Day 22 - Wenatchee

Back to the States again
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Today I left Lauren’s and returned to the States. I have arrived in Wenatchee where it is 36 degrees at 7.30 which is a bit hotter than up in Vancouver, although the weather there was fabulous. Apparently Wenatchee is the apple capital of the world, although I have yet to see much apart from a load of motels and fast food stores. The border crossing only took a mere 1 1/2 hours to get through although the immigration guy when I got there just waved me through and said ‘have a good trip’. I seem to be having quite a lot of good luck with US immigration officers this time. The Canadian ones were far more interrogatory. I got so bored waiting to get through the border that I counted that a goods train that passed by had 104 carriages. How sad. The drive to Wenatchee took me through some quite spectacular scenery but I didn’t stop to take many photos today unfortunately. I drove through some of the North Cascade Mountains which were really beautiful and part of the way was through a National Forest, which was very tree-like. There were lots of rivers in canyon-like valleys and the road twisted through the mountains for about 100 miles. Just over the other side of the mountains was a town called Leavenworth which has been completed decked out like a Bavarian village. It was really weird! Even the banks, motels and Macdonalds were made out of log cabin things with lots of twee decorations on them. Only in America eh?… I then descended into the valley where Wenatchee lies and the scenery changed completely. It is really arid here, almost desert-like, which I would never have expected in Washington state. There were lots of fruit trees around (not surprising really) but that’s about it. Tomorrow I head further east across the state to Spokane (they have good names here).

Leavenworth - odd.
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Distance travelled today – 232 miles.

Distance travelled today - 232 miles

Bearwatch – 0.