{"id":3115,"date":"2015-10-25T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2015-11-10T06:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:11:32","slug":"day-133-134-eastern-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3115","title":{"rendered":"Day 133-134: Eastern Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We drove across nearly the whole state in one day. The first 120 miles across were in constant rain on mountain roads. There were few towns but loads of thick mist. It was cold enough at 55F with high humidity that I wanted a jacket for the first time since England. It was also covered in trees, mostly pine, but some deciduous in fall colors:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3017\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-09.58.42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-image-3017 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-09.58.42-e1445214668328-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 09.58.42\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-09.58.42-e1445214668328-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-09.58.42-e1445214668328-1024x534.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Misty Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3018\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-10.50.15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3018\" class=\"wp-image-3018 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-10.50.15-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 10.50.15\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-10.50.15-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-10.50.15-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still more mist on a mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next we drove through a cloudy but comparably drier area of apple orchards and vineyards. It was covered in scrubby plant life otherwise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3022\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.48.21-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-image-3022 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.48.21-2-e1445214733799-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 12.48.21-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.48.21-2-e1445214733799-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.48.21-2-e1445214733799-1024x257.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine Grapes<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3023\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.49.41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3023\" class=\"wp-image-3023 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.49.41-e1445214759752-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 12.49.41\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.49.41-e1445214759752-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.49.41-e1445214759752-1024x392.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Orchards<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3024\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.56.26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-image-3024 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.56.26-e1445214782703-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 12.56.26\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.56.26-e1445214782703-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.56.26-e1445214782703-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-12.56.26-e1445214782703.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basically Nothing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eventually that gave way to a huge, flat stretch of farmland and a partly sunny sky:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-14.45.54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3025\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-14.45.54-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-18 14.45.54\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-14.45.54-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-18-14.45.54-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t speak to anyone because honestly, we are getting increasingly tired. Maybe it&#8217;s the climate out here not working for us or maybe we are just getting ready to live somewhere again. Quite possibly both.<\/p>\n<p>The next day in Spokane, we made a very good effort to find someone to speak to, trying 3 locations and 6 people. We met someone who had lived in England as a child but had spent 30 years in Nevada and was planning on going back to England, but no one who actually lived in Spokane was feeling chatty.<\/p>\n<p>The weather in Spokane was still pretty cold, damp and autumnal:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376332105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376332105-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1445376332105.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376332105-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376332105-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376332105.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376456004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376456004-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1445376456004.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376456004-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376456004-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-wp-1445376456004.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We decided to move on and attempt to leave Washington. This took quite a long time as it is immense and hilly:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.54.19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3043 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.54.19-e1445386824455-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-19 12.54.19\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.54.19-e1445386824455-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.54.19-e1445386824455-1024x384.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.55.41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.55.41-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-19 12.55.41\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.55.41-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-12.55.41-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> We finally got to see a Washington welcome sign on our way out:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-13.49.23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2015-10-19-13.49.23-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-10-19 13.49.23\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0felt that although we&#8217;d spent a few days there, it had been big and hard to talk to people, so I am still not sure we got a proper feel for it. If anyone has any more Washington info to share, we would love to hear it. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_83509\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9VBo2CtUZE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove across nearly the whole state in one day. The first 120 miles across were in constant rain on mountain roads. There were few towns but loads of thick mist. 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