Saturday, May 31, 2014, Sun Lakes Park Resort, Coulee City, WA, Day 4 - 0 miles, 9246.4 For the Trip
Not much to report today. No photos. The campground is quite busy, with many kids running around. About all I did today was take a shower & read. Dinner was a grilled chicken breast & snap peas.
Until tomorrow -
My blog follows my travels through the US & Canada in an Escape 21 Travel Trailer towed by a Ford F150 3.5 Ecoboost Off Road. For anyone interested in additional photos I have a Web Page with photos & journals of all my trips. Shortcut to first Blogger post
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Sun Lakes Park Resort, Coulee City, WA, Day 3
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| Hummingbird |
Still another relaxing day of doing pretty much nothing. I did discover what was making a strange, fast tapping noise. A Northern Flicker seems to have fallen in love with the sound of tapping on the light housing of the street light next to my site. Probably sounds better than a hollow tree; it is definitely louder!
As long as I had the camera out, I took a few photos of some of the other birds in the area. Actually, the park bird should be the seagull - they swoop back & forth looking for leftovers. I finally, after 3 days, had a hummingbird stop by the feeder. Photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.
Dinner was a salad & an Amy's frozen Thai dinner. I do wish they sold Amy's dinners in Oswego - they are all very good.
Until tomorrow -
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Sun Lakes Park Resort, Coulee City, WA, Day 2
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| Lenore Lake Cave, WA |
A pretty quiet day. I put out the trailer mat since I'm not parked where the concrete pad meets the door area of the trailer. Managed to stake three corners, and a small rock on the last. Around noon I headed to the Lake Lenore Caves State Park, about 12 miles south of the campground. The park consists of a parking lot & pit toilet. If you use a Garmin GPS to find it, it is actually 3 miles north on WA 17 from where it is indicated.
There was a bus load of students on a field trip at the first cave. Cave belongs in quotes, at least if you are used to real caverns. They consist of alcoves in the basalt rocks of the Coulee walls. They are deep enough to let you and the Native Americans who used them to get out of the rain, and the view from them is interesting, but they are barely caves. More photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.
Since I was most of the way to Soap Lake, I stopped at John's market for some fruit & vegetables. They had chicken patties on sale, so I bought a package & will have one for dinner and freeze the rest.
After that it was back to the campground to do some reading & playing the addictive "FarmVille 2 on my iPad.
Dinner, as I said was a chicken patty on a roll, and a mixture of broccoli & snap peas. The breaded, pre cooked patties are very good; far better than I expected.
Until tomorrow -
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Sun Lakes Park Resort (Dry Falls State Park), Coulee City, WA
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| Banks Lake Sunset |
Today might be the record for the shortest move. I still can't understand Washington State Parks. In the case of Dry Falls, the state does not operate the RV park - Sun Lakes Park Resort, Inc leases the property from the state & runs the campground. Usually, that results in more expensive camping, but in this case full hookups are $26.00 per day, a little more than half of what the state would charge.
I even got one day at a 25% discount for booking on one side of the weekend (Thursday). I'm here for 4 days. They have 3 levels of sites - Standard, Premium, and Premium Plus @ $26.00, $28,00 & $30.00 for the off season rate. Not sure when the season starts, but we are currently off season. In season rates are $37.00, $41.00 & $43.00.
I don't see much of a difference between the sites, but some of the Premium Plus are end of row sites that have more room. I have full hookups and a concrete pad which is too far forward to be of much use. Very clean restrooms, however like most of Washington State's campgrounds, public or private, pay showers (although only a quarter for 5 minutes). They are interesting in that they provide cold water without paying & when your 5 minutes run out you better shut it off quickly or get doused with cold water!
I took a couple of photos of last night's sunset over the Banks Lake behind the campground. Other than that the only photo is the site one here at Sun Lakes. More photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.
It was cloudy, with rain off & on today. It did stop long enough that I could cook a steak for dinner, which I had with a salad.
Until tomorrow -
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Coulee City Community Park, Coulee City, WA
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| Dry Falls, WA |
I spent much of the day driving WA 26, 17, and US 2 to Coulee. I dropped the trailer at the City Community Park - $30.00 for a full hookup site. After dropping the trailer I drove to Dry Falls State Park, and discovered that for some strange reason, it is less expensive than the city park, so I'm going to move there tomorrow. While there is nothing wrong with the Community park, although it is a bit "worn", I don't mind saving $4.00 per day for a nicer spot.
I stopped to photograph Dry Falls, what, when it was flowing, was the largest waterfall in the world. They have a gangplank you can walk out on to see the view - I took a panorama, but will wait until later to assemble it. While I don't have much of a fear of heights, I have to admit the end of the narrow walkway does cause a stir of excitement!
After that I drove north to see Steamboat Rock State Park. This was more typical of Washington state parks - over $40.00 per night for a site with water & electric. I probably won't stop overnight, although it is a pretty campground. Photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.
By the time I got back to the trailer it was too late to thaw out something to cook for dinner (just an excuse) so I went to the Steamboat Restaurant (the only restaurant in Coulee City). I had a veal cutlet dinner for $12.03. While nothing special, I did have a great conversation with waitress & the couple at the table next to mine (we were the only customers).
Once back at the trailer, I defrosted the refrigerator. I have to admit it is not one of my favorite "trailer tasks", and when I was in the Arizona desert I rarely had to do it. Even though this part of Washington is considered desert, I'm back to needing to defrost every 3-4 weeks. Actually, it goes pretty quick - I use a plastic putty knife to scrape the fins after shutting it off for about 10 minutes. Overall, it is a 1/2 hour job.
Until tomorrow -
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