Again on the Road

Saturday, we left Montana’s Flathead Valley traveling west across the Cabinet Mountains and along the Clark Fork River to Lake Pend Oreille.  We spent the night in the panhandle area of Idaho, at the Bonner County Fairgrounds, with only one other rig.  Our only neighbors were the couple who do the camp hosting. 

Sunday was chock full of Ups and Downs:

            North along the Pend Oreille River
                        West, up and over the Selkirk Mts
           Down to the Columbia River, crossing at Kettle Falls
                        West, up again over the Sherman Pass through the Kettle River Range
            Down again to Sanpoil River
                        West, and up again, over Wauconda Summit
            Down again to Okanogan River
                        Yet another “up” over Loup Loup Summit
            Down to the Methow River
Whew!

 

With all these rises and falls, I will be curious to check our fuel usage at the next fill up.  I really appreciate the diesel’s exhaust brake, but could use a few more Hp.

We stopped for the night alongside of the Methow River as we are moving toward North Cascades National Park.

 

We expect to arrive in the Seattle area by mid-afternoon tomorrow.  Then we will park it for awhile.