Hot in the NW!

[mockturtle]

Wow, I just returned from Alaska & BC yesterday and am staying here in Kettle Falls, WA, where it is a sweltering 104 degrees! Had planned to stay at Canyon Creek NFS campground--even selected a campsite there and backed into it---but the heat, even in the shade and with the fan on full blast, was just too much. I had to resort to an RV park with electricity so I could use the A/C. Kind of a shock to my system. 😄

[davosfam]

We were in Yakima this weekend for a car show. It was 106 and we were in a hot rod with no AC. The heat got to all of us except for one couple who actually ate dinner outside Miner's instead of opting for indoor dining with AC like the rest of us. :C

[Wishbone51]

Much much nicer on Sunday in Portland. Almost cool, though the humidity was up.

[frankdamp]

At 08:00 here in our Anacortes neighborhood, visibility is about 1/4 mile in fog and the temp is 51 F.

[revump]

Yep - hot ... avoiding steep grades

[Cummins12V98]

blofgren wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:

blofgren wrote:
Yes it's been hot here in Southern BC, too. We have had only about 10% of our normal rainfall since May and as a result have a complete sprinkling ban on lawns. Oh well, at least I don't have to cut it now!

No complaining, though because we will be in to our 4-5 months of rain before we know it!

Hopefully the Washington fires get under control because we are planning on doing the Cascade Loop later this month.

You will give the RAM a nice workout on HWY 20. Even HWY2 has a couple nice grades.

Uh oh, should I be looking to get that "weak" head gasket addressed before we go? 😉

We are really looking forward to it. We did the North Cascades about 15 years ago but have never done the South Cascade run. Not to hijack the thread but if there are any sights we should see please feel free to PM me.

Yes give it a couple extra turns for good measure!

Posts always get sidetracked! It's still about the NW.

I like going East on HWY 2 the Town of Leavenworth is a great little tourist trap. From there Lake Chelan is very nice and on to Winthrop. I like going West on HWY 20 the grade is very steep I think I pulled it at with er 42 or 44 mph with the 11 RAM and 07 MS and on the big corner had to slow down then continue up the long grade. Lots of beautiful scenery along the entire trip. The Dam at Newhalem has a tour, at least it used to. Back to HWY 2 the scenery along the Wenatchee river is awesome.

Take your time there are a lot of places to shop and just enjoy the scenery.

[frankdamp]

State highways has done a lot of mods to SR-20 over the last 5 years and it isn't a big deal these days. We much preferred it over the narrow, winding US-2 with all the big rigs and the steep drops to the river going east-bound. DW wasn't comfortable being on the edge of the drop-offs.

Sure, the top of Washington pass is 1000' or more higher than Stevens, and it might be an issue if your rig has a carburetor engine. Maybe the fact that we live out at the west end of the SR-20 spur in Anacortes colors our judgement a bit!

[blofgren]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

blofgren wrote:
Yes it's been hot here in Southern BC, too. We have had only about 10% of our normal rainfall since May and as a result have a complete sprinkling ban on lawns. Oh well, at least I don't have to cut it now!

No complaining, though because we will be in to our 4-5 months of rain before we know it!

Hopefully the Washington fires get under control because we are planning on doing the Cascade Loop later this month.

You will give the RAM a nice workout on HWY 20. Even HWY2 has a couple nice grades.

Uh oh, should I be looking to get that "weak" head gasket addressed before we go? 😉

We are really looking forward to it. We did the North Cascades about 15 years ago but have never done the South Cascade run. Not to hijack the thread but if there are any sights we should see please feel free to PM me.

[Cummins12V98]

blofgren wrote:
Yes it's been hot here in Southern BC, too. We have had only about 10% of our normal rainfall since May and as a result have a complete sprinkling ban on lawns. Oh well, at least I don't have to cut it now!

No complaining, though because we will be in to our 4-5 months of rain before we know it!

Hopefully the Washington fires get under control because we are planning on doing the Cascade Loop later this month.

You will give the RAM a nice workout on HWY 20. Even HWY2 has a couple nice grades.

[blofgren]

Yes it's been hot here in Southern BC, too. We have had only about 10% of our normal rainfall since May and as a result have a complete sprinkling ban on lawns. Oh well, at least I don't have to cut it now!

No complaining, though because we will be in to our 4-5 months of rain before we know it!

Hopefully the Washington fires get under control because we are planning on doing the Cascade Loop later this month.

[mockturtle]

My brother just emailed from the Oregon coast, where he lives, and he says its a zoo with all the heat-escaping refugees. Even more a zoo than usual, that is.

[2oldman]

It's going to be HOT, and smoky in E WA. Evidently yet another fire near Chelan, and all the smoke comes here. It's nasty.

[frankdamp]

Ol' Yeller:

You should be fine at Deception Pass. In Anacortes yesterday we staggered all the way to 75 degrees. We're on the south side of the ridge which leads to the ferry terminal and across the street from a salt-water marina. Burrows Bay, just to the south, is a remarkably steady cooler. It's (I think) 100 fathoms deep about 3 miles out and the water temp rarely hits 60F.

[DutchmenSport]

Seems like weather patterns are changing all over the world. I think it runs in cycles ... about every 7 years, at least in Indiana the hot summers, the cool summers run in cycles. Still ... just imagine and try to remember last winter when everyone was buried under 5 feet of snow! Some even worse! And it was 20 below zero... that's kind of extreme too! I have friends at work that come from India, occasionally have to return, and work from there. They say our temperatures and humidity in the US is nothing compared to what they have to deal with.

Be patient ... winter will be here soon enough.

[ol__yeller]

We just returned from a wonderful 10 days at Grayland Beach State Park. While everyone here was sweltering we basked in the low 70's with our feet often dipped in the cool ocean waters. On Thursday we are heading to Deception Pass. Hopefully it will be cooler there too. I made our reservations last December and luckily I picked a great time to be gone.