Pictures -- Pacific Northest Trail: Washington
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Yahoo! The last state border, which is marked by this sign that enters travelers into the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.
I had to wait out an intense thunderstorm before ascending to the exposed summit of Abercrombie Mountain (7,308 feet), where I had partial views of Crowell Ridge and the Pend-Oreille River Valley.
The Pacific Northwest Trail crosses the Columbia River at the small town of Northport.
What can you expect your legs to look like after a few hundred miles on the PNT? I was not expecting a call from any modeling agency.
An old barn below Bonaparte Mountain near the hamlet of Havillah.
The Okanogan Valley receives little precipitation because it lies in the rain shadow of the Cascades. But thanks to irrigation, the valley is a checkerboard of fruit orchards ("Everything but citrus," I was told.).
Thankfully I was warned ahead of time to limit how many Rainier cherries I put down at one sitting. Otherwise I would have been wishing I went "go-heavy" on the TP.
Apple crates were stacked up all over the valley, waiting for another harvest season.
Hydroplane races were taking place on Lake Osoyoos while I was in Oroville. The boats exceed speeds of 150 mph and spit back 50-foot high rooster tails.
One of the neatest sections of trail I came across is just outside Oroville, where the PNT follows an old railroad grade through a .3-mile long tunnel.