Friday, August 24, 2007

Le Page Park, Rufus, Oregon

We just finished a wonderful, relaxing five day stay at the Le Page Corps of Engineers RV Park in North-central Oregon. This park is located on the banks of the John Day River, a few hundred yards from where it flows into the Columbia. The park is located on I-84 about 30 miles East of The Dalles, Oregon. It is a small park, only 22 spaces, but the first eight are parallel to the river, right on the river bank. You step out of your RV and are 15 feet from the river. Best of all, with a U.S. Park Service Golden Age Pass it was $7 a night for 50a electric and water. We arrived here on Sunday, August 19th and settled in for a restful stay. We are pretty "rallied" out.

On Tuesday afternoon we took a drive to The Dalles to walk around town and have dinner with our Friend "No Fish" Jim. Jim lives in White Salmon, Washington, a little town just across the Columbia River from Hood River, Oregon, about 30 miles West of The Dalles. We met Jim last Winter while staying at the Imperial Spa RV Resort near the Salton Sea. Jim hosted karaoke every week there and we became pretty good friends. We stayed in White Salmon for a couple days in July and visited with him. Had a very nice dinner.

Wednesday afternoon we took a drive up into Washington to try a little fishing. Again, no fish, but we did enjoy a quiet few hours on Rock Creek. The rest of our stay at Le Page was spent just hanging around the coach, enjoying the quiet. One evening we were sitting our enjoying a cocktail when a herd of squirrels came to visit - must of smelled the Cheez-its we were munching on. Smokey was sitting by the screen door enjoying the show - and probably day-dreaming about squirrel nuggets.

Friday morning we leave for Moses Lake Washington. We will be there for ten days, including three days for a rally of the 100%ers Chapter of FMCA. We are the hosts for that rally.

More in a few days. Enjoy your days!