We've been on the road for the past few days, mostly driving but have managed to see some beautiful country along the way.  We visited the Grand Coulee Dam and took Route 20 through the North Cascades National Park to Seattle where we met up with an old friends and had our first home cooked meal in weeks.  Before he was famous, Jack Keroac spent months in the North Cascades working as a fire-lookout and wrote about it with a great deal of well deserved reverence.  The Cascades have it all -- snow covered peaks, alpine lakes, rushing rivers, pristine waterfalls, etc. - we'll be back.

As we were driving to Butte, we read in Wikipedia that it was famous for its pork chop sandwiches.  BJ spotted this sign as we were driving along and proved that her Camry could do a hard right into a busy parking lot while going 50 mph!

Grand Coulee Dam was very full

North Cascades National Park

Another view of North Cascades National Park

Wildflowers along Route 20 through North Cascades National Park.

Our dear friend Bret Dodson who treated us to a great lunch at Cuoco in Seattle -two thumbs up for both Bret and Cuaco.