Monday, August 27 – Moving day – we hate to leave, a week of fun and perfect weather. We got our walk in and Lexi found a new covey of quail, had coffee and started packing up. We were on the road by 11:00 and only 140 miles to go – it was an interesting transition in landscape from 3000 feet and pines to 1400 feet with lakes and a lot of wheat being harvested. This is the only place we could get in over the holiday. There are several major dams and geological sites near here and we have a couple side trips planned, but otherwise it is in the middle of nowhere. This is Soap Lake that we are on and it is heavy in mineral content and is suppose to have healing powers. A lot of Europeans travel here to soak and cover themselves with its mud. Not that convinced yet…

 

The rocks in the area have my attention more than the water so far.

 

Poor timing on marginal phone service as Andrea is back in the hospital again.

Lexi leaped for the ball while I was taking a picture.