Ellensburg

This past weekend Traci and I made a trip to Ellensburg, WA to meet up with Ronnie. Since Seattle is 4 hours from Walla Walla, we figured why not just meet half way instead of having someone drive the whole length. Anyhow, I had been to Ellensburg several time and I was surprised to see that there was much more to the town than the strip of fast food restaurants. I actually didn't know that Central Washington University is located there.

Traci and I left early on Saturday and drove the two hours to arrive at Ellensburg at 8:30 am. We ate breakfast at McDonalds and then went to the Kittitas County Historical Museum, admission was free! They have several valuable pieces of history there including a 1889 steam engine buggy that was once owned by Henry Ford! It's the only one left known to exist that has dosey-doe seats (That's where the back seat is facing back instead of forward). The museum also had a 1942 Willys MB which made me want one even more!

After visiting the museum we drove around town, visited CWU and finally ate at the Yellow Church Cafe. The building use to be a church at one time and somebody decided to turn it into a cafe so it's quite interesting. On our way back Traci and I encountered some very high winds which made for a quite amusing drive with the tumbleweeds crossing the highway.