We had a great trip, traveling 9,180 miles through 14 states, for 6 weeks of fun!  We went to 7 national parks, 4 national wildlife refuges, 3 national monuments, 2 national recreation areas, 2 national grasslands, and 12 state parks. 

The new van made camping so much easier and faster than tent camping that we camped on 34 nights.  We were in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon for more than half the time, with 13 days in WA, 6 days in ID, and 4 days in OR.

We saw 229 bird species, 39 mammal species, and learned a lot about the geological formation of the Northwest.  In retrospect, a few experiences stand out above the rest: 

A displaying male Sooty Grouse running across a 10 foot snow bank at Mt. Rainiers Paradise.
A three rattlesnake walk at Agate Fossil Beds.
A glaring badger, the 3rd badger of the day, staring at us from behind the fence line on Shawn's Laramie Loop. 
A Burrowing Owl first owning a fence post and then dancing up and down to see above the grasses, when we were lost, looking for Birds of Prey.
A barn Owl that flew into the tree over the van at the Hells Gate State Park campground in ID.
A five Loggerhead Shrike day traveling to and from Hart Mountain OR.
Simultaneous views of Western Grebes on the east side of the road and Clarks Grebes on the west side at Malheur NWR.

WA and OR had cold nights with temps in the low 40s, and there was rain every day on the Olympic Peninsula, supposedly their dry season.  There was more rain and snow in the northwest this year than normal.  Paradise at Mt. Rainier had 200 inches more snow than average since January.  Alpine meadows were still covered with snow and many roads were still closed.   It was still winter in mid to late July!  But, that ended up being a good trade-off, with flooded fields at Malheur making possible some very close views of water birds.