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May 16, 2010 - No Travel day

Hanging out at the Maryhill to enjoy the warmth, the wide open grassy areas and the river. All the rocks on shore are smooth and flat, and many are round and flat - perfect for skipping. Dad is really good at it! So, Stefan....what makes ALL the rocks in an area smooth AND flat?!?! Tonight we had a great lightning and thunder show with plenty of rain. Will get up and head out early tomorrow. One side bar: If there were no RV parks, how would they know where to lay the railroad tracks?

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May 15, 2010 - Chiloquin to Maryhill, WA

The Logging museum is across the highway from our camp, so we walked over and toured the HUGE outside display of logging and railway equipment. Got on the road about 11:30 after making sandwiches to eat down the road.... in a Walmart parking lot in Richmond, OR. Picked up a few groceries there and got back on the road. Highway 97 north....SO many snowy peaks everywhere we looked...beautiful! Passed the 45th parallel today - half way between the equator and the north pole. Arrived Maryhill State Park, WA, late afternoon - right on the...

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May 17, 2009 - Maryhill State Park, WA

Maryhill State Park is a terrific state park right on the Columbia River. It does have a couple of small drawbacks, the most troublesome being it is nowhere near Verizon coverage and that includes coverage for the broadband aircard. Nope, we can NOT hear you now! There's a local cell phone carrier that pops up with the 'extended coverage' message, but we're not real keen on those kind of charges and their broadband coverage is not an option. The only other real drawback is the distance from stores. It is about 20 miles or so down the river...

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