We had a
leisurely morning: coffee, shower, coffee and a bagel in the room, pack up a
bit, then pack up for real, and we were off.
Ruby was pretty dirty, as in dustry and dirt on the windows, so we found
a place for her to get a bath, then we were really off! Gonna be a short trip today, less than two
hours.
The view on
the way consisted of lots of fields with lots of wheat… at least I think it was
wheat! In the distance we could see the
big Electrical Grid carrying power to the East.
We were headed west to where that power originates: Grand Coulee Dam!
We’re staying
in the small town of Coulee Dam, and we are less than a mile from the dam by
the way the crows fly! Our place is
cute, a throw back to the old ways of travel, meaning, motel… not hotel nor the
suites as in Hampton or Marriott. The
room is quite nice, there’s air conditioning (temp outside at 5:30pm is 103)
and we are enjoying this mom-and-pop sort of place!
Tonight, we
hope to see the Laser show on the dam!
We have heard they open the spillways, so the background is white for
the show to commence. Interestingly,
here where we are, with all the power around us… the local internet and the
cellular phone lines are down currently in this little place. We’ve heard a line is down…. Duh…. We drove
to the city of Grand Coulee and had an early dinner at a great little Mexican
place. They had no phone service, but
their modem/wireless was working, so we could notify the fam that we were out
of range for a while! Oh, did I mention
that means no TV also as it’s on the internet.
So, I’m typing this offline, will post it when things are working
again! Not minding the respite from the
online world!
Came back online sometime in the middle of the night… so, here it is!
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