Weekend Road Trip

Scott and I decided to get out of town for a night this past weekend, we drove around southwestern Washington and into eastern Oregon looking at potential fishing sites for him and just exploring new areas. Our driving ended in Dufur, Oregon, population 588, at The Historic Balch Hotel.  We love finding small hotels with history and this was a perfect spot for our one night away.  We enjoyed playing cribbage on their patio in the perfect weather, drove to The Dalles for dinner and went to see the movie Rise of the Apes.  We need to have these dates nights before Baby Girl B. arrives!  If we are within a 50 mile radius of The Deschutes River, we always make a stop for a few hours so Scott can get some fishing in.  Given that we were on the river during the hottest hours of the day, he did really well.  I think he is starting to get the hang of it.

Howdy

Looking down at the Klickitat River

Relaxing on the patio at the hotel

My first ever cribbage win against Scott!  My second win followed shortly after...

Our quaint hotel

 

Yes, we walked into a farmer's field to take these shots before heading out of town.

Scott with his rainbow trout

We probably saw at least 1,000 people floating the river yesterday, the conditions were perfect for it too. If only I could have crawled down those rocks and jumped in!