful countryside Bev! I love the snow-covered mountains and rushing river. Looking forward to more pictures of your road trip!

charlotte mgcc said...

that looks like so much fun to go cruising....topless...;-)