Leaving Samantha’s.
We left Samantha’s around 10:30 and headed north on US 97 toward the Dalles on the Columbia River.
It was a nice clear day. The winds had changed and the smoke was being blown to the east.
Forget Something?
Patti was driving and when we were about 30 miles north of Redmond she asked if her purse was on board. I looked around as much as I could from the passenger’s seat but didn’t notice her purse anywhere.
Patti pulled the car over to the side of the road and we went through the back and found no trace of her purse.
Patti, turned the car around and we went back to Samantha’s place.
It took about 1/2 hour to get back to Samantha’s and of course she got a good laugh at our expense.
Even though Samantha told us a couple of times not to forget the purse we still missed it.
We told her that the reason we came back was so we could get another hug. So we hugged and got back on the road around 11:30.
Change of Plans.
The original plan was to stop some where short of Coeur D’Alene and finish the ride the next day. By the time we got to the halfway point it was still early. We stopped at Biggs, Oregon on the Columbia River to have lunch and to fill up.
While we were there we decided to try and make it to the Casino today.
We didn’t have a room reserved for tonight so Patti got on the phone and called the casino to make reservations for us.
Columbia River.
Driving along the Columbia River is always interesting.
Here is one of the many dams along the river.
The John Day Dam.
Here is the lake above the dam.
As you can see there is little smoke around here.
We continued east and eventually crossed the river at Umatilla and continued North on US 395 until we came to state Highway 26 where we turned east again heading for the Idaho border and US 95.
We stopped for gas at Colfax.
Once that was done we continued. We drove south about 2 Miles through town and connected back on to 26 going East.
What looks like just overcast clouds is really a layer of smoke a couple thousand feet in the up in the sky.
We continued east and eventually got onto highway 95 where we turned north again.
Smoky Sun.
It was around 7:00 and the sun was setting.
The smoke had settled to the ground and the sun was a great orange ball. It was hard to get a good picture of the sun but here is what we got.
Sun setting behind a building.
Behind a hill.
Big orange ball.
At the Casino.
We arrived at the casino around 8:00. It was a long day but I’m glad we are here.
We got a light dinner at the snack bar. After dinner Patti wanted to play a bit so we went over to the video Black Jack game and she played for a little while winning a little and loosing a little until she lost her original $20.00.
We went back to our room and hung out watching TV a little and around 11:00 we crashed.
Okay that was our ride from Redmond to the CD’A casino.
TTFN.
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