Old Retired Guy Blog
Sept 24 - 29, 2006
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Eastern Washington (Page 3/4)[September 27] After a couple of days in Leavenworth we headed east to the Grand Coulee Dam. This place has some great stats -- the largest concrete dam in North America, almost 12 million cubic yards of concrete. Despite that, I wasn't very impressed. We didn't bother to wait around for the Laser Light Show.
It always seems like a lot of work to go camping. You have to pack up all
of that gear and carry all the food and water, and other stuff that you need. It
seems like you need to take just as much stuff for a weekend trip as you would
for a two-week trip! Then you have to unpack it all at a camp site and set it
all up to cook and sleep. But, every time I finally get out camping I am always
amazed how quickly I feel relaxed and am very glad to have made the trip.
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The
drive south from the dam was beautiful. This area is known as the
. We followed
Highway 155 down to
I don't even have to do anything special, like take a long hike. Just
hanging out at the campsite is enjoyable. Nature is the ultimate rejuvenator.
There were quite a few people at the park but it was still pretty peaceful.
As dusk fell several deer quietly strolled through the campground grazing on the
well-irrigated lawn. The light from the waxing moon added a special quality to
the evening sky.
