PEACH TREE CAMPPARK/ STONEHENGE

We love this little RV Park right on the Columbia River, nestled in amongst the Peach Trees. 

It was cloudy, cool and spitting rain when we arrived.

We have  a lovely pull-thru site.

We are one of three guests staying here this weekend.

And the Columbia River was right there.

Right through this little opening was the Peach Orchard.

Lots of trees!

I wanted to go to the Goldendale Observatory to look at the stars, but according to the online information, it was too cloudy. It was still spitting rain by evening.

The next morning we headed out to see  the Maryhill Stonehenge!

It  is a replica of the actual Stonehenge in England, built by Sam Hill, an entrepreneur, as a tribute to  the fallen soldiers of Klickitat County, Washington who lost their lives in World War I. We weren't far away, we could see it off in a distance as we were driving up the hill.

Sam Hill  had the structure built of solid reinforced concrete and dedicated it in 1918.

It is a full-size astronomically-aligned replica of Stonehenge.

And what a  View!

 I was so surprised to see Mount Hood peaking out from the clouds!

Some nice men offered to take our picture out on this rock.

We took a few more pics.

And then headed off to find Goldendale Observatory.

It was closed!
 They are having a program at 6 o'clock tonight, weather permitting.
I have  always wanted to visit  The Dalles, a town just a few miles away, we decided to drive over and have lunch.
I had Yummy French Onion Soup.

Darrell had a French Dip Sandwich......so delicious!
 The weather was clear all day, but by 6:00 the clouds had moved back in and sorry to say.... no star gazing tonight!!
The next morning we packed up and headed to Portland, but first I had to have a picture of the view out my door. I never want to forget it!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

We completed our work at Columbia Sun RV Park for the summer, said goodbye to the friends we made here, exchanged our info so we can stay in touch, and hit the road.

Our first stop, Pendleton, Oregon. We had never made it over here, so we wanted to check it out.

 It was just  a short drive. We were looking forward to staying at Wild Horse Casino RV Park.

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It was cool and cloudy, but we went in the outdoor hot tub anyway. It wasn't quite hot enough for us.

We had a  large site. 

I made reservations for the next day to take  Pendleton's Underground  Tour.
Turns out it was a private tour, we were the only ones for the 10:30 tour. I was surprised at how large the tunnels and rooms were.

 They enticed Chinese men with promises of  lots of money and a better life and then broke all those promises. They were treated like slaves and forced to live underground in the worst of conditions.

We also toured the living and working quarters of  Pendleton's " Ladies of the Night"

It was an enlightning tour full of history and colorful characters.
We also  visited the Pendleton Woolen Mill.

And did a little shopping.

We were disappointed when we started reading the labels.

VIETNAM

CHINA
And there was one more label.....MEXICO
Such a nice looking set of luggage!

Before heading back to the RV we stopped at Safeway to see if they would possibly have a Hermiston Watermelon........

This is called "scraping the bottom of the barrel". I will miss these melons!
The next morning while we were getting packed up, we noticed this chicken (rooster?)  running around the RV Park.

I went over and asked these workers if this was the RV Park's Mascot. They encouraged me to take him? with us.

We were headed to Peach Beach RV Park on the Columbia River.