Wenatchee, WA

Monday, August 28, 2017

Today we crossed back into the lower 48 states. The border crossing was only about 7 miles from the RV park. We were asked if we had any pets, guns or fresh fruit. We did have fresh fruit. They pulled us to the side and came inside to see what we had. They took our tomatoes and mandrin oranges, but left the peaches, apricots, grapes, apples & bananas. We were only detained about 7 minutes.

We arrived at Wenatchee Confluence State Park shortly after 1pm. It was bright sunny and about 83 F.

We have a beautiful full-hookup site with large shade trees. Most state parks have larger sites than privately owned RV parks and this one is no exception.

I need to wash the bugs off the windshield and front of the coach, but feel I need a little rest first. Then I just procrastinated. Finally about 5pm I went outside to wash bugs. Wow what a surprise. The skies were smoke filled.

 That little red ball in the sky is the sun at 5pm. That is how thick the smoke is. 

We took a walk after dinner. Doesn't this look like sunset, instead of 7pm. This doesn't really show how red the sun looked, but this was the best picture.

Then in less than 30 seconds, the sun was hidden in the clouds.

 The smokey clouds do make for a pretty sunsets.

Above and below are 2 bridges that cross the 2 rivers that converge near Wenatchee. The Wenatchee River flows into the Columbia River just north of Wenatchee.

While we were near the swimming area on the Columbia River here in the park, we saw this osprey. As we walked a little further, we could see a second osprey a little below the first one in the same dead tree. 

The second osprey was eating a little fish.

We were surprised at the reflection in the swimming area even though the skies were so smokey.

We have a half moon tonight. There was a clearing in the sky for a moment and Tic was able to get this great shot of the moon. We are expecting this to be a wonderfully peaceful place to spend 2 nights.