A Motorcycle Story

by C. C. Crow

Subject: Ah, The Road
Date: 7/31/00 10:45:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: Killerkrow
To: rooti@square.nut

Well, I made it back...

It was a great trip. Plenty of stories.

Started off going over Stevens Pass and following Rt. 2 along the Great Northern RR line. I stopped at every small town along the way and took photos of old buildings and granaries. No campgrounds so I cowboy camped at a rest area out in the middle of no where complete with howling coyotes and plenty of stars.

Mt. Index west of Steven's Pass

West Protal of GN Cascade Tunnel

I stopped at every small town along the way and took photos of old buildings and granaries. This is along the old Northern Pacific route.

No campgrounds nearby so I cowboy camped at a rest area out in the middle of no where complete with howling coyotes and plenty of stars. In the morning I continued my hunt for railroad structures.

Into Spokane I stopped at REI to replace the air mattress that I had found totally worthless overnight. I took more photos of old brick buildings and bought some clip-on sunglasses on my way north out of town. The traffic was terrible- I couldn't wait to get out into open territory.

From Spokane I ran north to Newport, Washington. Newport was served by two railroads, the Milwaukee and the Great Northern. I should have figured out which was which- if you know, please let me know.

I stopped for lunch in Sandpoint, watched trains and swimmers at the park. I was tempted to dive in but I didn't want to scare anyone.

I'm breaking Part One of the album version into three section because of the large number of photos. We will continue the journey following the old Northern Pacific Railway's mainline to Paradise and beyond...

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