Richland, WA

Kim likes to dip her feet in the water when she gets a chance.
Yep, it's cold!
Petroglyphs supposedly 2500 years old (see note below)
This is a Yurt that a man built on a big deck. He did so because he wouldn't owe property taxes on it. (See note below)


We are on our way to Silver Creek, WA to spend a week there to see Mt. St Helens and MT Rainier. We stopped for a night in Richland at the Horn Rapids RV Resort. It is just three years old so it is easier to maneuver in than most parks and the trees aren’t big enough to be a concern when parking. We decided to spend and extra day here so we will be resting, shopping and probably playing cards today. I would like to go to a chiropractor today and get my neck adjusted and the office has made a recommendation.

In the last post I told about the Hell’s Canyon tour. At that time we were staying at a RV park in Clarkston, WA. Just across the river is the town of Lewiston, ID. These towns’ names derive from Lewis and Clark who made a big impact on a lot of things in the area. There are a lot of tourist things centered on their trail and history.
Last night our neighbors brought their dinner over to our picnic table and we ate together and talked several hours. Their names are Stu and Jean. They are from Saskatoon. Saskatoon is centrally located in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city lies 780 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg, a little over 520 kilometers southeast of Edmonton, and just over 300 kilometers north of the U.S. border. A little over a year ago they sold their company that manufactures equipment for highway buildings (asphalt plants, etc). They were very nice and we had a great time. They left early this AM for a Monaco rally in Oregon.
Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone" and glyphein meaning "to carve". The term petroglyph should not be confused with pictograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art.
A yurt is a round tent like housing that originated in Mongolia. It is used by Russian soldiers and we have seen quite a few of them at campgrounds on our trip. People can rent them like a cabin. Most that we have seen have a clear dome that is three or four feet in diameter.