Travelogue
Pouring rain on drive to Ellensburg
Stopped at Yakima Costco for a Ceasar salad and roast chicken and bought some kitchen knives and cutting board for the van.
Stopped at Stonehenge replica / war memorial.
Stayed first night at Maryhill State park in Washington, on the Columbia River. Fun first night actually sleeping in the van. Very comfy. In the morning Tracey got pooped on by a goose! We had to leave by 10am because the arborists were coming to trim trees in the campground.
2nd day we went to Smith Rock Oregon for a hike. A number of new birds we had never seen like a magpie, raptors and a cute yellow bird. We saw a huge blue heron in the river. Saw some people slacklining between Monkey Face and the rocks near the trail. No way!
2nd night we stayed at Skull Hollow campground. They had decent toilets! No pooping birds. At around 1:00 in the morning the compressor went off.
We had a nice slow morning sitting outside eating oatmeal and Tracey having tea. This didn’t suck at all!
We went to Bend and mountain biked for the first time since pre Covid. It was great getting back into it. When we were done a group of guys from Seattle need some air for their tires.
Then we headed to Planet Fitness for showers and the massage chairs. Tracey took 30 mins longer than Mike to get ready but her hair looked great!
Headed to La Pine State Park. On the way we passed a forest fire in the Deschutes National Forest. VERY smokey. I had a N95 mask in the car so used it. It seemed to work ok! Found out it was intentionally set to clear out dead stuff before the real fire season starts.
Stayed a 2nd day at La Pine. Cold but nice!
Tried out their showers and WARM! We hiked for about 4.5 miles on a trail near the river
Mike taught the chipmunks to eat walnuts from his lap with the blanket on!
Lots of little chipmunks.
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