Anacortes Washington

July 17 and 18 - left our Sandy River RV Resort this morning fairly early so that we could make a few stops along the way to do some bike riding along the Gorge as well as to visit Maryhill Museum and Multanomah Falls. Our first stop was to the Falls - we bypassed Bridal Veil Falls because we missed the exit talking (can you just imagine that?) so we went directly to Multanomah Falls. It is the second largest fall in the United States and really it was beautiful. It had good handicapped access so we wheeled Shirley to the first viewing area and left her there while we hiked up to the bridge that spanned across the Falls. When we got to the bridge Shirley seemed so small on the landing, even though it was not a huge distance climb, just vertical. We waved and took some photos from the bridge, which by the way was constructed in 1914 so we didn’t stay too long on it! In 1998 there was a 400 ton rockslide that occurred unexpectedly so we were aware of the inherent danger. We then crossed over the Columbia River from Oregon to Washington State and stopped at Maryhill Museum. We originally wanted to go there to view some of Sam Hill’s architecture and road designs, but there was a nice exhibit of royal artifacts given by Queen Marie from Romania and as a bonus we arrived the same day they opened an Ansel Adams exhibit. It was enjoyable. After lunch we drove to Ellensburg, Washington, a quick stopover on our way to Anacortes. Saturday we arrived at our campsite in Anacortes right on Fidalgo Bay. The camp is cool (literally and figuratively) and when we biked a couple miles along the water we saw a seal, who peaked up and gave us a casual look and then disappeared. We plan on catching the early Sunday morning ferry so we can have a nice long day and overnight with Teddy and Alice. We decided that we will park the RV at the Ferry Lot and when we come back on Monday we will go right to our next stop a few hours down the road. I am including a photo of the casino as a special treat for…well you know who you are!.