Days #620-626 of Our Epic Trip

7-14-2025
H: 93ºF L: 70ºF
Thousand Trails Crescent Bar, Quincy, Washington

We went to Hutchinson-Shiner Lakes Water Trail in Othello, WA and let the boys run. Marcel was the first to go in the water! Usually he follows Peter in but it seems he has gotten over his fear and maybe even enjoys water now. After running through the water, he got some major zoomies.

We stopped at Drumheller Channels, a National Natural Landmark, near Othello, WA where the Ice Age Mega Floods covered the area in water and carved channels in the land. The water flooded this area because it was backed up getting through Wallula Gap where the water was a depth of 1200 feet. I think they should continue free education throughout a person’s lifetime. I was not interested in history or geology (except for collecting pretty rocks) when I was a kid but I think this stuff is so cool now.

We drove to Washtucna, WA and saw a wildfire in a wheat field. It was moving fast and made a loud sizzling sound. Daniel got a video while I took pictures and then we zoomed out of there. There weren’t any responders on site so we called 911 but found the 911 operator to not be overly concerned with this fire destroying a crop.

We went to another Mega Flood site: Palouse Falls State Park in LaCrosse, WA. There was actually water flowing here and really cool magma formations.

Driving back through Washtucna, we saw beautiful horses and a graffitied bus (thatnwbus).

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7-15-2025
H: 85°F L: 65°F
Thousand Trails Crescent Bar, Quincy, Washington

It was cool enough last night that we slept with the windows open. I love sleeping with the windows open and I think it’s genetic. My paternal grandmother, a tiny Canadian woman, slept with her bedroom window open even during the winter. She’d have snow piled on the window sill and maybe the floor but she didn’t care. After my grandfather passed, he came to her in a dream and she was convinced that he came through the window. After that she always left the window open for him.

We had coffee time outside with a nice, cool breeze. Our neighbor’s rig provided shade so we stayed outside until the sun forced us inside.

We went to Wenatchee, WA to pick up some Amazon packages and get groceries. We followed Columbia river during our drive and passed by Rock Island Dam. Wenatchee is a bigger town but we didn’t find much to do. We drove through downtown and did see a cool sign for a liquor store: Wally’s House of Booze. We had a dog named Wally and, if he had been a human, he might have had a house of booze.

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7-16-25
H: 86ºF L: 60ºF
Thousand Trails Crescent Bar, Quincy, Washington

We tried having coffee in the hot tub this morning but the gate was locked and there was a sign that the hot tub had been shut down by the state. Now, having been to many campgrounds and seen many signs warning people not to go in the pool or hot tub if they have active diarrhea, I’m convinced it was diarrhea that shut this hot tub down.

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7-17-2025
H: 91ºF L: 67ºF
Thousand Trails Crescent Bar, Quincy, Washington

We stayed home did a lot of nothing but did try out a new new clothes washer. It’s pretty much a collapsable bucket with an agitator. We found it to be lacking in effectiveness and will return it.

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7-18-2025
H: 89ºF L: 60ºF
Boondocking, Fishtrap Lake, BLM Land, Sprague, Washington

We drove to Sprague, WA where we will be boondocking for two night. The small town has a ton of old cars and trucks. They’re all over so it seems like a town-wide hobby to collect old cars.

Daniel and I took the boys for a walk and picked up trash along the way.

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7-19-2025
H: 81°F L: 61°F
Boondocking, Fishtrap Lake, BLM Land, Sprague, Washington

We explored Spokane, WA and drove around for a while. We drove past this coffee shop with a giant British phone booth for an entrance.

Next we spent two hours at the Riverfront Park in downtown Spokane. First stop was the Garbage Goat. This is the best example of functional art I have ever seen. It was created by Sister Paula Mary Turnbull, a Catholic nun also known as the “welding nun”. This goat has been gobbling up garbage ever since the 1974 World’s Fair in Spokane.

We saw the World’s Largest Radio Flyer Wagon. There were too many kids there, otherwise, I would have tried out that slide.

The U.S. Pavilion was pretty neat and was originally built for the 1974 World’s Fair.

We enjoyed the Spokane Falls which were formed by the Ice Age Mega Floods. Those floods made some cool stuff!

The Monroe Street Bridge was really pretty.

We took a gondola lift ride across the Spokane River. We had great views.

We ended the evening with a sunset walk admiring the pink and purple sky.

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7-20-2025
H: 76ºF L: 52ºF
KM Resorts Old American RV Resort, Newport, Washington

We traveled east and are staying at a campground right on the Washington-Idaho border. Literally, a couple campsites are in Idaho. We arrived just in time to witness (and hear!) boat races on the river. These very loud little boats raced in circles right in front of the campground.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $0
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $10.97
• Camping memberships: $38.26
• Food: $190.26

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 250.7 (181.1 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 723 (225.7 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 0

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