View this post on Instagram *This*. This is pretty much what caused me to hit the Cascade Loop. I'd been tossing up the Olympic Peninsula, Point Roberts, the Columbia River Gorge, the Lighthouse Loops, heading back east…and then, on a Google Maps sweep, I found this. Sometimes a place beckons irresistibly, and becomes the deciding factor. Such was the case …
North Cascades Smokejumpers
View this post on Instagram Following a strong recommendation from Maria, the wonderful volunteer guide at the Winthrop National Fish Hatchery, I took the alternate route out of town for a visit to the North Cascades Smoke Jumper Base. • • Fortuitously, my first Smokejumpers visit was to the very first Smokejumpers! The concept was tested right here 80 years …
Spring Creek Pedestrian Bridge
View this post on Instagram More views of the River can be found just to the Southeast of town, on the Spring Creek pedestrian bridge. It carries the Susie Stephens trail across the Methow, and I'd suggest parking on the south side of the River and following that trail across. (See next post for the reasons why.) • • @winthropwa …
Sheri’s Sweet Shoppe
View this post on Instagram Sheri's Sweet Shoppe is quite possibly the sweetest smelling sweet shoppe I've ever stepped inside, and I have visited a LOT of sugar dealers in this country! I opened the door, and was near knocked off my feet. They have fudge, chocolates, gummies, taffy, and every sort of candy you dream about. On the outside …
Lariat Coffee Roasters
View this post on Instagram I wandered into Lariat Coffee Roaster's main street location for some free sniffs – I do love a good coffee aroma! I got a lot more than I bargained for…so much local goodness, yet again! There was plenty of coffee, but they also stock Pendleton mugs and blankets, Seattle Candle Company candles, Basilwood Farm goat …
Winthrop – Window Shopping
View this post on Instagram A little Winthrop window-browsing, or doorway-gazing, if you will. There's a lot here – a little something for every interest! • • @winthropwa #winthrop #letsgoshopping #windowbrowsing #choiceschoices #wildwest #funstop #thecourtyardquail @the_retro_pony #farmersstatebank @oldschoolhousebrewery @theironhorse_winthrop @carlos1800mexicanrestaurants #insideout #theoutdoorsman #cascadeloop #visitwashington #feelingloopy A post shared by Sara | RV Travel in the US (@thelonglongroad) on Sep 3, …
Winthrop, WA
View this post on Instagram You may pull in to Winthrop and think *tourist trap*! You wouldn't be entirely wrong…but there's so much history here! Sure, the old-style, 1890s Western facades and wooden plank sidewalks were actually retrofitted just in time for the 1972 completion of the tourist-delivering North Cascades Scenic Highway. But Winthrop really was a frontier town back …
Pearrygin Lake State Park
View this post on Instagram I used my Discover Pass to stop in for a free day-use visit at the $55/night Pearrygin Lake State Park. You get one heckuva view of the place coming down Bear Creek Road from the free campsites 🙂 • • The Lake is crystal clear and mirror-like. How mirror-like? *Almost* calm enough that I could …
Bear Creek Public Access – Coins
View this post on Instagram What to do when you have an entire forest campground to yourself? Why, get in some practice sweeps with your buddy's metal detector, of course 😁 • • I didn't get into anything serious – no digging 8 inches or gridding off search squares in the campsites. No, just walked the dog while waving the …
Bear Creek Public Access
View this post on Instagram I debated Pearrygin Lake State Park for an overnight, but at $55, I couldn't bring myself to splurge. Washington is damn expensive when it comes to camping, but most sites have been full (or nearly full), so people seem happy to pay. I'd spotted this listing, about 2 miles or so up the road from …