We started the day in Spokane, WA and left the hotel a little after 7:00 AM (Andy is the early riser; I would leave around 11:00 and never get anywhere).  We rode Hwy 2 all day.  It was spectacular.  With a little detour we went to see Great Coulee Dam.  It was worth the effort; I come from TVA county, but this dam system is up and down the Columbia River.  This is the largest power producing dam in the country (not the biggest dam; just producing power for the whole West).  See the pix.

Then we drove down the Columbia River on 155 to link up with Hwy 2 again.  This was a spectacular ride!  I took another pix of Andy ahead of me on the rode along the river.

Steven’s Pass through the northern Cascades was as good a ride as any on the trip, and you can imagine that all the rides have been like this.  Andy said it all, “This is living a dream; we are seeing places we have only read about!”