Colombia River Basin from the Washington side.We stopped at The Dalles in order to see the Lewis & Clark site, but there is nothing there for it! Only a sign and a few remains of their "Rock Fort" on the river's edge. The Fort Dalles Museum we saw on the map was actually for an Army fort that was in operation from the middle to late 1800's. This was interesting enough though... they had lots of neat old antiques there, most donated from citizens in 1905, when the museum was created. One of the ladies working there gave us the grand tour and was very excited about everything. There was an old homestead across the street, a turn of the century hewn log cabin... very neat indeed!
We crossed the Colombia there at The Dalles (right by the dam) and then continued east a bit along the river on the Washington (home, sweet home!) side. Magnificent views again! But when we turned north on US-97 for Yakima, it got pretty dull. Except for the one spot of forest in the reservation, it was just like Eastern Washington: dry rolling hills with sagebrush or wheat. :)
For the first time on the trip I was
getting tired of driving. Got stuck behind some slow pokes, so it was really nice when we finally got to Yakima and stopped for "lunch" at 3pm. The rest of the drive we were very familiar with: I-82 and I-90 west to Bellevue. Lots of free sailing at a descent speed limit. We were slowed down a bit by rush hour traffic on I-405 north, but we got home pretty much when I thought we would, about 6pm. Meg & Jason were already back from their honeymoon (just a few hours before us) and were at the table with Dad, home from work, when we walked up the stairs from the garage. Goodness! We're home! What an adventure!Jp
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