Six months certainly makes a difference in driving conditions. It would seem that Winnemucca, NV is the halfway point for things to get more snowy, icy and cold. It was a beautiful sunny day in Los Angeles when we left Ally and Hero’s home with Jean Marie in Simi Valley to make the two day drive back to Eastern Washington…
Heading up to the Santa Susana Pass on the 118 West…
Cresting the hill…
Lovely Lake Palmdale, CA and into the upper desert…
Up a slight grade and headed into Red Rock Canyon State Park…
Why it is called Red Rock Canyon…
A better view of the canyon…
Highway 178 West… just ahead. This turnoff takes one to Walker Pass, up to the Chimney Peak road, Lake Isabella, Kernville and the Kern River. I have taken this exit hundreds of times through the years…Back in the day, there was a phone booth next to the sign…windiest phone booth on the planet…
Little Lake with ice. No fishing allowed here. It is private property !
Red Hill and Fossil Falls. When Michael was a toddler, this signaled we were almost there. There being Lone Pine, CA…
Ranch House Cafe in Olancha, CA…I have been going to this joint forever when traveling up and down 395…
A cottonwood tree standing guard on a cow pasture with Owens Lake in the distance, in Olancha. I parked under this tree many times for a short snooze when traveling up to the Owens Valley to go bird hunting, duck hunting, varmint hunting and looking for bright, shiny black things…
That’s Owens Lake in the distance…
The Dino Hut in Cartago, a couples of miles North of Olancha and the factory of the water stealers…I never pass this place without taking a photo…
Almost there ! Coming into Lone Pine, CA…
Best Western Frontier Motel just outside of Lone Pine. I have been staying here since 1953 when the cost of a room was $6.00 a night. They have a room there dedicated to my Mom…
The main drag in Lone Pine, CA…two of the better local eateries on the right…
The climbing shop was my Dad’s favorite liquor store back in the day and two Trout art pieces on the roofs beyond…
They should be open now…Best hot dogs North of Pink’s in L.A. ...Frosty Chalet, Lone Pine, CA…
Heading towards Independence, CA…High Sierra on the left…
On Hwy 6, going North to Nevada out of Bishop, CA…When I was stationed with the 10th. Special Forces Group (ABN), at Ft. Devens, MA…Provincetown wasn’t quite so far away…
Bye California…
The White Mountains, North of Bishop in Nevada…
Pulling into Hawthorne, NV…This town has more ammunition bunkers than anywhere else in the world…Just passing’ through…
Booking it through the desert North of Fallon, NV…
…a right turn on Hwy 80 and we are headed East to Winnemucca, NV as the temperature falls and the light fades…
6AM the following morning…
Yep…I remember this place…
North on Hwy 95 outside of Winnemucca, NV…It is COLD !
Paradise Mountain, NV at sunrise…
There are Trout streams up in those mountains …
We didn’t see this on our way down because it was dark…
Bored driver…
Classic Casino in Mc Dermitt, Nevada…
Oregon State Line
Coming down the hill into the flatlands of Western Idaho…
Just South of Weiser, ID…
Map of what is left of our journey…
Finally, some mountains in the distance…
North of Weiser, ID…
Cambridge, ID …a good place to visit in the Summer…
Getting closer …
The 45th. Parallel…near McCall, ID…
Salmon River just outside of Riggins, Idaho…
Two Time Zone Bridge… Confused ???
The turn off to White Bird, Idaho…
Mountains above White Bird, ID…
Last stretch of mountains before Lewiston, ID…
Crossing the Clearwater River heading North out of Lewiston, ID…and yes, that paper mill stinks from miles away…
Heading up the grade…go left…
Yay !!!
Pulling into Pullman, WA…
Downtown Pullman…The Black Cypress is in that brick building on the right…YUM !!!
View of fog from the casa, upon arrival…
Shortly after arriving, we got buried in this for the next seven weeks…
HERO was digging it…
Next: We shall see…
PT/TB
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