Wednesday - Moving on day again. We are leaving the beautiful Columbia River Gorge today, but the morning did not go smoothly. We've been having trouble with our awning, it doesn't want to go in the track right, so Joe and Collins worked on it first thing. Unfortunately, Joe broke a clip on his side, but they did get it up. Something to fix when we get home.
That job done, we continued with our "getting ready to move" routine. Joe sent me to the nearby convenience store to get a bag of ice for our cooler, and his morning soda. When I got back, he was in a mess. When he backflushed the black water tank, he pulled the gray water tank drain by mistake. He had left that to begin checking the tires, and unbeknownst to him, he was not draining the tank he thought he was, and overfilled the black tank. Ultimately, we had black water back up in our toilet, and it may have overflowed slightly. Anyhow, we have an odor! Back to the tires, the extension valve broke on one of the inside tires and he lost about 40 lbs of air pressure before he could get that stopped. So when he got all this stuff put back together, we had to drive back to the convenience store I had just left to finish airing up that tire. What a morning!
We finally got on the road about 10:30, and drove 90 miles to the St. Helen Visitor Center that is just off I-5. There is another visitor center at the actual mountain, but we toured this one today, and camped right across the road at a state park. We got there just in time for the movie about the 1980 eruption, which was fascinating. Then we walked through the exhibits and gift store.
We were lucky to get spots in the campground since we didn't have reservations. But we got set up and rested the afternoon away. Collins took a nap, and so did I. Joe sat outside and read, and I think Marilyn read inside their RV. And after dinner, we all played cards.
Yesterday while we did our marathon waterfall run, Collins and Marilyn had spent most of their day at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River. "Two and a half acres of buildings house 100 antique airplanes, more than 100 cars plus motorcycles and jeeps. And they run!" That's why they were just beginning the waterfall drive when we ran into them at our last waterfall.
And I forgot to mention that "Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the nation. Plummeting 620 feet, the waterfall is fed by rain, snow-melt and underground springs on Larch Mountain." I said I was tired last night.
Tomorrow the plan is to drive back to Mt. St. Helens so I hope there are no earthquakes or eruptions brewing there. We continue to have wonderful weather and have loved this part of the Northwest so far.
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