April 17th

This morning we got up and left our son's place and head over the mountain to Sunnyside, Washington, about 200 miles of some beautiful country side.  Any time I can find a reason to go over White Pass here in Washington (Highway 12) I do.  We left out of town about 8:30 AM to a great sunny day of driving.

Just outside of Randle, Washington we came across this small herd of elk working there way towards the highway.  If we would of been another 3 or 4 minutes later they would of been crossing right in front of us. Cyndy did a great job to get this picture, because we came up on them real fast.  As you can see it is a beautiful days with sun and blue sky's.  It made for a great drive.

As Cyndy always say's this is here mountain, Mountain Rainier, it is just over 14,000 feet tall, and you can see it from just about any where in Western Washington.  When we get to Eastern Washington it gets a little bit harder.

 I don't think Turbo is really interested in the sights today.  I think he is trying to get a little shut eye and mom is bothering him with pictures.

This is Rimrock Lake just pass the top of the pass on the east side of the state.  They have all of the lakes really full, but there is not any snow left, just what has fallen in the last week.  They are really worried about fire this summer, with the state being so dry this winter.

A lot of the cherry trees are in full bloom right now, I hope when we come over the first of June to head towards Great Falls, Montana we can find some nice cherry's.    We will be staying here tell Sunday afternoon then heading towards Pasco for Mondays pick up of the new trailer.  We can hardly wait.  We might have to go for a ride tomorrow to see if we can fine there shop.  It is only 50 miles from here and we need to find the Walmart, because Sunday night we will be staying there.