Day 3 of the BCOL had us all meeting in the parking lot of the The Red Lion in Lewiston at 9am, ready to hit the road. Of course, it goes without saying, that we didn't leave the hotel at 9am, but 9:20am wasn't too bad! Rick and Christine Kuschel joined the Oil Leak today in their Brown 1968 E-Type OTS.
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| Rick and Christine (chatting with Denise) ready to go. Lloyd describing the length of his dipstick to Michael |
Today was to be the shortest day of the trip so far, as far as mileage was concerned. Initially, the route took us from Lewiston, through Moscow to Worley on US-95.
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| The convoy of 7 E-Types was led up the steep grade by our sponsor in a Fedex truck! 5 E-Types in front of me... |
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| ...and one (Greg and Dianne) behind me, plus a Boxster and a Camry. |
US-95 was fairly quiet, but at times our progress was limited by slower traffic, which resulted in some short bursts of speed to pass, and then catch up with the remainder of the group... At Worley, we stopped at the Coeur D'Alene Casino Resort for an early lunch. After lunch, we quickly crossed into Washington State and took WA-27 and I-90 into Spokane.
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| Lunch at The Coeur D'Alene Casino Resort |
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| The convoy continues northwards into Washington State |
Spokane was our first experience of the tour of heavy traffic, and it was not enjoyable. Sitting in traffic with temperatures in the mid 80's is not much fun! That said, a week or so ago, it had been much hotter...
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| Lined up at the seemingly endless series of lights in Spokane |
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| The result of sitting in traffic in an E-Type: Voltage low, due to cooling fans; Oil Pressure low due to engine temperature; Water Temperature close to the Red Line... |
The group became split up in Spokane due to traffic, and stoppages for refueling, so we proceeded in smaller groups up US-395 to the end of today's route in Kettle Falls, Washington. Here we are staying at the Grandview Inn Motel and RV Park.
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| Parking lot at the Motel is filled with our party |
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| "Motel Full" - I think we took pretty much every room they have |
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| View of the Columbia River from the Grandview Inn |
Kettle Falls (named after the nearby Kettle Falls on the Columbia River) is a small community with a population of around 1600. I think that David D may have his work cut out for him finding somewhere to eat this evening...
Well, David proved me wrong. He managed to find a local restaurant which specialized in microbrew beers.
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| One of the range of local beers... |
After dinner, we were delighted to be entertained by Denise Jenkins on her fiddle outside on the lawn at the Motel. I believe that this is a first for the Oil Leak Series, and will be a tough act to follow.
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| Denise entertaining the Leakers at dusk in Kettle Falls |
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