Today's Drive to Mount Vernon, Washington

Driving through downtown

Moses Lake

Returning to Interstate 90 West

A Tractor-Trailer hauling hay

Approaching the Vantage Bridge

The Columbia River

Watch for Elk for

7 Miles

Wind Turbines

Mount Rainier is very

far away...

A farm

Following road signs

west to Seattle.

Eric & I are driving the

Mountains to Sound

Greenway.

Pulling into a Rest Area

to "take care of business"

& swap drivers.

Washington has a Dump

Station & Potable Water

spigot at their Rest Areas.

That's a great amenity for RVers.

A shot of Seattle

We stop at Donna's Travel

Plaza off Interstate 5

for diesel.

The price: $5.20/gallon

Our next stop is Freightliner

 Northwest on Jack's Lane

in Mount Vernon.

We are here for a scheduled

Chassis Service.  

Our motorhome arrived on the back of a Tow Truck the first visit time we got service at this Freightliner Service Center.

Driving Southwest to Moses Lake, Washington

Today's drive starts on

Interstate 90 West.

Later today, our drive

will turn South

Cranes!

"The billboard" of

road construction

Eric & I drive through

Idaho's mountains.

"She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes..."

A sign warning of the upcoming

6 Percent Grade.

A beautiful mountain lake

Welcome to Washington

Spokane's Airport

Control Tower 

It's so flat here in western Washington.  Eric and I are driving through the Columbia Plateau.  This region is one of Washington's major agricultural regions.

Be alert for Deer

for 10 miles

An Amazon Warehouse

The prettiest farm 

of the day

Ritzville Welcomes You

Moses Lake is 

40 miles away.

BIGGEST Haunted Straw

Maze in America at 

Palmer's Adventure Farm

Exit NOW

The Moses Lake

Water Tower

 

The Walmart Supercenter

 allows RVs to park

 overnight.

The Roads Take Eric & Me Northwest to Smelterville, Idaho

Following road signs to

Interstate 90 West...

A giant M at the top of the 

mountain near Butte.

The mountains are larger

off in the distance.

Cattle

Sheep graze in nearby

fields.

The trees on this ridgeline

remind me of the upright

plates on a Stegosaurus.

Tractor-trailers are allowed

to tow three trailers in

Montana.

A Train heading west...

I like the reflections

in this picture.

Be Alert for Rock Slides

A fully loaded Lumber Truck

50,000 SILVER $

Bar - Gift Shop

Restaurant

RV Park - Casino

Motel - Gas

The sky changes as we

travel northwest.

Welcome to IDAHO

The green sign, on the right,

says Entering Pacific Time Zone.

A Time Zone Map of the United States.

Exit 48

Smelterville

Shoshone County Airport

The Walmart here allows

RVs to park overnight.  

Dinner @ Pekin Noodle Parlor in Butte, Montana

During our drive to West Yellowstone, Montana, Eric and I heard a Stuff You Should Know Podcast about Chinese Food in America.

The oldest continuing family-run Chinese restaurant in the United States is in Butte, Montana.  Tam's Pekin Noodle Parlor was open 24 hours a day in the early 1900s.

Pekin Noodle Parlor,

on Main Street, was

built in 1909.

The restaruant's specialty

is Chop Suey.

The first Cash Register

This ATM stands ready

to supply cash to

diners.

Pekin Noodle Parlor

has a Lounge.

The Bar

Video Gambling Machines

The restaurant has been

featured in the

New York Times...

... & Smithsonian Magazine.

A copy of Edward Hopper's

Chop Suey, painted in 1929.

Seating for large groups

of diners

Intimate tables for two

or four diners

There's Eric at our table

The hook on the wall is

handy for coats &

sweaters.

The curtain is closed for our privacy.  We can hear carts with food being rolled past us, on the way to other diners.

Pekin Noodle Parlor is a

2023 James Beard Award

winning restaurant.

Eric pours Oolong Tea

for us.

A plate of Bang Bang Shrimp

A close-up of our Breaded

Bang Bang Shrimp with

Spicy Sauce

Eric & I are sharing Dim Sum.

Eric's choice is Pekin Special

Chow Mein.

I am trying Pekin Special

Chop Suey.

Chop Suey was invented at this restaurant.  This stir-fry dish is made with leftovers of Pork, Chicken, and Vegetables and served in a thick brown Sauce.

The difference between the

Chow Mein & Chop Suey

is the addition of

 Crispy Noodles.

Eric and I love our dinners.  The Dim Sum is a variety of Chinese Dumplings and Snacks.  The Chow Mein and Chop Suey are perfectly prepared.  

We are happy to share a meal at this historic Chinese Restaurant in downtown Butte.