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Twisp
BY FRED TELLEEN

October 22
I’ve got a pretty good feel for geography and
I’ve been across Washington State numerous
times, but somewhere west of Spokane, I
started to wonder where the heck we were
going. We were supposedly heading to the
enchanted village of Twisp, Washington, but
there was not a towering pine or spruce tree
in sight. The Columbia was big and flat and
the country was low and dry. When we finally
crossed the mouth of the Okanogan River, I
was wondering if I had been misled. Then
we turned up the Methow. After a couple
river bends I was thinking, oh yeah. Please
let me out. I’d like to swing now. The rest of
the trip to Twisp gave me a sore neck. I kept
looking out the window at steelhead water.