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