Back To Seattle, June 2005

  

 

Departure Notes, from Strawberry Hill, Saturday, June 4

 

I find myself at the end of six wonderful weeks around Charlotte, visiting family and renewing old friendships. In a couple of hours I'll board Bigfoot and head west, Seattle bound. Out of Charlotte I'll cross the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina by way of Asheville and Knoxville, then on across the Tennessee River Valley to Nashville. From Tennessee I'll head up into Illinois and to St. Louis, and across Missouri to Kansas City. I'll follow the Missouri River up to Council Bluffs and Omaha, then across Nebraska along the Platte River to Cheyenne, Wyoming. I'll cross the Rocky Mountains between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City. From Salt Lake City I'll bear to the northwest through the mountains of Idaho and Oregon, to Pendleton. I'll likely cross the Columbia River at Umatilla, entering Washington State. Around Kennewick I'll pass through the area where the Columbia, Snake, and Yakama rivers join forces and I'll follow the Yakama River through the town of Yakama and up to the old rodeo town of Ellensburg. I'll cross the Cascade Mountains between Ellensburg and Issaquah, probably making the customary stop at the Brick, in Roslyn, then on in to Bellevue and Seattle. I may diverge from this route at any time...

 

Day 1 (Saturday, June 4, 2005), Charlotte to Asheville

 

Day 2 (Sunday, June 5, 2005), Western North Carolina to Southern Illinois

 

Day 3 (Monday, June 6, 2005), Southern Illinois to Western Missouri

 

Day 4 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005), Independence, Missouri to Council Bluffs, Iowa

 

Day 5 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005), Council Bluffs to Sidney, Nebraska

 

Day 6 (Thursday, June 9, 2005), Sidney, Nebraska to Rock Springs, Wyoming

 

Day 7 (Friday, June 10, 2005), Rock Springs, Wyoming to Promontory Summit, Utah

 

Day 8 (Saturday, June 11, 2005), Promontory Summit to Pendleton, Oregon

 

Day 9 (Sunday, June 12, 2005), Pendleton, Oregon to Seattle