Kit and Carol on the Road

Tuesday, 9/28 we were on our way to Lewiston and Hell's Gate State Park. Out of the canyons and up the steep grade of White Bird Hill and onto the grasslands of the plateau--field burning country like the Willamette Valley. We saw a sign for Winchester Lake State Park and decided to check it out. This park was everything that Ponderosa could have been. Loved it--so found a spot and checked in (We were a bit worried it would be TOO hot in Lewiston). I found a nice mountain bike trail (sans hills) around part of the lake--and Kit checked out the town of Winchester. We had breakfast there the next morning at the local "Chatterbox Cafe". Should I mention we had already crossed into the Pacific Time Zone. Wednesday we climbed the Lewiston grade and crossed back into Washington. I love rural small towns--we found 2 quilt shops in one day--in Colfax and Odessa. Kit is good about stopping so I can buy my half yard souvenir. We ended up that night at our destination of Sun Lake State Park--as beautiful as we remember with great biking but awfully expensive ($28) for a public park. Thursday we found one more quilt shop in the town of Ephrata. Then out of the "desert", through fruit country along the Columbia, through Wenatchee and up into the mountains. Intended to stop in Leavenworth but the RV parking is way out of town and not very "friendly" so we kept on. We were on our way to Lake Wenatchee State Park but did not make it. Stopped for lunch in a forest service campground which was so great we decided to stay. We found a spot along a creek, and far enough from the highway to be relatively quiet. The campground was clean and tidy--and almost deserted--and a deal at $8.50. What a perfect place to spend the last night of our holiday. Friday (10/1) we returned home on an afternoon ferry.