We chopped VFR just west of Spokane and dropped in over the flat section of WA south of the Grand Coulee...that was "thermal land" apparently...and worked up into the valley there at Chelan. It was really neat popping up over the mountains just south of Mt. Baker... can't wait to do it again on some DFW's up there...
Give me a call if/when you get to San Diego. If you think sightseeing at 2500' is a hoot, what until you see what we Rotorheads do for a living.