Washington State

 From Lewiston, ID, we head west into central Washington to visit Wenatchee. The closest home base we can find for the area is the Crescent Bar Campground in Quincy Washington, about 30 miles away. 

Crescent Bar is down at the bottom of the gorge that's been carved out by the Columbia River below the noise of Hwy 29. It lies a few miles down from the massive Rock Island Dam. The campgrounds itself is next to the Columbia River and is quite pretty. It is located next to a 9-hole golf course, that we did not play. 

While we're here, we take a day trek out to Leavenworth in the Cascade Mountain foothills. Leavenworth is a quaint, Bavarian-style town of almost 2,400 residents. We take a walk along the Wenatchee River in Enchantment Park. 

Then we stop in town to find a restaurant with outdoor seating wo we can watch the world go by. The downtown looks very touristy, but with the pandemic going on, things are much more leisurely. 

The Wenatchee area is an apple growing region, so on our way out, we stop at a fruit stand in Peshastin for some apples. 

In Wenatchee, we take in the Riverfront Park and Pybus Public Market. Too bad very little is open.

After leaving Crescent Bar, we cross the Cascades for our "must" stop whenever we are in Washington, and that is a visit with our buddy, Nancy. She's just moved into a new home, and, because of the pandemic, her HOA is allowing us to park in her driveway. She's especially happy to see Tom who is helping her move some large items from her old house.

Tom also uses some of the "driveway camping" time to replace the RV backup and sideview camera monitor. The monitor displays the rear facing camera feed, but will also display the left and right side camera views when the respective blinker is activated. It is a very handy piece of equipment (when it's working), that gives you almost a 360 degree view of the RV from the driver's seat. 

After a few days catching up, we decide it's time for a glamping trip with Nancy. We head over to the coast about 70 miles west of Olympia. Our first stop is Ocean City State Park. Our RV does a good job blocking the picnic/tent area from the road, so it's nice and private. We have a pullout bed in our sofa, so we assumed Nancy would be sleeping inside the RV with us. BUT, Ms. Outdoorsy apparently doesn't get enough camping anymore and proceeds to pitch her "Big Bertha" tent outside! 

Ocean City has a nice beach for walking. 

After a couple of days, we head around and down to the south side of the bay to another coastal state park, Twin Harbors. The site there is not a tent site, and it's threatening rain. That doesn't stop our intrepid outdoors woman, who proceeds to get a campsite across from us and pitch her tent again. And, yes, it did pour rain, but we did not see her both days until morning.

Onward. So we say goodbye to Nancy and Washington.