Postcards from the Methow Valley: Taking the Tour

Today we drove around the Methow Valley so JEJ could find spots he recognized from his youth.

 Above is the house he lived in when he was eight. He couldn't get over how big the lilac bush out front had grown. We found one road he remembered as a dirt road that he ran all the way down full speed with a friend when he was a about twenty.Now it is paved. He spotted another road that led to a house he lived in, but we couldn't get through. Mostly he couldn't believe how much the whole area had changed.

The rivers hadn't changed much. Above is the Methow River.

We also drove up the Chewack River and stopped to get a closer look.

The water had a beautiful green color which set off the reflection of the trees.

Postcards from the Methow Valley: Touring North Central Washington State

When we left home yesterday the sun and the snow created a beautiful contrast as we crossed Sherman Pass close to home.

The landscape changed when we reached apple country. Here are some photos at Brewster, Pateros, and heading north toward Twisp.

 The sun was sinking slowly behind this mountain as we ended our first day of vacation...

 and the sun greeting me early this morning as I breathed in the chilly, mountain air.