North to Alaska: Day 45

Welcome! Day 45 (Sept 22) of North to Alaska

Quote: “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” – George Carlin

Tonight we are in Coupeville, WA. This is located on Whidbey Island. After leaving Osoyoos we traveled south through the border crossing. A nice lady was at the booth who I think was bored and wanted to talk. So I smiled a lot and made good conservation. She opened both rear doors and the tailgate. Of course she could not see anything since we had the back packed almost solid. We talked about Alaska and we talked about Texas finally she let us proceed. We then proceeded south on US 97 instead of BC 97, for about an hour. We passed several Apple Orchards many were being harvested. In Okanogan we stopped and filled the car with gas at 3.80 per gallon. Then turned onto Highway 20 and headed for the Cascade Mountain Range. Just after we turned we started up and began doing switchbacks and I heard Cassie says this going to be a very good road. You may have guessed this part of Highway 20 is a Triple A dotted road. Not only was the road up and down and very curvy it had lots of traffic. I guess most were Sunday afternoon drivers to see the Mountains. On top of all else it rained most of the afternoon. We were not in the clouds and had very little fog so we had some great views.

We did make it here and are staying at the Anchor Inn a B&B on main street Coupeville. This is a very nice place. If breakfast is like everything else it will be a great place. For supper we ate in an historical Tavern on Front Street by the water. The building was built in the late 1800’s. The Tavern has been around since 1938. We were early enough to stay away from the rowdy bunch and the food was good.

So ended the day. Tomorrow we remain here to do laundry and settle on our plan for the next couple of weeks.