after spending the night near winthrop, wa, i was headed down to visit my cousing doug and his family, annie, barret, and bergen, in west richmond, wa.
as usual, i set my gps to take the backroads. i ended up going through a lot of nice roads (twists and turns) in the beginning and through farms and orchards near the end. i rode along the columbia river for a while before crossing over it and then up the other side of the valley onto some high plains. after riding through that for a while, i ended up in a small coulee valley, as opposed to the grand coulee, as in the dam. even though the road was a little sketchy due to construction (lot of gravel), riding through the high walls of the valley was very nice. i will post some pictures of this later.
i then ended up near the potholes state park which led to the columbia wildlife area. again, the roads and scenery were quite nice. i never would have seen some of this stuff if i stuck to the main highways.
closer to richmond, wa, i rode through mile after mile of orchards - apples, pears, grapes. i later found out that there are quite a few vinyards in this area of washington.
after reaching dougs place, i played with barret and bergen, helping them build some lincoln log buildings. it was nice to catch up with them.
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