Peggy and I have been married for 37 years today, a astounding testament to her tenacity. If I had been married to me, I would have told myself to go jump in the lake a long time ago.
We weren’t going to do anything productive on our anniversary so we decided to do some exploring by vehicle. We started by driving a bit west on Chumstick Loop until we got to a road that was clearly shown on our Gazetteer as being paved and allegedly circling the north shore of Fish Lake. Initially, the road was paved but soon deteriorated into a single-lane dust and gravel track. Some 5 miles down the bumpy and noisy section, we encountered a sturdy Forest Service gate that sent us back over the same miserable road we had just driven. We were starting to think there may not be any way out of the valley where we were camped except WA-207 which we have already seen.
Foiled in our first foray into the unknown, we then went west a bit further on Chumstick Loop until we got to WA-207. We have seen the part of 207 that runs between this intersection and US-2 so we turned north and started a big counterclockwise circle around Lake Wenatchee. The scenery along this road consists of massive rock outcroppings and mountains, lake and river overlooks along with some sections of old-growth forest right off the edge of the highway. Once past the lake, the road continues alongside the Little Wenatchee River and starts climbing into the Cascades. It is pretty spiffy scenery.
After about 20 miles, we turned around and headed back toward the Chumstick/WA-207 intersection but were waylaid by driving down a skinny local road running alongside the nice houses bordering the lake. Some of the places can hardly be referred to as the “cabin at the lake” because they have layouts of about 4000 square feet and closely resemble wood castles. Their views of the lake and surrounding mountains are spectacular.
We were running out of roads to be flummoxed on and we were saved by a timely call from our daughter, Dana. We were still interested in driving and we felt we needed to be rewarded with dinner out on our anniversary so we agreed to meet her in Wenatchee for dinner at Stone Gastro Pub.
Their porter is okay. The fries that come with their fish and chips were enjoyed by all because there was an ample supply to share. Unfortunately, their fish had a coating that stuck to the paper tray liner and kind of fell apart when irritated in the slightest with a fork. Peggy had the mussels and indicated they were just okay. Dana had a pasta dish but did not voice an opinion. Lightweight dinner and porter here for 3 was $80 with tip. I give them a C on my completely arbitrary scale of restaurant food.
After dinner we drove back to Leavenworth TT, stopping for fuel on the way home. Arriving at the trailer while it was still light, I tackled the waste tank dumping and utility disconnection for the trailer since we will be buggering off from here tomorrow.
We shot a few pictures along the way which you can see if you click here