Maryhill State Park and Maupin, OR

We left our wonderful view of Mt. Hood last Thursday and headed toward Maryhill SP only an hour or so east but still in WA. We learned of a fiberglass travel trailer rally and thought we would see if we could get a space at the park. Turns out there was a cancellation and we got the last available camping spot for the weekend. There were about 20 or so travel trailers including Escape, Casita, Bigfoot, Scamp as well as a few others. This a group of folk that have met at this state park for the past 5 years and it was great meeting some new fiberglass TT people. Goood campfies, great food and conversation made for a nice time.

Rally Gatherings
The area around the SP is quite interesting. There are two places in particular that stand out. First there is a replica of Stonehenge that was built as a memorial to the men of the area that lost their lives in WWI, the other is a very nice musuem, the Maryhill Museum of Art which house great exhibits on the Native People of NA, Auguste Rodin, Queen Marie of Romania as well as several other permanent and temporary shows.
Both of these places were built by a man named Sam Hill that had hoped to settle this part of WA in the early 1900s but despite being successful in many businesses, never quite had the success in this area. Instead he built the museum and memorial as lasting tributes.

Maryhill Museum
We spent Saturday at the Mayhill Winery, sampling their wares and of course spending too much on said wares! Their wines were (mostly) quite good. This winery also has a nice outdoor concert venue but it was too early in the season for music (although Jethro Tull is scheduled later this summer).

View from the winery deck

Sunday was clean up and move on day so we decided to head back south into OR so Cynthia could try her luck at fly fishing the Deschutes River. We are in the town of Maupin, OR-a quaint little fishing and rafting community. All indicators said this was the river to go to at this time but I guess the fish were not notified as they seem to be on vacation! And of course every fisherperson you talk to has their own theory why the fish aren't biting but it is a beautiful area none the less. The Deschutes is a large, fast moving river that flows into the Columbia River about 60 miles north. Some photos of the area:

Native Americans fisihng from platforms

RV Park from across the river

Rapids on the Deschutes

Selfie in the rapids

Cynthia fishing

Along the river at dusk

We plan to leave here Thursday and begin heading toward Seattle, then BC where iin both towns we plan to visit with my cousins. Our route back north is still a bit uncertain but we think we will be heading toward Yakima then over to Seattle. Our other option is back to Portland then north but with the coming holiday weekend we will try to find a place to hide out until the crowds go back home on Monday.

Until the next WiFi!

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