The best of in-tent shuns

Well I'm sitting in the dark, in the tent, and NF is wrestling with her sleeping bag & pad...but she took a time out to help me navigate to the blog editor. Sound trivial? HA...it was not! Today (Sun 4/15)we crossed back into the US at some place that sounds like Orville...in Washington. It's in the Okanoggin Valley (thats not the real name but the map is in the car). There were wall to wall vineyards and orchards, all pretty naked still but an impressive expanse of agriculture! We tootled south for a while then set off to explore the Methow Valley. That was an interesting mix of outdoor rec tourists and, again, agriculture. Some friends are thinking of getting a place there but I would consider it a nice place to visit. We are not too far from the Grand Colee Dam, so we found a State Park and are camping here for the night. actually we are right next to the Chief Joseph dam. When i was but a wee lad i had a collection of Indian pictures from cereal boxes and chief joseph was one of them. Perhaps tomorrow i'll find out more about him. We had a super supper tonight, cooked on our little stove and now it's great to be in our little tent! Till nest time, C