Brewster, Washington – A Diamond, A Bear and a Bug

Some days you win, some days you lose. Some days are diamonds, some days are stone. Some days the bear eats you, some days you eat the bear. Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug.

Today we won a diamond, delivered by a bear we ate, behind a bug-free windshield, so this turned out to be a good and sunny day.

First, we made it to Grand Coulee Dam just fine and had a nice tour of the visitor’s center. We saw the “How we did it” movie, and bought our BTP (Been There Pin). Then we decided we were all natured and scenic’d out and decided to blow off the North Cascades National Park and instead make tracks South towards I-90 West. We made it as far as Brewster, Washington where we fell into a bed of roses.

We are now camped in the Brewster City Park, which we found by accident. It was going on 4PM as we approached this small town and we decided to just watch for a “RV Park” sign and if we saw one, check it out, and if it was nice we’d stay over. Well, we saw a sign, we checked it out, and it’s WONDEFUL. It’s a city owned recreation center, park, swimming pool, and RV park all located on the edge of Lake Pateros. Most of the folks camped here are fisher-people and have really neat fishing boats. A couple across from us just showed me two 30-pound Salmon they pulled in today. I was amazed and told them so as the only Salmon I had ever seen came in little round cans at the supermarket. Yup, city boy, that’s me.

So here we sit. Cheryl’s outside in her lounge chair, with Peanut in her lap, a cold drink placed conveniently by her right hand by yours truly, and is reading a Kindle book we downloaded yesterday. Life is good, so I think I’ll shut up, take my own chair outside and kick back for a few minutes.

Love,
Andy, Barney, and Gomer.