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Washington Trip Report part 44 - The End
May. 16th, 2020 05:28 pmAs I continued east towards Spokane on November 20th, I didn't do much stopping. I just drove through lots of agricultural fields. The fields didn't look a lot different from similar fields at home except there was a lot more sky to go with them. Nothing at home ever looks that wide open.
( More photos from along the highway )
I had plenty of time so I drove down some dirt side roads to see if I could find any birds or anything else of interest. I found a lake with geese on it but they were rather far off. I also found some Red-tailed Hawks but not much else.
This is Jameson Lake
This was pretty much my last view of the Cascades in the distance behind me.
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I found a place to pull off the highway just before going into Coulee City, where there was a good view looking towards Dry Falls.
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And finally, at the end of the day I got meal in Spokane, found a post office where I could ship a box of stuff that I didn't want to put in my suitcase home, and went to the airport to wait for my flight. I got there a couple hours earlier than I needed to, but I couldn't think of anything else to do in Spokane at that time of the evening. The airport was empty when I got there. There was no one in front of me when I checked my bag and no one else in the TSA line. I've never seen anything like it. The flight I was on was the last flight out that night and apparently there weren't any other flights for a couple of hours before it, at least not at that terminal. Eventually other people started showing up, but I had a nice time sitting by myself in a rocking chair for a while.
This Christmas "tree" was in the middle of the area where the airport shops were located.
And that was pretty much the end of my trip. I had a short layover in Chicago at about dawn then arrived in Baltimore, having slept for an hour here and an hour there along the way. Needless to say, I did not feel like driving home from Baltimore that day. I took a good long nap and spent the evening with my sister then drove home the next morning.
( More photos from along the highway )
I had plenty of time so I drove down some dirt side roads to see if I could find any birds or anything else of interest. I found a lake with geese on it but they were rather far off. I also found some Red-tailed Hawks but not much else.
This is Jameson Lake
This was pretty much my last view of the Cascades in the distance behind me.
( More )
I found a place to pull off the highway just before going into Coulee City, where there was a good view looking towards Dry Falls.
( More )
And finally, at the end of the day I got meal in Spokane, found a post office where I could ship a box of stuff that I didn't want to put in my suitcase home, and went to the airport to wait for my flight. I got there a couple hours earlier than I needed to, but I couldn't think of anything else to do in Spokane at that time of the evening. The airport was empty when I got there. There was no one in front of me when I checked my bag and no one else in the TSA line. I've never seen anything like it. The flight I was on was the last flight out that night and apparently there weren't any other flights for a couple of hours before it, at least not at that terminal. Eventually other people started showing up, but I had a nice time sitting by myself in a rocking chair for a while.
This Christmas "tree" was in the middle of the area where the airport shops were located.
And that was pretty much the end of my trip. I had a short layover in Chicago at about dawn then arrived in Baltimore, having slept for an hour here and an hour there along the way. Needless to say, I did not feel like driving home from Baltimore that day. I took a good long nap and spent the evening with my sister then drove home the next morning.