After seeing how nice the campground is we extended for two more days to rest and explore. On our second rest day we went grocery shopping at Safeway. In this photo Beth is adjusting her communicator before we left the parking lot.

We bought real coffee and some filters to try pour-over coffee. We couldn’t find a proper filter holder, so we tried using a pasta strainer. As you can guess, that was a failure. (We did find a proper holder at a different grocery store the next day.)

The next day we rode up to Grand Coulee Dam and watched the 45-minute video about constructing the dam. It was very informative and explained a lot of things. For instance, aircraft manufacturing in Seattle got its power from the dam. That explains how Boeing got so big and why it was located in the Northwest.

In an earlier post I mentioned the uplifted rocks along the river. Actually those rocks are the walls of an ancient canyon. Periodically an ice dam would form and hold back enormous areas of water. When the weather warmed and the ice melted, the water carried rocks and boulders downstream and scoured the canyon. These ice melts occurred innumerable times over two million years.

This remnant is called Steamboat Rock.

Scientists believe that at the end of the last ice age the melted water flowed at 65 mph and created a water fall over a 400 foot wall. It is estimated the falls were five times wider than Niagara Falls. The area is now called, Dry Falls.

While I was checking tire pressure in all the tires on Friday, I noticed this crack in the rear tire of Beth’s bike. It’s a fluke that the tire was in just the right position to see it.

Saturday morning we got up early and headed for the Harley dealer in Lewiston, ID. The ride took us through some amazing landscapes. I didn’t think land could be any flatter than the land in Illinois and Iowa, but we passed mile after mile of flat farm land. Most of it was planted in wheat. We didn’t stop to take pictures because we wanted to get to the dealership before they got too busy.

Fortunately they had a tire in stock and were able to change it. While we were waiting, Beth talked to a couple about our camper. The trailer is a curiosity and we have a lot of conversations such as these.

After they changed the tire I took a picture of another crack in the old tire. The tire was two years old and had 20,000 miles on it, so it was due for a change.

One of the first HD staffers to greet us was Denise. She recognized my Motor Maids shirt & said she, too, was a Motor Maid! She was at our 2019 convention in Temecula, Cal. I’ll look forward to seeing her in Rapid City in 2022.

During the test ride the tech discovered the front wheel bearing needed to be changed, so we had that done as well. They worked past closing to get it done. Many thanks to the service department for going the extra mile.

We are camped at an RV park in Clarkston, WA. There are fires in the area, which obscure the view of the mountains and sunset.