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Farewell Bend State Park, Oregon

March 31, 2015

Farewell Bend

I woke up at 6:30 this morning to the strong smell of skunk; fortunately, it dissipated before we got up. 

Today was a day of steady driving, with stops only at gas stations and rest stops. Idaho doesn’t have site specific rest stops; all the ones along the I-84 have been recently replaced with identical generic facilities.  We drove until we crossed into Oregon, then stopped at 4 pm at Farewell Bend State Park on the Snake River, which happens to be the boundary between the two states.  Except it was only 3 pm because we are now in the Pacific Time Zone.

This looks like a nice park but it’s so windy we can’t really enjoy it.  Free showers, but they are operated with a push button and not temperature adjustable so they lose out to Arizona State Park showers. On the other hand an electric site costs $2 less and every site is surrounded by its own hedge.   Too windy here for birding, but we did see coots, Canada geese, ravens, mallards, killdeer,

Oregon juncos and a yellow-rumped warbler in full breeding plumage.  We haven’t seen this much green grass since we passed through Oregon 2 months ago.

Update:  Leo was looking at the 2014 results of the Behind the Rocks marathon.  They've now posted the 2015 results, so his agony is not unrecorded.  Again he was the oldest participant, and 38th finisher of 72.  Nothing to be ashamed of.

We continue to head north and expect to be home by Thursday or Friday.