OlympiaFJ60.net – Driving the Blue Highways – Yakima to Vantage to Ellensburg
Brandon over on OlympiaFJ60.net has a piece on driving what he calls “Blue Highways” (the secondary highways on the maps), and specifically a loop he recently completed beginning and ending in Yakima and taking him along the Columbia River to Vantage, Ellensburg, and through the Yakima River canyon.
Read the entire trip report at Driving the Blue Highways – Yakima to Vantage to Ellensburg.
Enjoy.
Categories: On The Web Tags: backroads, columbia river, ellensburg, highways, vantage, yakima, yakima river
Quilomene Wildlife Area Overland Tour 07.22.07
After a nice peaceful night in a hotel in Ellensburg, Washington, we loaded up the Land Cruiser and headed out for a day trip to the Quilomene Wildlife Area.
Categories: Adventures Tags: backroads, brewton road, campsite, caribou road, colockum, columbia river, crescent bar, dry gulch, ellensburg, expedition, fj80, gps, green dot roads, land cruiser, landcruiser, little brushy creek, northwest, overland, perkins road, quilomene, tekison creek, tour, toyota, vantage, washington, west bar, whiskey dick, wildlife
Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area Overland Tour 07.21.07
After a night of camping along the Yakima River, we got up early, broke camp and headed to Ellensburg, Washington to meet up with the Northwest Backroad Drivers group to explore the Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area just east of Ellensburg.
Categories: Adventures Tags: army, backroads, campsite, cayuse, columbia, communications, ellensburg, expedition, forest, gps, jeep, northwest, overland, park, parke creek, quilomene, river, skookumchuck, tour, vantage, washington, whiskey bay, whiskey dick, wild horse, wildlife, yakima
Lower Crab Creek Tour – 5.5.07
After a late getting out of the house (primarily because of my indecision of where to go) we headed out toward Eastern Washington. My goal was the Lower Crab Creek Road and who knows from there.
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, beverly, beverly dunes, columbia river, frog lake, lower crab creek, mcmanamon road, morgan road, moses lake, o'sullivan dam, orv, othello, overland, park, potholes, potholes reservoir, railroad, saddle mountains, soda lake, spokane, trail, trailhead, upper goose lake, vantage, wanapum dam, washington, wildlife
Outdoor Photos 03.07
Outdoor photographs taken during the month of March 2007. Locations include the Puget Sound lowland forests, the upper White River, Crystal Mountain, Cle Elum Lake, Colockum, and the Columbia River near Vantage, Washington.
Categories: Photos Tags: cle elum lake, colockum, columbia river, crystal mountain, outdoors, photographs, photography, Photos, puget sound, vantage, washington, white river
Trip Report – Early Spring Outdoor Photo Adventure – Washington
With no real destination in mind, we packed up the Land Cruiser with camera gear and basic supplies (and of course the dog) and headed to Eastern Washington for a day trip. Locations incude Cle Elum Lake, Colockum Wildlife Area, Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Wanapum Dam, and the Columbia River near Vantage, Washington.
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, beverly, cascade mountains, cascades, ccc, civilian conservation corps, cle elum, cle elum lake, colockum, columbia river, ellensburg, fish, fj80, forest, ginkgo, land cruiser, landcruiser, levering, park, pse, puget sound eneregy, railroad, ronald, roslyn, snoqualmie pass, toyota, trip, vantage, wanapum dam, washington, wild horse, wildlife, yakima
