We were up early this morning and on the road by a little after 8:00 am. Fortunately Lee is really a morning person so it does get Judi and me moving. We drove to Fort Clatsop. I hope that is the correct spelling because I am not going to get up and check it. Anyway, we poked around the National Park Service Lewis and Clark exhibit which was fabulous, watched a movie, and visited the re-created fort. I saw the raising of the flag which was the same flag design that flew over Ft. Sumter and I'll be seeing that in a few weeks! Oh migosh! And then a bit later we saw the demonstration of firing a flint lock musket. Made a loud bang and we all cheered. Very entertaining and inspiring couple of hours.
We then drove to the Astoria Tower which affords an incredible view of the Columbia River and its tributaries. How did those early explorers and settlers accomplish what they did. They truly were made of stern stuff!
And then I was relegated to the back seat and I promptly fell asleep. I awoke a few times to Lee and Judi ooohing and aaaahing over the scenery as we drove along the Columbia River and over Snoqualmie Pass on Hwy. 90. We called ahead for a reservation in Ellensberg which is on the way to Spokane. Not going to make the same mistake we did yesterday!!!
Since we had a big breakfast at the motel in Astoria we weren't very hungry so midafternoon we pulled off the freeway in Centralia WA to munch on some of our snacks. We pulled up to a shady place in a little park like place across the street from the most adorable little cottage that would make the guys on HGTV drool. As we are settling ourselves on our blanket on the grass, here comes the owner of the cute little house, a woman a little big younger than we are, with her camera in hand stating that she had never seen the likes and just had come and get a picture. This is our new friend, Julie, and she ended up sitting down, chatting with us as we ate, dumped some of our garbage and gave us a tour of her beautifully verdant and tidy yard. The two gardeners I'm travelling with were in seventh heaven. She was so charming and soon she was standing in front of her house waving. We are considering making an award for the jerk of the week and hero of the week. Our heroes are really piling up and we may need to have an independant source make the choice. Julie is right up there at the top and is contender.
We drove on east on Hwy. 90 to Ellensberg through some gorgeous country (so they told me). Lee and Judi are out to dinner and I am sitting here sneezing and nursing (and cursing) my cold. Will post some pictures from today. In spite of me not feeling up to par, we are continuing to have such a good time. On to Spokane tomorrow.
Love to all. Gerry
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