Pushing East!

Thursday morning we got up and headed out of Seattle, but not before one last stop for delicious northwest breakfast pastries, this time at Le Fournil bakery. Amy kicked off our drive, and we headed northeast out of Seattle, up to the northernmost (incorporated) point of the lower 48: Sumas, WA. Upon arrival, we were pretty disappointed – there was no pretty scenery, just a Canadian border station. We fueled up and headed back south, towards Thursday's end destination of Coeur D’Alene, ID… but not before stopping at the northernmost kart track in the lower 48! Chris & David checked it out, decided it would be a hard track to pass on, and we kept moving.

Cascades, overlooking Diablo Lake

We switched drivers and made lunch (PB&J, we're temporarily out of turkey!) in the town of Sedro Woolley. I drove us through the Cascades, where we were able to spend some time, see some beautiful sights, and push on to the Grand Coulee Dam. We arrived at the Dam about 5PM, and were disappointed to find that all overlooks/information stations were closed for construction. We did manage to find out that the dam was about a mile long, which is far longer than Hoover Dam, but not nearly as tall.

Cascades, overlook near Ross Dam

Grand Coulee Dam

By this point, Amy and I were getting pretty bored in the back seat, so we passed the remaining 1.5 hours to Coeur D’Alene by playing rummy. Amy kindly taught me how to play, and then kindly crushed me by over 200 points. J 

Dinner in Coeur D’Alene was at a restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, called Capone’s. It was delicious!! Chris and I got pizza, Amy got a philly cheese-chicken, and David stayed true to form with a burger. The best part of the meal, however, might have been Amy’s garlic cheese fries, which she graciously let us sample.

We headed back to find a hotel and almost didn’t know what to do with ourselves when we were checked in by 9:30PM! We’re about 2.5 hours out of Glacier National Park (Montana) now, which is somewhere that I have wanted to go since I was young – I’m very excited!