Three day weekend
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006There’s a three day weekend coming up. I was planning on taking a short trip somewhere, but I’m becoming increasingly convinced that “good place to visit during the winter” and “within a day’s driving distance of Pullman, Washington” are incompatible requirements. I’d rather not drive long distances over frozen roads, but getting to an unfrozen place would be worth it.
Most of Washington and Oregon are in range, as are Idaho, parts of Montana, and parts of British Columbia. Right now I’m going for “not frozen over”, although “more frozen over than Pullman so Pullman seems warm by comparison” is becoming an appealing Plan B. I’m looking for something far from civilization where there are likely to be few people around, something pretty and natural-like. In short, I’m looking for a couple days of beauty and solitude, preferably without freezing to death. I have a low budget and will most likely sleep in the back of a Ford Explorer (Not freezing to death is somewhat important, but not totally—I do have bedding and such I can cover myself with at night). I would like the opportunity to take pictures and such as well. I would leave, at earliest, Saturday morning, and return, at latest, on Monday.
I’m going to keep looking but it doesn’t look too promising. Any suggestions?
