Monday, August 15, 2011

In our own backyard

Where the heck is jeni? Is she in some ancient ruins, or is this some construction project gone bad? No,she is in Washington's version of "Stonehenge"!

These Structures were built to honor the brave men and women from the state of Washington who fought and died for their country in WWI.It was named "Stonehenge". Have you ever heard the phrase "Where the Sam Hill are we",well Sam Hill was the creator of "Stonehenge" and became famous as a Washington resident. I took this picture standing at "Stonehenge"looking west. A beautiful view of the bridge at Biggs and the mighty Columbia river.Biggs is a small community east of the park about 4 miles.


The Internet here at Deschutes has been very slow and unreliable so we have not been able to put as many pics as we like to on the blog. Hopefully when we get to Collier the service will be better. Many people we meet ask us about what we do and why the heck we do it! Camp hosting.Basically it is volunteering our time in the state and federal parks in exchange for a place to park our home with utilities usually included. One of the great things about this concept is the many backyards we have.Think about it,you live in one place and you might have a nice view from your porch. But over time you notice that view less and less as it becomes common place. We have had views of beautiful snow capped mountains, the ocean with crashing waves thundering down just yards from where we sit.We have had coffee on our porch in the desert watching a blazing brilliant orange sunset. Cactus wrens perched on a saguaro cactus just a few feet from us.National parks, State parks, County parks, Recreation areas, Corp of engineer parks, we have been in all of them. There is always a nice view just waiting for us at our next job. Sitting at home, on our porch, at our next assignment,In our own back yard!