Ma & Pa Daly visit "The West"

Early March
The first weekend in March, my parents came to visit! It was great to finally be able to show them first-hand where and how we live. We went to brunch at Skamania Lodge and toured the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center, but I think the most enjoyable and interesting part of their trip, at least for us, was when we took a drive towards Mt Adams. We followed the map for a while through the remote town of Glenwood ("Where to these kids go to school way out here?", asks Dad.) It wasn't until about 5 minutes after we left the area covered by our maps that we realized that we had entered the Yakama Indian Reservation. We drove for another half-hour or so until it was clear that the road we were on wasn't going to end anytime soon. And once we lost sight of Mt Adams - a pretty obvious landmark - we decided it was time to turn around. Maybe getting lost in an Indian reservation wasn't the best way to welcome my parents to our new home. :)


Mother and son. (All of the good "family photos" were on Mom & Dad's camera, and I haven't gotten a copy of those yet...)



Remnants of "the old West". This cabin is over 100 years old, and was recently relocated to its current location, for preservation.



Oops... after enjoying a fried meal at "The Logs", a local restaurant, we discovered a flat on the rental car.

- Mike (& Corinne)