Tag: Washington

Travel thru WA & ID including “Cataldo Mission”

WASHINGTON/IDAHO/MONTANA. AUGUST.

Miscellaneous photos from travel through Washington and Idaho, including a spontaneous stop at the “Cataldo Mission” in Idaho.

I saw a “brown sign” on the interstate and exited rather quickly, hoping I didn’t alarm my traveling companions behind me. I had no idea what the Cataldo Mission was but thought it might be interesting to find out, and my friends agreed, so we found the RV parking and began exploring. ‘Turns out this is the location of Idaho’s oldest building.

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Olympic National Park

Next, we headed out of Oregon and into Washington. One thing that has come out of traveling full-time is that I am being educated geographically regarding the western side of the country. For example, I didn’t know Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, are basically the same metropolitan area, separated by the Columbia River. Although it was interesting to discover this, as usual these days, I am quite happy to leave big cities in the rear-view mirror.

Olympic National Park was probably the biggest surprise for me to this point, as far as national parks are concerned. I found it to be the most diverse of all the ones I’ve visited – from beaches with amazing low-tide creatures to towering snow-capped mountains.