Miles today: 343
Miles total: 7584
Headed out of Seattle east on US-2 ... overcast and low 60s ... up through Steven’s Pass, then followed the whitewater of the Wenatchee River for a bit.
Stopped at the nice little faux Bavarian village of Leavenworth.
Shortly after that, between Orondo and Waterville, the mountains abruptly end and the geography turns into the dry plains of eastern Washington. Temps are now around 90.
Which then leads to coulees (trenches) formed at the end of the last ice age.
Took a slight detour north to see the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. A contemporary of the Hoover Dam, it’s almost 4 times as massive and produces over three times as much power (6800 MW). It’s the largest hydroelectric producer in the US.
Any German food at Leavenworth? Looks like a great stop! Eddie H
ReplyDelete‘Good Mood Food’ in Leavenworth was our lunch stop in Leavenworth - in 2016. Hippie vibe; good food but definitely not German. We headed down to Yakima and missed the rest of Hwy 2. So we missed the coulees and the Dam! Impressive and massive.
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