Pooks Canyon

On our way from Sandpoint to Seattle we boondocked in Mattawa, Washington at the Ginkgo Forest Winery. This was good because as long as the pantry is tightly stocked with wine bottles they won't break. This is what I tell myself. We got there just in time for a wine tasting and to buy a case of assorted wines. On the way in to Mattawa there were some spectacular views.  Hermes even got out on a walk. Jon inspecting the wares at the winery.   Free range disc golf. Reviews were mixed. All was fun until they both lost a disc in a ditch full of weeds.   Pulling out of the winery and off to Seattle!

It has been at least 10 years since I last visited Washington state (I think it was for a mud-ridden cyclocross race with Jon in 2002). Since then the apples have remained delicious, the waterways are still majestic, and they legalized weed. I heard a joke that when Colorado and Washington legalized a few years back they were turning Idaho into a giant bong. Well, today we are headed for Idaho. We are driving to Sandpoint for my cousin Anna's wedding as I type this post! We had a nice three day stay in Spokane, Washington. A really great city with scenic bike riding and lots of disc golf. I imagine as I travel what towns I would want to live in. Spokane seems promising. A weed billboard with a Washington sunset.   Axel and I battled at the Jamboree disc golf course. I got him by one stroke in the end; I'll savor these last moments of being able to defeat him.  Pretty soon he will be out-driving me.   Axel also had the advantage of having discs he ...