We got an early start from camp Walmart this morning. We had over 200 miles to get to Spokane for the hamfest on Saturday. The traffic was light and we were already on the correct highway, so things went well. We drove about 4 miles to the next town and mailed some items and filled up with fuel as it was a bit less expensive than in Washington.

As we traveled north we went across the Columbia River and got so see some interesting bridges as well as another of the many dams on the river that generate power and supply irrigation for the surrounding areas.


As we were getting into Spokane, we saw a sign that indicated camping ahead, so we pulled off and saw a nice sign for the Overland Station camp ground. He headed that way and when we got there, what we say was a dilapidated building and a group of junky old trailers, etc. Not a place we wanted to stay.

As we turned toward the Overland Station, we noticed another RV sign that went the other way to the Ponderosa Pines RV Resort. It is very nice and definitely a resort. A bit pricey but very nice. We will stay here tonight and tomorrow night and then it will be off to the hamfest site not very far away.

There is a lot of this part of Washington that looks like it is just a desolate desert. Not much of anything growing after you get away from the river. Apparently not much rainfall on the eastern side of the mountains. there are areas that is irrigated and the crops look good.

We found one area where there was a lot of corn growing with the help of irrigation and there were processing plants that was taking the corn in the husk by the truckload. I saw two loads of white onions and one semi load of potatoes going somewhere, to be processed. So apparently they grow a lot of items where they can get water to them.

We did see a lot of pasture land and finally saw some cows, maybe they have moved them to other areas, but we did not see very many.