Clarkston & Chelan, Washington

 We met up with my cousin Kay and her husband John in Clarkston, WA. We stayed at Premier Resorts at Granite Lake in a beautiful site right on the water. This park is on Granite Lake however the Snake River feeds into the lake. Across the river is Lewiston, Idaho.

We all enjoy bike riding so we rode out e-bikes out to Hells Gate State Park which is in Idaho, we put on over 20 miles on the bikes. This ride included a winery stop and a brewery stop both were within 2 blocks from park sites.

Echo also enjoyed the bike/walking path. The squirrels would tease him so he had to check out EVERY tree.

 

 

We visited Nez Perce National Historic Park. On the brochure it says that it is a park about a people, for all people. The visitor center had some interesting displays of the Nez Perce tribes and their people.

After 3 wonderful days we traveled to Chelan, Washington. The park is located on Lake Chelan. Kay took some pictures of us driving, something we don't get to see. 

We had a great time while we were in Chelan. We ate at Blueberry Hill, picked some blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. 

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There was a lot of wine tasting where I have discovered my taste in wines has changed. 

It was awesome that Kay and John's daughter Jessica and her husband Jason and their 2 boys could join us for a few days, those boys are so adorable! 

 

It was really hard leaving this beautiful place. This is the second time we have visited this area and we will definitely be back. It was also hard leaving Kay and John, we truly enjoy being with each other, our wish is to travel together for an extended period of time in the near future. 

Vancouver, Washington

We left Mountain Home and stayed at one of our favorite Harvest Hosts, Echo Ridge in Echo Oregon. Check out this beautiful sunset....

While we were in Wisconsin we had started looking for a place to get Echo’s 3 month blood check  for his Valley Fever. We were not able to get an appointment in Boise, ID, Vancouver WA, or Portland, OR but were able to get one in Kennewick, WA which was 45 minutes one way out of our way. So we got that done and got in late to our site in Portland, OR. (Update on Echo's Valley Fever, they felt his levels were low enough to take him off medication however, we need to get him tested again in 3 mos.)

We were busy while in Vancouver visiting Eric and family. Eric did an amazing job painting our bathrooms. I had them all prepped ready for him to transform them, what a difference!

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After

We ate at Kiyoto, the food was amazing. Apparently, the Saki was really good. 😂

While we were in Mountain Home we received word that our Magna Shade was ready for shipment, it arrived at Eric’s and we love it. Our cute little Echo is on our front window 💙🐶

We also received our new South Dakota license plates for the RV and Jeep.

We had a blast at an Escape Room and solved it with 30 minutes left on the clock.

Our last weekend in that area, we drove to Redmond to meet our first great grandson. The drive to Redmond was beautiful. We stayed at an RV park that was near a canyon, they had a great walking path with plenty of views. Eric, Jessica, Qristopher, Theo, and Tereasa spent the weekend with us so I made t-shirts for us to wear when we arrived to see Di-Adra, Cameron and baby Wayne.