2018 Journey to Mexico (First Leg)

We left the kid's house in Auburn, WA on September 7th headed to the annual "Cruiser Campout" which was at Rasar State Park on the north bank of the Skagit River at the West end of the North Cascades Highway. Although it rained off and on we all had a great time - great people, great food, a few bocce ball games, bike riding, AND a jigsaw puzzle that took the whole crew to finish. Thanks Dave and Merry! and thanks Pam and Richard for organizing the whole thing.

From the Cruiser Campout we drove east across the North Cascades

Highway and then south toward McCall, Idaho.

Diablo Lake

Rainy lake (Where Kelsey and RL had their wedding)

Washington Pass Overlook

We stopped in Winthrop for lunch and then Loup-Loup
Campground for the night.

Loup-Loup Campground

The next day it was a beautiful drive through the

Palouse Country and over a very steep and winding pass -

ending up at a BLM Campground near

Lewiston, Idaho on the Clearwater River.

This is a narrow 11% grade winding pass
down to the Clearwater River.

Crossing the Clearwater

We then headed to Highway 95 and the Salmon River

where we found some great BLM campsites.

The next stop was very special for me. We met my high school/college friends

at Ponderosa State Park in McCall, Idaho. It's been quite awhile since

we've all been together and it was so much fun!

We are going to make it an annual event. Maggie

and Roy came from Wenatchee, and Susy and Jake came from Sun Valley.

From McCall we went to Susy and Jake's for two

nights so we could see their new condo and spend

some more time with them. It was a beautiful

drive from McCall to Stanley to Sun Valley, but

unfortunately we took NO pictures on the

drive OR while we were there :(

I guess we were having too much fun.

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