We are back home at Hood Canal, WA. Got here on Tuesday (20th), a couple of days ahead of schedule. We wanted to stay at a favorite spot at John Day Dam on the Columbia, but after the 1st day the weather got so bad - cold, WINDY (shucks, we had enough of that in Hummingbird) and rainy, so we decided we might as well get rained on here at Hoods Canal. And we are, but they are short showers with some sun in between. But I guess I was ready to settle down after 20 days of moving.

We went North on 93 from Las Vegas and spent the first night at Pahranagat Reservoir. From there it was a one day trip to Great Basin NP, where we stayed at a great BLM camping area at Sacramento Pass. And finally, I got to take a tour of Lehman Caverns which I had missed on both our prior visits. From Great Basin we decided to move to Spanish Fork, Utah, where we could get some recall work done on the Ford. While the truck was in the shop, we took a trip to Salt Lake City and visited the Mormon Temple and some of the surrounding historical sites. Then we spent 4 days at Bear Lake in a very nice Idaho State Park, free of charge, since it was early in the season. From there, we took a trip to Grey's Lake, but due to a late Spring the road around the lake (and Wildlife area) was still closed in places with snow.

Then we started heading West, stopping three days at our old standby Homedale, ID. From there we decided to go to Plymouth, WA, to visit friends in the Tri-Cities. We stayed at the Corps-of-Engineer Park at the Columbia River sat out a five-day heat wave, quite hot enough to run the air-conditioning most of the day, even under the shady trees, but on the day we left, it cooled down enough to be comfortable at John Day without having to run the air. We visited with friends in The Dalles and headed for home the next day.