Sunday, September 2^nd – We got a walk in before getting ready for church. We put a pot roast in before we left. We got to the church and it was closed – I think that is a first! This is after checking their web site to see if the times were right. Strange – especially with a Catholic school next door. We did pick up a few things in town and topped off the fuel for tomorrow.

 

The roast smelled delicious when we walked in – and it was. Had just enough time to make a Cherry pie so it could bake while we ate. Love that homemade crust.

 

Saturday September 1^st – The entertainment is here but my Russian is a little weak! The first part of our walk was through the campground. 130 sites and 120 of are full of tents and most have several on each site. The field where the stage is located is about a block square and it looks pretty crowded – we saw the band and the choir practice but didn’t go to the events.

 

After breakfast we went back to Blue Lake in Dry Falls State Park. After Lexi showed off on the dock for a while we hiked another trail on the south side of the lake. It was a gorgeous view with the blue lake water in-between two towering rock walls.

 

After lunch we went to the Grand Coulee Dam. We drove by Banks Lake for 27 miles on the way – it is one of many lakes along that corridor. The Dam is an awesome site and the visitors center was fun to see – displays on how the dam was built and movies on the history of the area.

 

The most spectacular part was after dark they let water flow over the dam and show a 36 minute laser light show on the water coming down the face of the dam.