Paws and Friends

Here are some pictures of battery installations on the Washington coast, at the mouth of the Columbia River from WWII. Cape Disappointment State Park (formally Fort Canby) is a nice place to stay in exploring the two lighthouses:  Cape Disappointment and North Head, the Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center and seven miles of the paved Discovery Trail along the southern section of Long Beach Peninsula. The Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center is located at these battery installations, offering a great view of the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse and the rugged mouth of the Columbia River. You can take the trail to this light house from the Interpretative Center/battery. It has been several years since our last visit to this light house, and we did not recognize this new configuration, which nicely highlights the Interpretative Center. There is plenty of parking, with a short walk up to the Center. We did not take the walk to the light house this time. We did visit North Hea...

We lost Puff, our special "calico dog"  cat who thought she was a dog, Monday night, May 16th. She had given us 15 terrific years--loving us, Bandit, Rusty and Rupert. She loved the grass as we camped along the way and especially at Valley Camp. She would let us know, however, that she had had enough and wanted back in her motor home. We know for sure that she has joined her beloved Bandit at that Rainbow Bridge.... Rupert reached acceptance....kind of....! Paws and Friends

We are in North Bend, WA, and will have our roof repaired by Tiffin July 25-27. We have adjusted our plans accordingly. Instead of heading east in August (we had originally planned for mid June), we will head slowly for the southwest, spending time in Ely, Nevada for explorations, arriving in Goodyear around the first of October. We are in beautiful Valley Camp, east of North Bend, right at the base of Snoqualmie Pass with snow on the mountains around us. Of course there has been rain, intermixed with partly cloudy days where the sun managed to almost dry out things... Yesterday the sun managed to burn away the clouds drying out everything! We even cooked steaks out on the grill! Rain is back today, however.... Here are a couple of pictures of "our meadow" with the snowy mountain in the background! Deer and elk frequent our area mornings and evenings. Rusty plops herself by the window by the door for elk watch. However, when she goes out when they are around, each just l...