Dryden transfer station8/17/2023 This is North Road, the high road to Peshastin. A country road winds through green hills and apple orchards. These boxes have been used again and again for years. Weathered crates for apples that come from delicate white blossoms line a road between Leavenworth and Peshastin. This blog post visits the fertile, peaceful Upper Wenatchee River Valley along US 2 and the orchards and farms, creeks and river and canals, piney hills and tall mountains that hold Peshastin and Dryden in a green embrace. Turning left, across the west-bound traffic, takes a traveler to Dryden Avenue and the downtown core of Dryden. Another 2.9 miles east on US 2 leads to a center turn lane (no traffic light). A left turn at the traffic light leads to Main Street and a bridge across the Wenatchee River and into Peshastin. Three miles east of the Leavenworth Safeway on US 2, a traveler will reach the community of Peshastin. Silvara Cellars, on the right, offers wine tasting, and beyond that is Smallwood’s Harvest – fruit, pumpkins, gifts, and a playground for kids of many ages. The road passes Prey’s Fruit Stand, owned by a local pear orchardist, then River Riders, a rafting business that makes excellent use of the sweep and tumble of the Wenatchee. A bluff on the far side of the River is covered with more orchards that stretch as far up the hilly slopes as possible, turning green or brown or white, in season. On the left, the Wenatchee River flows eastward in loops and curves on the other side of a series of orchards. On the right, the valley floor slopes gently up to the foothills. In winter, pristine snow covers the valley and hillsides, and frosts the orchards deliciously. In about a quarter mile, the green walls of the roadway fall away and the vista is of a green and fertile valley cupped by pine-freckled hills three seasons each year. On the left beyond a row of trees, the hillside slides down to the Wenatchee River. On the right, the trees climb a steep slope. Winding US 2ĭriving east on US 2 from Leavenworth, the two-lane highway passes through a narrow defile of tall pines. From the Bavarian-themed city of Leavenworth, US 2 runs beside the Wenatchee River, among the apple and pear orchards in a series of green, fertile valleys, and past the communities of Peshastin and Dryden, Cashmere and Monitor. Places of beauty and history are the roadmap. In Washington state, the road passes through cities and villages, climbs the magnificent North Cascades, winds beside frolicking rivers, and coasts through orchards and among farmlands. From Interstate 5 in western Washington to the eastern United States, US 2 runs and climbs and sinks and rambles across the northern states, the northern-most US highway across the country.
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