14 July ‘08 Monday
Up early this morning to take the coach over to Aubrey’s RV to get a little work handled. Fortunately the list of work to be preformed is short so let’s hope the bill reflects it. In filling another part of our day, we have the laundry to thank… With Leslee at work and Lena and Vinny doing their things, we took over their air-conditioned house.
This is the first time that we have ever traveled over Chinook Pass on our way to Yakima and we found it was well worth taking. The pass takes us around the eastern side of Mount Rainier and offered us some of the most spectacular views on a perfect traveling day. I don’t remember just how many stops we made to marvel at “The” mountain.
Up early this morning to take the coach over to Aubrey’s RV to get a little work handled. Fortunately the list of work to be preformed is short so let’s hope the bill reflects it. In filling another part of our day, we have the laundry to thank… With Leslee at work and Lena and Vinny doing their things, we took over their air-conditioned house.
This is the first time that we have ever traveled over Chinook Pass on our way to Yakima and we found it was well worth taking. The pass takes us around the eastern side of Mount Rainier and offered us some of the most spectacular views on a perfect traveling day. I don’t remember just how many stops we made to marvel at “The” mountain.
and all the valleys surrounding it, but each stop was even better than the last. With the exception of last Wednesday, the weather here in Yakima has been fantastic…mid 80’s to low 90’s and cooler in the evenings. Now all that is wonderful, but just after checking in at the campground, receiving our parking site AND directions as to how to get there, I headed out. First of all, this campground is small and TIGHT…second, the streets to and from the sites are very tight…third, if you have to take a corner, you had better watch the swing of the tail of the coach AND any obstacle that might jump out and bite…yep, it did and I wasn’t a happy camper !!!
The object that “jumped” out to get me was a small picnic table…right in the middle of the second bay door. Two 2” round dents and a couple of small scratches. It could have been worse, but at the time it was like a knife in the heart. Yesterday, Leslee and Lena joined Louise and me on a kayaking adventure. Close to the White Pass summit is Clear Lake, which is completely surrounded by beautiful mountains and tall trees. It is fed from and feeds too the Natchez River, which then feeds to another larger lake below which again, continues to the Natchez through an earthen dam. OK, all that said (written), we pulled out both kayaks and spent about 4 hours just having a great time
in a neat little campsite that we found down a very rough dirt (dusty) road (track). It’s amazing how you work up a large appetite from all the fresh air, water, and a good paddle. Fortunately we had a ton of chicken waiting at Leslee’s place all ready to hit the barbecue.