Washington Backcountry Discovery Route Part Two
Washington Backcountry Discovery Route: Part Two
This was such an amazing journey! Eleven of us traveled the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route from Canada to Stevenson, WA during the first week of August. Don't try this unless you are driving an all terrain vehicle. Also, we all did this discovery route backwards so we ended our journey near home instead of more than 500 miles away.
Our journey began on July 29, 2017. We left our home in Oregon and traveled in our little blue Dune Buggy to Oroville, WA near the Canadian border. It was a fast drive up the freeway through some beautiful country. This is part two of a journey through small towns, rural America and true back country across the beautiful Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Don't worry if you missed part one. You can always read it later.
This is day 3 of our journey and what is technically Part 5 of the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route. We left Conconully, WA at 8:30am and drove to the not really there town of Ruby. We did find the marker and headed up the first grade of the day. It was a nice one!
The back roads will take us into the mountains today through some truly beautiful terrain with amazing vistas that begin to rapidly disappear as the smoke from distant fires blows into and around the state during this week. It's one of the worst fire years I've ever known.
