Turning our wagon westward, 12 great days came together including a lot of time in the very diverse Rocky Mountain Region:
- Dark, silent over-night, then breathtaking morning hike and fossil search in Dinosaur National Monument
- Bike rides in Salt Lake City witnessing a strong local food appreciation at the Saturday Farmers Market and multiple neighbors of our helpful hosts Julie and Sebastian trying to get rid of their backyard-grown eggs
- Healthy local fare and brew at Bittercreek in Boise
- Lovely Montana city life in Missoula
- Glacier National Park, just go there, wow
- Flatbush Lake, Whitefish, Sandpoint, and all the areas in between left a great impression on us of this fantastic remote area
We were hosted for three nights by generous Monica and Mike and there super fun, easy going little Ivy and Dylan in Spokane. We were again introduced to great local fresh focus at the Co-op downtown including a roof-top tour (there are plans for significant veggie production there and an existing greenhouse has housed a lot of seedling production) and something new to us - private, lockable freezer space that is available to members to encourage purchase of a quarter of beef or other freezables that won't fit in your little freezer at home. We even popped in to the brand new public market. Although a little slow (it was a weekday), there were dozens of vendors getting their locally sourced products out there. Spokane seemed to be a gateway between the Rockies which had been very good to us and the Cascades which really marked our arrival in the northwest.
Camping, trail running, and slow driving in the stunning North Cascades National Park area served as a good last stop before putting our feet in the water of the Pacific in Bellingham. After a great stop-over in the Lynden area with the Bratt family, we've returned to be with our wild neighbors to the north for a week in beautiful British Columbia.
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