Travel from Shelton to Concrete, Washington

We drove our coach 187 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Concrete, Washington.

The map route, heading north (exact start omitted for privacy):

Patial map route

A narrow road:

Narrow road

Paladin on the dash, unusual for him when driving:

Paladin on the dash

On the dash in front of Jenn isn’t acceptable, though:

Paladin on the dash

Freeway:

Freeway

Joining I-5:

Joining I-5

A bridge over I-5 in Olympia, the state capitol:

Olympia bridge

Paladin on the back of my chair:

David and Paladin

On the dash again; he seems to be getting more comfortable with seeing the traffic outside:

Paladin

While driving through Tacoma, a semi truck got too close to us and clipped our mirror with theirs, shattering the upper mirror glass:

Shattered mirror

Tacoma Dome:

Tacoma Dome

We stopped at a rest area for lunch:

Rest area

The SeaTac northbound rest area is rather nice, with a dump station and separate RV parking:

Rest area

I got out to inspect the shattered mirror; more on this in a future post (I should be able to replace just the glass):

Shattered mirror

Lunch for us and my Pokémon buddy:

Lunch with Pokémon

(My trainer code is 5198 7224 2799 if you play; my referral code is BT9H6KRBC, if you don’t but want to start.)

Pokémon trainer code

Paladin on my lap:

Paladin on David's lap

Boeing Field:

Boeing Field

Seattle:

Seattle

Seattle

Seattle

The freeway goes under downtown buildings:

Under buildings

Paladin on my lap:

Paladin

And sleeping on the back of my chair:

Paladin and David

We stopped at another rest area, and used their dump station:

Dump station

RV at dump station

Dump station

There was a handy map of rest areas and dump stations:

Map

Our exit:

Our exit

Paladin on the floor between us:

Paladin

Highway:

Highway

Our destination:

Our destination

Our destination