Camping in Eastern Washington - August 1999

In search of sun and sand, armed only with floaty toys.

Camping in Eastern Washington

The plan was to arrive Friday afternoon/evening on the shores of the Columbia River, and spend the weekend floating in the river, baked by the sun, cooled by beer. Instead, the wind picked up ferociously just as the third car (mine) arrived. These are a few shots of the riverside campsite on Saturday morning.

The wind was pretty good for flying kites. This is Tom with his camping kite (he assures me that such things exist, and that this is a specimen).

The wind wasn't so great for camping. Here it airs out Garrett's shirt.

So after waiting around for a few hours on Saturday, we bagged the river campsite and headed deeper into the desert to find shelter from the wind. Garrett found us an excellent spot just a few miles from Moses Lake: a smaller body of water called Upper Goose Lake. It had sheer cliffs as a shoreline, which were good for diving.

This is our new campsite, on Upper Goose Lake.