July 15th                       428 miles
  Another great riding day. Keith and I talked to the caretaker of the campground in Republic Washington,he gave use a great route to take. It took us to the Grand Coulee dam. It was a beautiful ride from forest to the high plains. The plains are very dry, everyone has to water everything to get things to grow the soil is sandy fr om the rocks it comes from. All the farms have irrigation systems to grow things, corn,sunflowers ect.. In Washington the corn is ready to pick in places. The Columbia River gets bigger and bigger, traveled for a great distance along the shore. Sail boats and cabin cruisers every where. Even tug boats!!! The river is the boarder of Washington and Oregon. We crossed into Oregon at the Dalles. There is lots of commerce on the river. Stayed in Ainsworth state park on historic route 30. We traveled along it and saw 5-6 huge waterfalls. Hoursetail falls is 529ft tall. The Multnomah falls are the largest. The area is very nice,cool temps and curvy roads. The land was donated by Simon Benson, a lumber baron. Using the river to move the wood to market. Still 80 to 100 miles to the ocean. The river is more than a mile wide in places. Went to Crown Point and got to see how large the river is!!