Lincoln Rock State Park

Its been about a week and a half and many more miles since our last post.

We moved both the Montana and the Dog House from

Twin Falls, Idaho to Walla Walla, Washington.

We then moved the Dog House to Jim & Kristis place in the

foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Cle Elum, Washington where it

will stay till we return from Alaska in July.

While all of this was going on, Kate lost her Aunt Jean' 

Having helped raise Kate - Jean was like a second mother.

So we were scrambling to try and find flight accommodations that would

allow Kate to make it to Long Island.

Unfortunately we were in off the beaten trail enough that she would have

to spend almost 24hrs traveling to get there so the decision was made

to remain here in the west.

Jean was a Librarian and avid reader and loved to receive our blog.

She would often say how much she anticipated receiving the next installment.

We spoke often of the places that we were visiting and the sights that we were enjoying.

She traveled with us thru the blog.

She will be missed.

Since leaving the coast we logged about 6,000 miles in just under 2 weeks.

After finally dropping off the Dog House in Cle Elum,

we arrived back in Walla Walla where we spent last weekend with

John, Jim, & Kristi and got some much needed downtime. 

On Monday the 5th we moved on and now are settled at Lincoln Rock State Park

just north of Wenatchee, Washington on the shore of the Columbia River.

It is a beautiful park.  Lots of green grass, trees, and there are only a few other

campers here so it is quite peaceful.

The weather is cool, dry, delightful.

There are lots of Marmots - small Beaver like little critters scurrying to and fro...

It is a constant source of amusement for the Doodles.

The view of our front yard.

The view of our back yard.

We are going to stay here for about 10 days.

While we are here I plan to run across the border into Canada and

get the sim card that I need for my iPhone that will give me

the data coverage I will use for work while traveling 

thru British Columbia and the Yukon.

Staying connected is key!

Today after work we took a short drive up into the foothills

to the town of Leavenworth.

Leavenworth has this whole faux German Village thing going on.

Originally a timber town, In 1962 the townsfolk got together and

decided to reinvent the town as a mock Bavarian Village.

Its in a very pretty setting with the snow capped peaks surrounding the town

It was fun for a short visit but hard to get too excited over

since we've been to the real thing.

Back down in Wenatchee we headed for the river.

They have over 10 miles of park and walking paths along the Columbia River.

That was the scene for todays self portrait.

We probably won't be doing another post for a week or more since we'll be basically

static and I don't anticipate too much excitement in the week ahead.

However in just over 2 weeks we will be heading north and I expect

that there will be much more to share then.

Stay tuned.