On the way around Syringa lake we got to see some Bighon sheep,

and we visited Tulip falls before we moved back to Idaho.

We camped at round lake which turned out to be a small pond and we did not even put the canoe in the water. the next day we moved up to Priest lake to do some paddling.

We went for a nice paddle and as we headed back we noticed some thunder stormes were moving in. We hurried back and got the canoe on the truck and felt glasd we made it in before we got wet. but we were mistaken. the storm knocked down trees all along the small road around the lake and we were stranded. lucky a man came along from a excavating company in a dump truck and he had a chain saw. So we started a caravan of about 5 vehicles he did the sawing and we all pulled the trees from the road. we had to cut about 25 to 30 trees from the road over about 5 miles. We finally met up with an ambulance coming the other way. they had a forrestry truck ahead of them cutting trees from the road so the could reach some injured people.so the rest of the way back was clear for us. what an adventure.

From the powerlines we moved to lake Chelan. This is quiet a tourist lake. the campground is like the beaches, the sites are packed right on top of one another. Not much to reccomend and no pictures.


Canada is our next stop at a lake called Syringa near Castlegar in British Columbia Canada.

The campground was full when we arrived but they said that ther should be sites open the next day and let us stay in the day use parking lot over night.

The next day we got a nice site right on the lake/river.

The banks are loaded with drift wood from the logging going on up stream.

The next morning Sally wakes me up at 6am to see a large tug pulling a giant raft of logs down the lake.

A little while later two more smaller tugs show up and take the lograft apart according to colored markers attached to the different sections. This was quite an opperation.lots of fun to watch through the binoculars.

The next day we got some pics of the log raft along the shore

And more logs down by the plant and dam.

From there we had some trouble finding a spot to camp and wound up at a park right under some power lines. But it had A.C. cause it was really hot. Good for one night only.

Then moving further east we stopped just past Mt Rainier at a campground called La Wis Wis and did some more paddling.

We moved inland where it was much warmer. We camped a Stub Stewart park and went paddling in a nearby lake.

We moved up the coast to Washington but it was rainy and cold at Desperation but as we left we got some excitement a camper caught on fire and we couldn’t leave until it was put out. We could not even use it to roast marshmallows