Wining in Walla Walla, WA

Wow do they have some good wines in this area!!  If they could grow zinfandel grapes here it would be perfect;)  We've had a great time the past 2 days checking out several nice wineries.  We were looking for reds and were not disappointed.  Mike loves Cab Franc and they are producing some pretty good ones here.  They pretty much have a red for every palate, yummy!

It is a lot dryer in this part of the state.  We've seen a lot of dust devils:

 At Tranche (above) they also had a sheep pasture and horses:

Forgeron Cellars

Balboa Winery

Castillo de Feliciana 

 At Isenhower Cellars, the family (owners) have 3 girls who each year do a painting which is put on a label for a small amount of their wine.  The girls even get to pick out which color wax is used:)

Isenhower Cellars

LoLo, MT and Orofino, ID, Trails With Scenery!!

Our last stop in Lolo, MT was short but sweet.  Back up at altitude again, we stayed at the Squaredance Center and RV Park in the forest.  A lovely area, we would stay there again keeping in mind that they had washers but no dryers but were welcome to hang your clothes out to dry;)

We hiked a nearby trail with a great view of Lolo Peak and saw lots of wildflowers!

 After hiking, we headed straight for the Lolo Peak Brewing Company and enjoyed some good brews and food!

We left Lolo and drove 168 miles to Orofino, Idaho.  The drive, on US 12, was amazing, winding through thick forest and mountain canyons with the river next to us the entire way, a beautiful drive!

In Orofino we are staying right next to the river and near the Dworshak Dam and Reservoir.....the scenery continues!  We hiked right behind the dam yesterday on the Eddy Trail and got quite the workout, lots of steep ups and downs;)

Dworshak Dam is part of the Columbia-Snake River drainage

The Dworshak Dam is highest straight-axis, concrete gravity dam in North America and the largest of it's type ever built by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

 This morning we drove further back on the 54 mile long reservoir to the Cold Springs Trail which starts at the beautiful Dent Bridge.

There were steep climbs on this trail as well.   You can see below with Mike standing near the top of an incline:)  Tomorrow we are off to Walla Walla, WA!

The Headwaters of the Missouri River, Three Forks, MT

Had another lovely day biking around the town of Three Forks and the Headwaters of the Missouri State Park:

The Jefferson and Madison Rivers converge here and join one mile downstream with the Gallatin River to form the great Missouri River.

We were wishing we had a canoe!  What fun to do the Missouri headwaters!

Here is where the Gallatin joins the river to officially make it the Missouri

In Three Forks the historic Sacajawea Hotel caught our eye :