A change of plan

Cascade Loop Scenic Highway

Leavenworth was the second entry on our newly formed list of places we don't need to go back to. Not only did I discover that I missed having a view of Blackbird Island, but we could not get the same room at the inn for two nights in a row and it was blazing hot outside. Returning to the coast sounded like a good plan. Since we seem to have fun around airplanes and it was too soon to go home, we decided to drive south to Oregon to visit a couple of air museums.

There is no easy, direct route from Leavenworth to the Oregon coast. We would have to drive back through the mountains one way or another so we decided to complete most of the Cascade Loop by heading southeast, then north, and west to get back onto the I-5. I was curious to see what was up there. So, on the map we'd be leaving region 3, driving through regions 4 to 8, and skipping region 9. With any luck, we'd be spending the next night back in the Holiday Inn in Marysville.