Miles need to be put behind us now and quickly. We have places to go, things to do and people to see. Wow! The landscape changed on us so quickly in our travels today. Unbelievable. I took the morning shift to drive and Tim did the last half of the day. The road getting out of Silver Falls was again very winding and curvy but not as narrow as the one we took into the park. Phew!! We drove through lots of farmland this morning and into Silverton. Charming little town!
Then our drive on Interstate 84 took us along the Columbia River and through the gorge! The river is so mighty and huge. Now I understand why the Columbia Sportswear clothing line was named after it. And it was originally a just a hat company.
Tim and I had three plans in place for tonight’s stay. All that we need is just a safe place to sleep. We chose the town of Pendleton, Oregon. Little did we know that the Round-up was happening! This rodeo is over 100 years old and is supposed to be the most exciting rodeo in the world. Let’er buck!
We didn’t bother with any campgrounds knowing they would be full. So Plan A was a trail head parking lot by the airport. When we got to town we didn’t even go there because we could see the rodeo takes over the entire town. Plan B was to check out Pendleton: World-Class Wool Clothing, Blankets and Decor store. The blankets! The clothing!!There was ever so slight of a rumor that you could overnight there. No. Not true. But the store/factory was cool!
Plan C was the Wildhorse Resort and Casino about ten minutes outside of town. It was probably do-able but there were still tons of RVs and horse trailers there for the rodeo. Plus semis. The parking lots were all very busy with rodeo attendees so we moved on. Would have been better at a truck stop. We tried!
Like I’ve said before sometimes things don’t work out in order to get you where you need to be. Next we had to scramble and found a state park about forty minutes farther east near La Grande, Oregon. Perfect and they are 1st come, 1st served. Let’s head that way! When we were almost there we decided to check out a forestry service road off the interstate where wild camping is allowed. Yeah. This is it!
So here we are out in the woods. Wild camping! In Wallowa-Whitman National Forest near La Grande. There’s no established campground here. Just a spot on the side of a gravel road. There is one other huge beautiful new coach here and that’s good. We don’t need to talk to them and probably won’t. It’s just good in these circumstances to have at least one other rig in the area … safety in numbers.
Let’s see what tomorrow brings and where we will stay! We do know it will be just a travel day to put more miles behind us. Moving east now!!
Sunset: 7:04 pm
Sunrise: 6:32 am
Elevation: 3,430’
Miles from home:
2,773 miles
Wildlife viewings:
Canada Geese
Ducks
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