Chelan!

Lake Chelan is a natural treasure near the center of the State of Washington. Unless you live in Washington, you probably haven't heard of it. For folks who live on the wet, western side of the Cascade Mountains, it's a close-in vacation wonderland

Open Road

Road trip south for business meetings in California, combined with touring and camping along the way, visiting family and friends. The wide open sky and limitless freedom on the road feels good! I've made the trip south on Interstate 5 many times and that route is

Eagle Lake

The last leg to Eagle Lake started Saturday morning in Lakeview, Oregon.   I didn't find much interesting about Lakeview, but I did find a relic of the old west in the form of an old building.  Built as a dance hall and saloon in

Maryhill

Samuel Hill was an interesting character.  He is known for building the Peace Arch on the US-Canadian border and the Stonehenge War Memorial in the Columbia River Gorge. He was also something of a fanatic about building highways throughout the Pacific Northwest.  He traveled a great deal, spoke several

“Stonehenge”

In 1918 in Southeastern Washington State a businessman and Quaker, Samuel Hill, began construction of a concrete structure modeled after the ruins of Stonehenge in Southwest England.  The modern structure was designed to align with celestial bodies in the same way the megalithic structure was

Yakima

Yakima is an agricultural town with nearly a quarter million inhabitants in the area encompassing the incorporated city.  I've always know it as a hops growing powerhouse; the hops fields are evident all around outside the city itself.  In the more recent past its become

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