Chieko and the Grand Coulee, Part lV

   

 

 

Saturday, December 20

 

Between Ephrata and the Columbia River Gorge...

 

     

 

An irrigation canal... part of the Columbia Basin Project (Grand Coulee Dam Project)...

 

 

The Columbia River Gorge at I-90...

 

       

 

Wild Horses Monument, at the Columbia River Gorge...

 

 

Crossing to the west side of the Columbia River...

 

 

On the west side of the Columbia River...

 

 

We proceeded on to Ellensburg where we had our luncheon at the Palace Cafe...

 

       

 

 

 

Proceeding westward, to Roslyn...

 

       

 

 

 

One more cup of coffee for the road... leaving Roslyn...

 

 

Over Snoqualmie Pass and down into the Seattle area...

 

       

 

 

 

Mount Si... The western edge of the Cascade Mountains and the eastern edge of the Seattle area...

www.mountsi.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Si

 

 

Sunday, December 21

 

Rambling around Old Bellevue, where we had our luncheon at Gilbert's On Main...

 

       

 

   

 

 

We recounted our recent travels and said our goodbyes outside the Bellevue Tinderbox, then I dropped Chieko off at Sea-Tac for her flight back to the San Francisco Bay Area. We had a fine view of Mt. Rainier as we entered Sea-Tac...

 

     

 

 

After letting Chieko off at Sea-Tac I drove back toward Bellevue, pausing at Newport Hills to look out upon Seattle and Bellevue...