Just Outside Winthrop by auntietk
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More from my day out with Sig ...
We drove down out of the mountains to a town called Winthrop, which is a faked-up Western town. Wooden sidewalks, saloons, the whole bit. Since Washington State never had a Tombstone, Arizona sort of history, it all seems a bit over the top to me, but hey ... what do I know?
Just out of town a ways there was this park just FULL of tents and travel trailers. People were out camping for the three-day weekend, and it was a mob scene. The campground was a shallow hillside with very few trees, and there were kids everywhere. Not my thing, but they DID have public restrooms, which was why we went out there to begin with.
It's hot and dry on the east side of the Cascades, and it was about 80F at the campground. I was ready to go the second we got there!
We only stayed a few minutes, and then turned around and headed back up into the mountains for the return trip home.
Comments (32)
Chipka
Gorgeous scenery. This is probably one of the more spectacular/fantastic places around, which would also explain the gaggles of people milling around like army ants stuck in a pheromone spiral. I just answered your Tourist Survey, and realize that there was actually a study that likened human mob tendancies (rush hour, touring, and even worship) is a strange sort of instinctive behavior gone awry...but anyway, enough of that! Great photo. I love the details and the way in which you DID manage to capture diverse human activities, despite the fact that the humans were all there for the exact same reason, except, of course if they were lost or answering the call of nature. I also LOVE the mountains, hazed oh-so-slightly in the distance.
sossy
wonderful landscape and looks like fun at the lake! ;o)