Kennewick, WA

Waterfall mural in hotel lobby.

The Best Western in Orofino was the most outstanding
hotel we have ever been in. Here are some shots of...

...detailed appointments

The outside patio looks over Clearwater River.

Bill is at home at the 717 foot Dworshak Dam and Reservoir.

Welcome to Washington state. I could not get a picture
of the welcome sign. Here you see logs being loaded onto
a barge on the Snake River.

I was surprised to see farming in eastern WA.
A closeup view of wheat.
I stopped and helped myself to a stalk.

We discovered the quaint little town of Waitsburg.

Little pink pig.

A miniature John Deere tractor.

Main Street, Waitsburg.

The ultimate in contour farming.
Contour farming is plowing around a hill and not
up and down like water would flow.
This stops erosion of farm land.

Notice the gentle curves of the contour farming.

The farmer is unloading the wheat in the harvester's
into a waiting truck. It's not a John Deere, but
I could not resist. Even got a wave from the farmer!

Besides discovering wheat, we found vineyards that
covered probably more than 10,000 acres.

I caught this high speed racing boat in our hotel
parking lot in Kinnewick. It is a recruiting tool used
by the Air National Guard.