We planned to get on the road Wednesday, August 23 but there were medication issues with supplies at Costco so we had to wait an extra day. It was just as well. We needed the time to finish up all the details at home.
Thursday, August 24th, we got under way with sunny skies by 11 am. Traffic through Tacoma was rolling slowly through the I-5 construction as usual. We turned off to Highway 18 and connected to I-90 in NOrth Bend. We were hoping to get over the border into Idaho on our first night but were delayed another hour by a terrible accident at mile marker 115. A grass fire in the median producing heavy smoke caused several vehicles and a tractor trailer truck to collide. A travel trailer being towed by a pick up was demolished. It was not a happy ending for at least one person.
As we were driving along, we had time to go over what all we had packed. Sonny remembered he forgot the ladder. Our rig doesn't have a roof ladder so he usually carries his. We'll be stopping at Camping World soon.
We passed "Fishtrap,WA" and learned it's an extinct town in Lincoln County, WA, There is a Fishtrap Lake Resort.
By the time we approached Spokane Valley, we were ready to call it a first day. We had driven 329 miles, it was after 6 pm, 81* and KOA had room.
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| Crawling traffic in Tacoma right from the get go. |
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| Once we get out away from the City, traffic calms down. The air is smoky from forest fires in Canada and Eastern Washington. |
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| Here's where we got on I-90 heading East |
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| I-90 east and beyond! |
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| First stop on I-90 is on Snoqualmie summit for coffee |
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| I would like one of each! |
(Well, maybe not the Sasquatch)
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| Watering the fields in Eastern Washington. I've read that on the large farms in the midWest, these irrigation arms can be a mile long. |
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| Crossing the Columbia at Vantage in the smoky haze in spite of the howling wind. |
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| Mile marker 125 accident due to blinding grass fire smoke |
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So named by the Indians who often fished
at the lake. There was a post office from 1906
to 1936 and over time, the population left.
Fishtrap Fishing Resort
is located nearby. |
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| Spokane Falls KOA |
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