Day 33 - Washington State

We continued south on Route #97 and crossed the border into Washington State at Oroville. When we refueled in Tonasket, we noticed many American Indians in town and discovered that the Okanogan Indian Reservation was nearby.

Ursula found an opportunity to wash our clothes. As a thank-you, Wally treated her to lunch at a hamburger joint. In the afternoon, our drive continued to Omak, where we turned onto Route #155.

In Grand Coulee, we found a convenient campground for the night not far from the gigantic Columbia River dam. Here the landscape looked desolate, with bald hills and scattered arid brush. But even this landscape had charm, especially in the evening after the sun disappeared and the skies turned to color.Læs mere