Day #2 July 25, 2007

Day 2
Wednesday July 25, 2007

Burlington, WA to Winthrope, WA
233 miles today (14,377 -14,610)
601 miles total
2 states total

I slept pretty fair for my first night out. Took more than an hour to pack up, load the trailer, pack the tent away, hitch up, etc. I hope this time comes down as I go along. The instructions for disassembling and packing away are not very clear. I don’t want to tear any holes in the tent!

My route today was WA 20 east across the state. But before that, I would have to go north on I-5 again for more than an hour to the Blaine, WA post office. This is corner #1 of the “Four Corners Tour.” Made a couple of pictures of the post office, showing the zip code and location name, and had a nice elderly lady make my picture in front of the building. Adjusted my one tight mirror, tightened up the loose mirror, and back down south on I-5 to WA 20, right where I had camped the night before. More than 100 miles round trip out of the way…bummer. I’m still in the efficient, shortest route mode. I wonder how long it will take me to get into the groove of “relaxing” and enjoying the ride.

The ride east on WA Hwy 20 was neat. The view was very scenic. It reminded me of US Hwy 2 that Josh and I took across WA 2 years ago. I went over 2 different passes in the northern Cascades on WA 20 and knew I was in eastern WA as the temp went way, way up. HOT!

It was right at 4PM when I pulled into Pearrygin Lake State Park. Winthrope, WA is way out in the middle of nowhere! I made camp and hit the lake for a swim. I camped next to a couple from Spokane. They were in a huge Monaco or Country Coach RV pulling a car. He gave me some input on the best way to get to Spokane. I’ll pass by the Grand Coulee Dam tomorrow. That ought to be pretty neat!

Day #2, no issues, no close calls. HOT!