Hot in the NW!

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

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

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

Yep - hot ... avoiding steep grades

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.