Today we hung around in camp because we knew Dana, our daughter was scheduled to come visit from her new place in Mukilteo, WA. She told us she was bringing her boyfriend along so we could meet him for the first time.
They arrived about noon and we got to meet Devon. He seems like a good kid and our daughter seems to like him which is okay with us. We sat around our spot for a while and chatted before Peggy suggested we go for a drive up into the Stevens Pass area since we liked it so much when we drove through here a couple days ago.
It was a beautiful day and the scenery along the drive up as far as Skykomish was gorgeous. This road is the southern end of the Cascades Loop which runs around the northern half of the mountains in WA. We drove the northern leg when we visited Washington in 2014. If you ever visit Washington, set aside some time for travel up WA-20 because it is spectacular.
Dana indicated she was getting pooped, probably because she has been working a lot of hours and was scheduled for a shift starting tomorrow at 4:00 AM. We drove back down to the campsite returning Devon and Dana to her truck for their drive of an hour back home. It was difficult for me to watch her go when we have no idea when we will see her again.
Since we got back home relatively early in the day, we barbecued some steaks and then drove over to the Evergreen Fairgrounds in Monroe to watch some automobile racing. They had some great fun racing a variety of classes including some on a figure eight track which resulted in the almost inevitable midpoint crashes of cars going in opposite directions. Fortunately, nobody was hurt and we called it a day at about 11:00 PM.