Yesterday, we left Pendleton, home of the Pendleton Round-up, one of the oldest rodeos in the United States. Not quite as big as Cheyenne's Frontier Days, but close. Went northeast up across the Columbia River into Washington. We stopped at the Tri-Cities area in the southeast corner of Washington and checked out the Costco and drove through the cities. Before we got there, we passed through Umatilla Army Depot which is kind of Oregon's answer to Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. Miles of ammunition bunkers. Later on as we drove up the Yakima River valley, we went through a huge National Guard training area in Washington.
Made the transition from the farmland and high desert of Eastern Washington to the Cascade Mountains and all the forests and rivers in Western Washington. Had lunch in the shadow of Mount Si which is a great climbing mountain and just seems to jut out of the landscape. Beautiful!
Came into Edmonds and settled in at Pete's. We all (Dave, Wanda, Pete and us) went to the Beach Café on the Edmonds waterfront for dinner. They were having their annual Waterfront Festival so it was kind of crowded - but we were lucky to get in the Café with no problem. Today (Saturday) we did some shopping for Marjorie and went up to her Condo in Seattle. Had breakfast with her and then left to run some errands.
Tonight we're going over to Wanda's for dinner and tomorrow is the Race for the Cure. More on that later.
Take care.
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