Salt On The Road
A Travel Photo - Journal Of Tryna and Al Morton

Summer 2008 - Heading To The Coast



2008-08-02: Flathead River

Driving Route 2 gives us the opportunity to not only visit some of the small communities along the way, but also to marvel at the beauty of nature. Flathead River was a great river to follow.

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2008-08-16: Harvesting

It was fun to watch the combines working the fields and to see the fruits of their labor being loaded into huge 18-wheelers...

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2008-08-16: Local Co-op

...which would take it to the co-op. We ate lunch at a little café in this town and when we walked in everyone just looked at us. The town is so small everyone knows everyone and we were obviously outsiders in our shorts and crocs. We didn't care, the food was great!

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2008-08-19: Combine

We never know what we're going to encounter when we drive a Federal Highway like Route 2 which we've driven since we were in the UP of Michigan. Today it was this combine which was evidently moving from one wheat field to another. We were sure glad he was going the other way!

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2008-08-19: Big Sky

Montana is call the Big Sky State and you can see why.

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2008-08-20: Route 2

Route 2 with all its curves and narrow sections is a fun road to travel - even in the motorhome.

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2008-08-20: Barn

Lots of things to see along the way. Old Barns...

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2008-08-20: Log House

...little log houses...

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2008-08-20: Farm House

...wonderful more modern farmhouses...

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2008-08-21: Bridge

...steel truss bridges...

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2008-08-21: Range Cows

...free range cows,...

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2008-08-21: Apple Orchards

...and once in eastern Washington, apple orchards full of fruit not quite ready to be picked.

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2008-08-23: Methow River

Our campsite on the Methow River was an incredible place to sit and relax, read and...

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2008-08-23: Practice Time

...for Al to practice his ukulele.

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2008-08-24: Trucking Along

Leaving the Methow Valley and Route 2 we followed scenic Route 20 through the Cascades.

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2008-08-24: Snow Capped Mountains

The drive was spectacular despite all the twists and turns and climbs. Our reward were sights such as this snow capped peak...

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2008-08-24: Diablo Lake

...and beautiful Diablo Lake.

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2008-08-25: Relaxation

Arriving in Western Washington, Al got his carving out and began relaxing.

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