Janie and I went North to see her family, and take a trip to Leavenworth WA.
Her brother and SIL have a lovely place. i mentioned the death last week. Fall is coming slowly.
We went East from Seattle on I-90. The Northern pass was closed due to fire, and it ruined our trip.
We went up and over Snoqualmie Pass, dropped down to Cle Elum, and went NW to Leavenworth. When we got over the pass the smoke got bad. By the time we got to Leavenworth I was nauseous. We stayed the next day and night, then got out of there Thursday.
We went up the Wenatchee River to Wenatchee Lake.
The fire is across the lake and out a few miles. We went up the hwy that was closed at the pass to get to the lake. We had the air circulating inside the car, and were wearing KN95 masks all day.
Our hotel above the door
Not too much smoke the second day, got a little breeze in the afternoon blowing it out.
Lots of hanging baskets and planter boxes full of blooms
A little more fall look
We are in Portland this evening, looking forward to a soccer game in the morning with our 8 yr old third grader. It was in the 80’s today.
Really warm for the first week of October. Everything is three weeks late this year.
My friend has kept our yard wet. She needs the flowers to last through October, to the first frost.
I will be on the blog for the first two hours, then off to the match.