If there is one trip I could repeat on an annual basis, it would be a road trip across Washington, using a Northerly route above I-90, through the small farming towns of Central Washington and then across the Cascades via Highway 20.

For this trip, my destination for lodging is Winthrop. There is plenty of lodging if you plan well ahead with a reservation, and from most of the hotels and motels you can walk to the restaurants or microbrew locales.

As always, the drive up into the Cascades is amazing, with several side trips to several off the beaten track locations off of the main highway.