Driving along the highway it is really hard to capture the scenery. The countryside was beautiful.

Mountains – that’s where we are heading, although a bit deeper in.

We saw amazing scenery along the way and sometimes you just need to snap from the car.

On the road, alongside the train tracks.

Our first sighting of a close up of the mountains with snow. Yay…oh boy it’s going to be cold

We stopped at this tiny little side of the road coffee spot. So very quaint and unusual.

The view from behind the quaint little coffee stop. Majestic mountains.

There is a sense of excitement when a South Florida (African) girl gets to see snow. It’s been a while and it was a spectacular sight.

The road we traveled from the Orca Islands to Seattle meandered along the river. In some places it was flat and in others is was rocky and choppy.

We took a 2 minute freezing cold snow photo op at a ski lodge pull off

Richard doing his peace out thing. Has to be a hippie era child.

Ski lifts – the last time I went on the ski lifts in Denver, I got horribly sick and so I am avoiding these with a passion. Not that I would have any plans to ski. I have two left feet and end up with broken bones.

We came around a curve to this beautiful river scene and so I had to pose Richard in the photo.  We don’t take too many people pictures for some reason.

There were some beautiful rivers that we passed. The driver has one mission – get to our destination. The back seat driver, keeps telling him to stop

Another close up of the driver, Richard. One of my favorite people as I have to be honest, I would not want to drive on roads that may have snow or ice.

Sometimes the scenery was bleak and gray, hence the black and white image. The rushing rivers as a result of the snow.

Getting out in front of the camera is not my thing but sometimes you just have to do it to record that you were actually on vacation.

A beautiful lake and view alongside a shop, called The Alps, that we stopped at. Interesting store. It had about a hundred different varieties of taffy.

Barry and Enid at the shop stop.  Nothing beats spending time with family.  Given that we are spread out across the continents these times are a real treat.

I loved the stillness and peacefulness of this area.

Another stopping point was this bridge across the river. I wish I could have stopped at all the interesting places.

Last stop before heading into Leavensworth.  Look out for my blog on this tiny German town.