10/13/14

Made it as far as Declo, Idaho today (just east of Burley). Found a campground called Valley of Trees RV Resort. A little expensive ($31.10/night with Good Sam discount), but clean and quiet other than the freeway noise. The campground is right on the Snake River and most of the noise comes from the bridge going over it. It is also very buggy, with lots of little gnats flying around.

10/14/14

We decided to stay another night just to have a break from driving. We will leave tomorrow and head towards Farewell Bend State Park just north of Ontario, Oregon. Can't make reservations or check for availability less than three days in advance, so will have to hope there's space available. The website indicates quite a few sites large enough for our trailer. This time of year park usage should be light, particularly mid-week.

10/15/14

Today we drove from Declo, Idaho to Farewell Bend State Park just north of Ontario, Oregon. We arrived about 1:30 p.m., including the time change to pacific time. It's a beautiful little park, with a number of large sites mixed in with smaller sites. All sites have water and 30 amp electric. The campground is right on the Snake River. Unfortunately, it is also located next to a cattle ranch which supplies us with a plethora of flies.

 

10/18/14

We left Farewell Bend State Park a little after 8 this morning and drove to Maryhill State Park on the Columbia River, in Washington (just south of Goldendale). We got to Maryhill around 1:30 this afternoon. Our first impression of the park is very favorable. The only drawback is, it is very near a busy section of railroad track and highway 14. The trains don't seem to use their whistles along this section of track, so a reasonably well insulated trailer blocks most of the annoying sound. This is a area where wind surfers come during the summer, to get some strong wind action. The park is only about half full, or less right now.

10/19/14

We drove to Multnomah Falls by taking Hwy 14 west to Vancouver, then south on I-205 to east I-84. We wanted to see if we could take Hwy 14 to northbound I-205 with our trailer when we head home tomorrow.

 

 

Because of tunnels that are less than 14 feet high, we can't take our trailer on Hwy 14, but we did stop at some of the turnouts, to see the Columbia River. On the way back to camp on I-84, we stopped at Multnomah Falls. There was no parking for our truck at the falls, so we had to stop in the road and take pictures. Fortunately, no one was behind us. Boy, is the road narrow. We did get to stop and get out at Horsetail Falls though. The drive was great.

When we got back to camp, we continued on up the hill to the Stonehenge replica, which is a memorial to the men of the area who died fighting in WWI. There is a second memorial on the other side of the parking area for the men of the area who died in WWII, the Korean War, the Viet Nam War and in Afghanistan.

10/20/14

We left Maryhill State Park about 9 this morning and headed west on I-84, then I-205 and I-5 north towards Seattle. We got to the Puyallup Fair Campground a little after 2 p.m. Barring any unforeseen issues, we will be here about 3 weeks. Then we will head south to Shedd, Oregon.