[RBMann]

Day 2-Conconully to Republic, WA-198 miles





In the morning the campground was still virtually empty. It was nice and warm but we would encounter smoking skies from wildfires. Each year we seem to have this problem somewhere on the trip.



I have camped near Grand Coulee Dam many times in the 70s and 80s. Tried most of the roads in that area but I just found the Columbia River Rd. heading south from Okanogan past Omak Lake then along the river. Research shows it was first paved in 2017. Beautiful 40 mile drive and only saw three cars. I want to go back when it isn't smoky-





Crop circles and fresh water fish farms are the only thing going on along the road-





Lunch time in Grand Coulee and I remembered a restaurant as you are leaving town headed east. Of course I had to explain to Ralf it was 40 years ago when I ate there with my wife. Turns out there is still a restaurant at the location but the style of food has changed. Price seemed a little high until we saw the size of the meals. We had enough for lunch and then dinner that night-





Of course the mandatory carved wood resin tables-