As I said in the last post, we are now parked at the Clear Lake Recreation Area near Chaney, WA. We were joined on Sunday by Jim & Jeanne Glaspey who just spent one night with us.
Wave at Jim!
Yesterday Rick Stills and I toured the Buck Knife Factory in Post Falls, ID. Lasting about 45 minutes, the guided tour takes you through the process of making their knives from start to finish, finishing up in the small museum.
08/27/2014
Yesterday Joyce and I went to downtown Spokane and toured the Riverfront Park, site of the 1974 Worlds Fair. This 100 acre urban oasis offers beautiful gardens, a gondola tram, an IMAX theater, and a small amusement park for folks to enjoy. Had had a nice time doing the tourist thing and just enjoying the day.
The kid in you always comes out when your on a carousel.
08/28/2014
Rick and Patty Stills came over to Clear Lake visit yesterday, joining us for a steak supper. It was fun to spend some time with them before we head down to the Oregon coast and hour hosting assignment at Nehalem Bay State Park.
08/29/2014
With no special place to go or nothing that had to get done, we took a long drive up US 395 yesterday. In fact, the drive all the way up to Kettle Falls, then back down through Davenport was 222 miles. We saw some really beautiful countryside especially when driving south on Highway 25, which parallels Lake Roosevelt.
The 150-mile long Lake Roosevelt, named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was formed when the Grand Coulee Dam was built in 1941. We hope to come back up this way in the future and do some more exploring.
08/30/2014
We’re back in Oregon.
We were out of Clear Lake at 10 AM and after a short 155 mile drive, we are again parked at the Pioneer RV Park in Hermiston. We plan to stay here until Sunday and then visit one of the Elks Lodges in the Portland/Vancouver area for one night.
08/31/2014
Yesterday we had lunch with Mike and Dorothy Clements who live here in Hermiston. After filling ourselves up on some outstanding Mexican food, we drove up to Kenniwick, WA to get some groceries at Costco and Fred Meyer’s.
When we came out of Freddy’s, the wind was howling and we noticed what we thought was smoke from a fire. Also, there was multiple sirens screaming headed west out of town.
Well, turns out that smoke was actually blowing dust across I-82 and when we got to the onramp traffic came to a halt. We had to sit it out there for over thirty minutes. Here it what happened: http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/26412451/breaking-multi-vehicle-accident-on-i-82-and-locust-grove-rd-in-kennewick Here is another story about the accident: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2014/08/30/3129021/interstate-82-entrance-closed.html?sp=/99/900/901/ If we had been just a few minutes earlier we’d have been right in the middle of it.
Joyce & I normally avoid driving on holiday’s, especially Labor Day, but we need to be at Nehalem Bay State Park tomorrow. So, we’ll leave here today and drive to one of the Elks Lodges in the Portland/Vancouver area and then on over to the coast tomorrow.
09/02/2014
After a surprisingly easy drive through Portland, we spent the night dry-camping at the Elks Lodge in Hillsboro. We worked our 2000-watt inverter to the max in the evening and I was even able to make a cup of coffee with the Keurig machine in the morning.
Yesterday we made the short run over the hills on Highway 26 and US 101 into Nehalem Bay State Park and to our host arming site in F-loop. After getting set up, we attended the orientation and then the park staff hosted a potluck supper for the departing hosts as well as the seasonal rangers who are being laid off.
Today we will start our duties in the park; cleaning yurts, fire pits and camping sites.
More later!
Barry & Joyce
Conrad and a few of his brothers and nephews/nieces actually went to the 1974 Worlds Fair! We also stopped thru there during a road-trip we took back in Oct 2005. Take care ! Julie & Conrad
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