July 7 - 20, 2024
This one is a little long as there are lots of pictures. But a picture is worth a thousand words, right?
We last left you in Adams, OR, visiting our friends Pam and Mark. We had a great time with them. We taught them some new games, and they taught us SkyJo. It was so nice to relax and catch up. The campground was right next to a river.
We left there on Friday, July 12 and went to LePage Park in Rufus, OR for two nights. We had 50 amp electric and water, and since it was a CoE park it was only $15 per night. It was HOT! We ran both air conditioners all day during the day, but it cooled off a little at night. We just stayed in as there wasn't really anything to see and it was too hot to do anything outside. It was a little tight getting the 5th wheel into the site but John did a great job.
We combined errands with sightseeing. On the way to The Dalles we stopped at the Dalles Dam. It is one of the top ten largest hydropower dams in the U.S. It's 2,640' long and can discharge 2,333,922 gallons per second. That's a lot of water! We went through the Visitor Center and watched a video, then looked at the exhibits. But we had places to go so didn't spend a long time there.
We drove on the Historic Columbia River Highway between The Dalles and Mosier. This used to be the only road along the Columbia River before I-84 was built. It was quite windy in some spots.
And very windy at the top.
On Tuesday we drove to Olde Stone Village RV Park in McMinnville. It was full hookups for $67.85 per night. A little more expensive, but the park was immaculate. However, there was a four-lane highway within a few hundred feet, and an airport on the other side of the highway that must have been giving helicopter flying lessons all day, so it was quite noisy.
I didn't realize that Howard Hughes was a test pilot.
Since it was built during the war all metals were directed towards the war effort. That's why it was built out of laminated birch.
Of course there were other planes to see.
They had a Cobra AH-1F, but it was a 1965 model and John worked on a later model in the Army. They look similar.
Here are a couple of other planes.
We finished the aviation portion of the museum and went home to have lunch before coming back to the space building.
This museum is something we've been wanting to do for years. Now we can cross it off our bucket list! If you are in the area it's worth a detour and a definite must-see.
On Friday we did a couple of errands in Salem. Of course we had to make a very important stop!
Those double doubles were soooo gooood!
Friday after we left McMinnville we stopped in Albany to see friends that John knew when he was in the Army in Hawaii, Roger and Dee. Their then three year old son was the ring bearer in our wedding. We had a great time visiting with them. Dee is also a quilter so I got to see some of her quilts and talk quilting. I miss quilting but if I was home quilting I would miss traveling more.
We're getting a little better a selfies!
Roger was a welder and a very good one! He made this beautiful screen door.
After we left Albany we drove to Harrisburg to Life Northwest RV & Lodging. It's full hookups for $47.25 per night. It looks like there are a lot of long term campers but it's so nice and quiet.
That brings us up to date. Tomorrow we head for a higher elevation, but I'm not sure how much cooler it's going to be. I don't think there are any cool places in the west this year. I tried to get a campground or RV park on the Oregon Coast but couldn't find anything available. I guess this is one time when not planning ahead isn't so good. No matter, the Lord is in control and we just keep...
Roving on...
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".
Genesis 1:1
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