Other than the fact that our little guy, Bubbles, was in the hospital recovering from ACL surgery and was not with us this trip, we had a fabulous time at our very favorite primitive campsite of all time, the west shore of Banks Lake, just south of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. A sandy beach for our kayaks, a cottonwood tree in our front yard for shade, waterfowl entertaining us off shore constantly, and no one else around!
 |
| Our "front yard". Cows roam in "our back yard". There is a sandy beach about 50' from the trailer. Most awesome! |
The weather could not have been better as you can see from the kayak photos. One day, the lake was like glass, making it such fun to marvel at all the reflections in the water.
 |
| Love the cloud reflections..... |
 |
| Unbelievable; photo taken right from our kayak! |
 |
| While clouds roll by.....just you and I! |
 |
| Like floating on a sheet of glass. |
 |
| Ducks entertaining us! |
 |
| Bird Sanctuary |
 |
| Bird Sanctuary |
 |
| Heading back to camp for the evening |
 |
| Steamboat Rock in the distance |
 |
| Bringing up the rear. |
 |
So much to look at!!
|
 |
See the water line?
|
 |
| It's truly a maze of water and rocks! Super interesting to paddle around. |
 |
| The wildlife is abundant. |
 |
| Bald Eagle during evening paddle |
We also had our mountain bikes along so explored a trail that took us over a few hills, through a very sage-brushy, swampy section, and ended up at a private cove on the lake. Josie ended up with a flat tire about 1/2 mile from the end of the trail back near camp, so Daryl had to get the car and do a rescue.
 |
| Mountain bike exploring |
 |
| Taking a break. |
 |
| Cooling off! |
 |
| Hoo rah; we did it!! It was one heck-of-a trail! |
This was our second trip to this site and.......we'll be back!!
