April 22, 2010
Leaving Mountain Home Air Force Base, Joe wanted to drive by Wilder, ID, a farming community in the Napa/Boise area. The farms of Wilder grow Sugar Beets for processing into sugar, and Hops which are a source of malt used in the brewing of beer. The growing of both is labor intensive. As a 17 year old teenager, Joe came with his family and spent a summer thinning beets and training Hops to grow up the twine trellis. We had to do a drive-by just for old times sake.
We also saw acres and acres of sod being grown, along with nursery stock used in the development of urban areas. This was not being grown when Joe worked out here.
As we crossed into Oregon we said goodbye to the beautiful Snake River. It went northward through a wonderland known as Hell’s Canyon, the border between Idaho and Oregon. We had visited the Hell’s Canyon area with road buddies, Russ and Jane Darrow in years past. We would have liked to visit the area again but, alas, time didn’t allow it.
Dashing on in a northwesternly direction, we arrived at Sand Station Recreation Area, vicinity of McNary Lock and Dam at Umatilla, OR. This rec area is on the banks of the Columbia River, we wonder what Captains Lewis and Clark thought as they floated down the river. It must have been mindboggling to them. According to information provided, on October 18, 1805, Lewis wrote in his journal that they camped overnight in this area. Using small beads, bells, brass wire and knitting needles, they purchased 40 dogs and 6 Prairie Cocks from local Indians to replenish their food supply.
The recreation area we are in has no campsites as such or amenities. However, we had our generator with us, a full tank of water and empty holding tanks and best of all it was free. Evidently, the COE has more of these types of recreation areas along the river so we plan on using them when they are available.
Leaving Mountain Home Air Force Base, Joe wanted to drive by Wilder, ID, a farming community in the Napa/Boise area. The farms of Wilder grow Sugar Beets for processing into sugar, and Hops which are a source of malt used in the brewing of beer. The growing of both is labor intensive. As a 17 year old teenager, Joe came with his family and spent a summer thinning beets and training Hops to grow up the twine trellis. We had to do a drive-by just for old times sake.
We also saw acres and acres of sod being grown, along with nursery stock used in the development of urban areas. This was not being grown when Joe worked out here.
As we crossed into Oregon we said goodbye to the beautiful Snake River. It went northward through a wonderland known as Hell’s Canyon, the border between Idaho and Oregon. We had visited the Hell’s Canyon area with road buddies, Russ and Jane Darrow in years past. We would have liked to visit the area again but, alas, time didn’t allow it.
Dashing on in a northwesternly direction, we arrived at Sand Station Recreation Area, vicinity of McNary Lock and Dam at Umatilla, OR. This rec area is on the banks of the Columbia River, we wonder what Captains Lewis and Clark thought as they floated down the river. It must have been mindboggling to them. According to information provided, on October 18, 1805, Lewis wrote in his journal that they camped overnight in this area. Using small beads, bells, brass wire and knitting needles, they purchased 40 dogs and 6 Prairie Cocks from local Indians to replenish their food supply.
The recreation area we are in has no campsites as such or amenities. However, we had our generator with us, a full tank of water and empty holding tanks and best of all it was free. Evidently, the COE has more of these types of recreation areas along the river so we plan on using them when they are available.
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