TUESDAY
Mom talked us into another dip in the soap lake. I got in to my stomach. I wasn’t so inclined to take a full dip. Apparently the way to activate the soap lake powers is to just soak in it till you feel lighter. The mud makes a good exfoliate as well, even though it reeks of sulphur. I bought a slush puppy from the little store.
Then at 11:30 we set out to go further east. Or was it north. Whichever direction Grand Coulee Dam is from Soap Lake.
Lake Lenore was a nice little stop over. It was a very alkaline lake with lots of dragonflies. There was a path that branched out a kagillon times up the hills. The path was a nice little hike to the Lost Lenore Caves. The people who titled it need to look up cave in the dictionary. More Alcove than cave. Still, interesting. A beautiful view accompanied the walk.
Next was a stop at the Dry Falls Visitor Center. I bought a Junior Ranger badge and some wicked dinosaur and mammoth rings. We three sat and watched a little film about the forming of the area around here. During the ice age this huge lake, Lake Missoula, formed and it burst and carved out the landscape. And it did this multiple times. The guy who first came up with the theory was dismissed, even though no better solution was provided.
We continued on to our camp ground, Steam Boat Rock State Park. It was a nice little spot. Near the lake. A lot of the other motorhomers had dogs and cats. I petted one, a Pomeranian puppy named Pitch. A fluffy hyper little thing. Dad and I went out in the kayak. We went through some all grass and paddled around. Then I traded with mom and read some of Year of the Flood.
They returned and we ate salmon on crème cheese on rice crackers. This poor Tern was being attacked by a black bird. Its tail feathers kept getting yanked at. Then we played a round of Skip-Bo. Dad took the early lead, I remained steady, but mom ultimately won.
Then it was fire and s’mores time. I constructed a great little fire. I had three s’mores, dad had two, and mom had one.
At the Grand Coulee Dam, there is a light show projected on it almost every night. So we took off to see it. It was a history of the water and America and the building of the dam and the power of its energy. Too bad most of the energy now goes to a private seller and he sells it to damned California. That is our energy!
Anyway, we got back a little late and went straight to sleep. I had a hard time sleeping because so many bugs congregated around my light and there were spiders and little bitey bugs. Uhg. I felt like they were crawling all over my skin, so I moved down to sleep at the table.
WEDNESDAY
Rough night sleep. When mom and dad got up, I moved to their bed. Had a juice box and a cookie and some antihistamine and went to sleep for a few more hours. It rained all through the night, but the weather picked up again.
It was a long drive back to Kitsap. We hit a point of interest spot with a gorgeous view for lunch. There was an antique shop in Ephrata that we checked out, but it wasn’t priced all that well. Nice kitty named Maggie in it, though.
But it was mostly driving. Nearly seven hours of it. Took about an hour to unload. Twenty minutes in the hot tub. Then two hours of So You Think You Can Dance! Kent got through! Yay! Glee was good as well. Totally called that Quinn was going into labor.
It was a good vacation. Now back to the rest of it.
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