Mile 5910

We made it from Port Angeles, WA along Hwy 101 to Kingston, WA, where we took the ferry over the Puget Sound to Edmonds, WA.  A short trip to the mall there for the much needed power cable for our MacBook was not successful as the store is under renovation and closed, so we depend on the rest power in the accu.  Anyway, from here we went a little North on I-5 to find the start of the Theodore Roosevelt Highway, or US Hwy 2, which will bring us back home (or close to home).  Once we were on Hwy 2 we quickly entered the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and climbed up the Stevens Pass on one of my favorite highway sections here in the US.  We liked it already when we went West to Seattle on this road in 2014 during our Alaska trip, and now going East was another, but likewise pleasant experience.  We reach Leavenworth, WA, a once thriving railway and logging town till 1920, then forgotten, and in the mid 60’s reinvented itself as a Bavarian themed village to spur tourism. The concept was successful, and Leavenworth is as Bavarian as Oberammergau or any other German alpine village.  We put our tent up at the KOA site and explore the town and feel like tourists in what should feel familiar to us.  But we figure this is a little too much, too condensed, too overwhelming. So after spending a day here, we think tomorrow we should continue going East (and perhaps find the power cable in Spokane, WA).

Puget Sound looking North

Theodore Roosevelt Highway Sign (US Hwy 2)

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, along the Stevens Pass

Along the Wenatchee River

Welcome to Leavenworth, WA, "The Bavarian Village"

"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value." - Theodore Roosevelt