well good morning everyone from the state of oregon here with the columbia
river it looks simply amazing skeletor's got
quite the view out there don't you think also a little windy very very windy
today i'll be uploading this video with nomad
internet later link in the video description if you need some mobile
internet starting the day with a plan oh uh oh
i want to camp on that either org inside or wash it inside i'm gonna figure it
out um yeah just stopped here at the rest
area no dump station or anything here in oregon
they also closed all the restrooms and they have porta-potties instead
how is there less coveted in one porta potty that everybody uses rather than
the bathroom
let's ignore it and get on the road
okay making my first official stop of the day here in the dalles
oregon not gonna be doing too much out in the city but
it is just a flippin gorgeous day and uh what a weird way to start what would you
do if you're just driving down the road and there's a big old
rock boulder in the middle of the road it's got to be a reason right i mean all
traffic has to drive around this huge boulder in the middle of the freaking
road chances are the boulder was here before the road was made but still
it does have a little sign on it it says pulpit
rock reverend jason lee with reverend daniel lee
and perkins founded methodist indian mission
1838 so the story is that this 12-foot rock was used by
methodist missionaries for delivering sermons in the 1840s
and it was left here in the road naturally as the road just kind of goes
around it okay you don't see that every day quirky
the main reason why i don't want to be like touring all around the dallas is
because it is a busy camping weekend and i want
to get a free campsite on the river so i got two options we're gonna start with
number one it's not in oregon though so we do have
to cross back over to washington state but that's okay
oh look at that the sunshine mill winery probably closed for covet
that's kind of cool though
oh look another roundabout how cute is that
i barely fit miranda's kind of wide i'm just saying yeah we're going to take uh
interstate 84 here for a little bit until i get a
crossover point into washington state but we'll uh
continue to hug the columbia river here for a little bit
we're not getting on i-84 okay i thought we were no we're staying on 30
for a little bit here okay fine by me add another cup of
coffee eric
ah you know this is actually another one of those kind of
abandoned highways old route 30 here they built i-84 right there
closer to the river and kind of kind of bypassed all this
of course les schwab can survive and give you crappy breaks
too soon my brakes are actually holding up fantastically well guys
remember i did my own disc brakes front and back here on the rv
still doing fantastic the squeal was gone and
i'm happy i'm happy that worked here we go
we're going to cross over into washington state right
meow guys there is a crossover here in the dalles
but we're going to cross over interstate 84 and say
oh boy okay oregon it's been really nice found a way back to washington i'll be
back don't be mad i'll be back in oregon in like two days
don't even worry morgan thanks to come back soon we will
all right and again the mighty columbia river
and another dam there are lots and lots of dams on the columbia river
also the water looks to be down and this road is geez
those expansion gaps are like 15 inches wide
and it's windy i i don't know if you can see the steering wheel
i am i am fighting with the wind just a little bit here that's okay
ah beautiful all right welcome back it's been so long washington state
i'm really really fighting the wind here it is slowing down the rv and making it
shift like head-on oh boy
yeah i don't feel like doing much driving the wind is incredible
the scenery has sure changed here on the washington side it's like
all of a sudden we hit eastern washington
and it turns into a hot desert stuff horse thief lake next right
you wanna check it out eric might as well
and camp area full
why is everybody can't everybody's camping because everybody fears that the
nothing's ever going to open so all we have is camping
that's why rv sales are going through the roof right now
meanwhile if you guys are looking to get in an rv you know where i got this
rv buy here pay here rv.com in burleson texas you can certainly go
talk to nathan over there and he's going to put you in an rv
he can put anybody in an rv you put me in an rv
he'll get you in one finding finding open camping
during a pandemic is going to be another tough one i'm still going to swing
through here though let me see yeah we're going to go this way because
sometimes people leave or cancel their residue
there may be a spot open here's another sign
can't bury a full but see that looks like a
sign that's never been removed too so i don't know let me check it out
that's affirmative guys they are booked even just for one night
no cancellations
this is really pretty though i mean there's not much out here but
it's natural and it's really really pretty
still beautiful weather for september look at these cliffs off to our left
jeez that's amazing i've never driven this route i always
thought uh highway 12 was the prettiest to go east
to west in washington this is really pretty with the columbia
river on the right and the cliffs on the left
wow that's impressive
hey did you i just saw something down off to the right
i'm gonna turn here what we got here jacob
williams winery right on the columbia river that's cool i'm not a wine guy
though i'm a craft brew guy for sure
oh look at this oh my gosh
this is better than that state park they were just parked on pieces of
concrete i think this is free guys let me get
parked and comfortable here we'll go check out the sign
make sure i'm allowed here and everything i think i'm gonna back
butt it right up to that tree with the columbia
i can't even i'm so happy right now oh oh man
let's not drive into the river though oh my lanta
jeez guys this is gorgeous that wind feels great i know it probably
doesn't sound too great it's incredibly windy
here's where i'm parked just feet away from the shores
of the columbia river there and every once in a while it'll splash and i can
actually taste it i'm getting in there i think
let's go check it out first it's definitely a boat launch at the
other end but i believe these are all little pull
through little campsites all right here's the official words
avery site treaty fishing access commercial fishing reserve for treaty
fishing open to public use all their times
at the front gate i couldn't read this because it was tipped it says
campers limit april first october first seven day limit in a 30-day period
we can camp here boy if you're watching this video
no matter what don't ever stay at that state park
come out here park right there look at where i can't stop smiling guys
man things things happen for a reason you know what i'm saying
this is amazing really you're going to be a sink dweller on this beautiful day
okay buddy oh i guess the two things you don't like
wind and noisy water i guess that makes sense this is dad spa this isn't really
a kitty spot huh not one of jackson's favorite spots all
right i'll make it up to you i'll give you lots of treats
street street streets straight straight straight straight streets
i know also you know with all the visitor centers closed because any
pretty much anything indoors is closed for cobed
magnet collecting has slowed down a little bit
however unique little twist i got a magnet from the last place i was at hood
river oregon at walmart for four bucks i know these
are cheaply made they're all generic and then they just add the name of the town
you're in but it was actually kind of nice to roll
into walmart and find a magnet for my massive
magnet collection and stuff um until these places allow us to spend
money again um it's gonna be tough and i'm gonna stay
here a couple nights actually i'm gonna do a patreon live stream from
this area it is incredibly windy too bad i can't fly the drone in a place
like this it is strong wind
but worth it right i guess i don't know the wind sucks anyways hope you guys are
well jax and i are gonna enjoy our time here but we'll still see
in two days bye guys
hmm