Eastern Washington Trip | Part 2

Today, we travelled from Coulee to Wenatchee, Washington, which is in the middle part of the state. After getting a quick breakfast at our hotel, we checked out and drove to the nearby Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center. The center itself was pretty neat. It had lots of interesting facts about the dam, and tried to give a decent comparison to show its size. For example, the top rim of the dam takes up the same space as four and a half pyramids of Giza, and the outtake pipes are as wide as three school buses!

After watching a quick video about the history of the dam it was time to go. We got on the road to Lake Chelan, a popular resort location in summer. There, we had a quick lunch and threw some baseballs around at a lakeside park in the city. It was again a nice, sunny day, but not too hot, so we had a lot of fun before it was again time to move on.

This time, we were on our way to our final stop for the day, Wenatchee. As we got going, we passed through the heart of apple country. Washington grows lots of apples, through the apple trees aren’t the same as they were in Virginia. The trees are shorter and the branches have been sort of cut short, to save space and allow for more trees in a field. The towns were also very apple-themed, as we passed through one with the Apple Cup Café, the Apple Inn, and a large apple warehouse.

As we neared Wenatchee, we made one last stop in Lincoln Rock State Park. The park itself is named for a cliff that sort of looks like a profile of the sixteenth president. (The kids disagreed, however, as not only could the rock resemble anyone, but any rock could resemble a president if you look at it the right way). The park was nice by itself anyway, so we took a quick walk to the lakefront an then got going.

Upon arriving in Wenatchee, we first checked into our hotel, then drove over to Arby's for dinner. Next it was off to the hotel where the get-together for Jack's tournament was. There were over 100 teams there from all over  the northwestern,  but Jack's division only has eight.

At the meeting, the names of the teams were announced after about half an hour of just making sure people could get there and hanging out. Then, Jack stayed to watch the Mariners game with Dad and Henry, while the rest of the family went home. We wound up watching the game there, and saw the Mariners lose to the Oakland A's 4-0.

-Written by Joseph

Here's some pictures of the dam and other stuff we did today:

 The Grand Coulee Dam.

 The dam and the power plants off to the right, with the hills in the background.

 The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center.

 "Lincoln Rock" - the cliff between the trees looks something like Linocln's face from the side, though its hard to tell from this shot.

 Hills overlooking the lake at the park.

A dock stretching out into the lake with hills in the background.

That's it for today, check back tomorrow to see more about Jack's tournament and what we do in Wenatchee. If you haven't already, see below for yesterday's post.