Yesterday, we drove through Tacoma & Seattle (I really needed some Valium – the traffic was crazy and it wasn’t even during rush hour) and on up I-5 until I finally convinced Tony that we could make better time on a parallel, state road – which took us through some beautiful farmland in northeastern Washington. We did stop at a Lifeway south of Seattle – I needed some retail therapy. Made it to the campground, then did a ride around to check out the area. It was so smokey that we could not even see the Cascades as we drove through the valley. Today, it was a little bit better, but still real smokey. We drove to Sedro-Wooley, where the Visitor Center for the North Cascades National Park is located and got some info. from the park rangers. They said most of the smoke was coming from fires in British Columbia. He checked the air quality rating, which was in the red – dangerous for anybody to breathe. Hoping the wind patterns will change and blow it east instead of south. We rode around a bit this afternoon. Tomorrow we plan to ride through the park and Friday we plan to go to Anacortes, which is northwest of us and on the sound. No pictures – couldn’t see anything for the smoke.
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