Along this straight, and seemingly endless highway northwest of Spokane, Washington, we pulled into a rest stop where the Captain asked a trucker about Omak. It turns out we’ve been taking the long route for the last ten years.
Following the trucker’s advice, we traveled home via Grand Coulee Dam rather than via the smaller Coulee City at the south end of the reservoir created by the dam. The road winds down to where the Columbia River is dammed at Grand Coulee.
To the east of the dam is Roosevelt Lake (formed by the water that the Grand Coulee Dam has backed up).
Here we see the eastern side of the dam.
Here is the western side of it, with the water much lower.
Beyond the dam and the pretty town of Grand Coulee, the road continues on towards Omak, in the Okanogan fruit growing region of Washington State. The fall colours are a treat to see. BTW, did you know that in Canada we spell it Okanagan, while in the States it is spelled Okanogan?
We arrive in Omak in plenty of time to deal with a few trailer issues we would face.
It is very dry in this part of the state, except for the areas where water is provided by the Columbia River. We don’t mind that, as long as the temperatures are milder than in the places we’ve left behind.
October 22, 2019 at 2:28 am
Finally. light at the end of the tunnel 🙂
Life is Good !
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October 22, 2019 at 2:37 am
The warmer weather was certainly a treat.
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October 22, 2019 at 9:10 am
Endless highway with no traffic at all on the one picture – impressive. I didn´t know about the Okanogan.
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October 22, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Lots of fruit grown in the Okanagan (Canada) and the Okanogan (USA). Beautiful area in the spring, summer, and fall.
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October 22, 2019 at 3:31 pm
More seasonal looking😊
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October 22, 2019 at 3:50 pm
Yes, more to my liking!
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October 22, 2019 at 6:36 pm
These are fantastic photos. Gorgeous country.
BTW, let me know if you get this comment. It doesn’t appear to be asking me to re-sign in this time. Maybe WordPress fixed it for me.
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October 22, 2019 at 6:44 pm
Got your comment, Lori, and I’ll keep checking my spam as well.
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October 22, 2019 at 6:53 pm
I commented on your last one about when you were driving the scary roads to get out of the scary roads. Cool photos there, too.
Thanks for letting me know.
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October 22, 2019 at 7:02 pm
I had to go looking for it but I found it. There’s something going on for sure. I had another follower’s comment go into my spam folder and she has been commenting for ages, but she recently got an iPhone so I wondered if that made a difference.
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October 22, 2019 at 7:21 pm
I only do my blogging from my computer. No phone. So, I think WordPress has been messing around with stuff.
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October 22, 2019 at 7:41 pm
Could very well be. They try to improve things, but all we want is to be left alone.
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