Luggage packed? ✅
20. August 2023 in Deutschland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Messaging
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We've got a new shirt in our "Life is a ride" series. 🤩
And we're off to the airport!
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Headed back to Seattle
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For the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike and riding down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we will be able to take our own bike to join theWeiterlesen
ReisenderYou have friends everywhere :). Where have you the bike parked? Washington state must be very very nice for riding.
2haraldsIt's okay. The only negative is that there are so many trees, one doesn't get the breathtaking views as we had in the desert and plains.
ReisenderHave fun ….. and looking forward to our joint Mex tour next April!
I spy with my little eye ...
21. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State (14,417 ft / 4,394 m)
Made it to the cottage
21. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you Joan and Ed for letting us use your bungalow.
On a mission
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Haukur's got an early morning appointment to see a man about some tires.
Morning chores
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
While Haukur is in Seattle having the bike serviced and new tires put on, I ate breakfast from Joan and Ed's garden.
Prototype of a 15-minute city
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Redmond, Washington of Microsoft fame. Very few historical buildings left to see. Everything's been torn down and replaced with 6-story condos and the new "downtown" is an open air shopping mall.Weiterlesen
Goodbye, Seattle
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Until we meet again.
On the other side of the tracks 😉
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Headed east for the first time
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With the sun setting behind us, it's the first time I've seen our shadow leading the way.
The mighty Columbia River
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is our second crossing of the Columbia River as we rode across the Vantage Bridge and up to the Wild Horses Monument overview. If you missed seeing the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona,Weiterlesen
ReisenderWhenever our family crosses, the Columbia, we sing the song “Role on Columbia!” https://youtu.be/2sH6CcsTafw?feature=shared
Quincy, Washington
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It's old downtown is just one block long, but you have the feeling it's like the "Little Engine That Could".
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Scenes along the way
22. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This was a standard transfer day, but there was still plenty to see along the way.
Ephrata, Washington
23. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
For a town of 8,477 souls, I was surprised at what a long main street it has. Almost as though they decided to emulate their airport, which in 1939, had one of the longest runways in the state.
Spraying the crop
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Bake sale
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Driving through small-town Odessa, Washington, Haukur spotted a bake sale on Main Street.
A bake sale is a wonderful bit of Americana, when women join efforts to raise money to help their fellow manWeiterlesen
Quick stop to tank up
23. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
... on coffee, that is. Washington State, home to Starbucks, is where Americans learned the fine art coffee. It took years to wean us off Folgers, but the Turks gift to Vienna now has deep roots inWeiterlesen
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
23. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Extremely picturesque, vibrant town, which Trip Advisor lists as a great place to visit. That wasn't our raison d'être, however. Haukur read about a great family-owned hamburger joint calledWeiterlesen
Center of the universe
23. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
In case you didn't know, a manhole located on the corner of Bank Street and Sixth Street in the mining town of Wallace, Idaho is the Center of the Universe.
"In 2004, the mayor declared the town toWeiterlesen
Day is done. God is nigh.
23. August 2023 in den USA ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Quincy, WA-Odessa-Spokane-Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-Fourth of July Summit-Lookout Pass-Wallace-Missoula. Montana
597 km / 370 miles
Good morning, Missoula!!
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Day is done. God is nigh.
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Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Hamilton-Darby-
Salmon-Challis
394 km / 245 miles
Day is done. God is nigh.
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Challis-Custer Ghost Town-Salmon River Scenic Byway-Stanley-Sawtooth Wilderness-Galena Summit-Ketchum -Sun Valley-Crators of the Moon National Monument-Arco
387 km / 240 miles
Reisenderrealy? already the next travel? how long? where will you go? take care of you both 😎
2haraldsFor the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike in Seattle and driving it down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we can then use our own bike for the group Mexico trip in April. 😍