Time In A Bottle -North Cascade Highway

Can you name the Singer who died 42 years ago on Sept. 20th,1973?

Can you name the Hwy that opened 43 years ago on Sept. 3rd,1972?

Can you name the longest highway in Washington State?

Can you guess when Jan and I last vacationed in Winthrop?

 Can You guess where we are working this week?

42 years ago on Sept. 20th,, Jim Croche  died. (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) He was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" were both number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Todays video is by Jim Croche.

43 years ago the North Cross Hwy opened. SR 20 is the longest highway in Washington at 436.13 miles.It has been called the most beautiful  Mountain highway in the state of Washington.  Highway 20 was officially connected from western to eastern Washington via Washington Pass on September 2nd, 1972.  SR 20 is one of only three State Routes in Washington that have portions closed in the winter.

October 14/15th, 2012,  Jan and I left after church on a short trip across the North Cross Hwy.  We stayed in Winthrop at the Winthrop Inn. That was a special Vacation and I had to share some of those pictures with this song today. Then on July 11th-13th, 2014, we traveled across with our grandkids on a camping trip in Concrete- but did not stay overnight in Winthrop that time. (The following week the fires broke out and the hiway was closed on hwy 153) In 2020 we camped just outside winthrop in a tent and shopped before we came home in Winthrop.

We finished striping the  North Cross Hwy yesterday- it was so pretty and the leaves are just now starting to turn. There is a bit of snow on the peaks.  I hope you can travel the North Cross Hwy this fall.