MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON

We left Packwood on Saturday morning and were very happy that it wasn’t raining that day.  We had to climb over a high pass with steep downgrades.  We were on a good highway but it was windy with some narrow bridges.  We were very glad to come down into Yakima where we could get on the freeway and once again have cell phone service.  We had been out of communication for a week.  Between Yakima and Moses Lake is wide open prairie looking terrain with miles and miles of cultivated fields and orchards.  It was very pretty and we crossed the Columbia River around Vantage, Washington.  We passed a little town called George, Washington.  Martha’s Inn was about the biggest building there.

We loved Moses Lake.  We were in a very nice RV Park.  We took a drive out and around the lake and found a Wal-Mart so we could get some groceries.  On Sunday evening we drove up to Soap Lake to a place called Sundial Bistro and had dinner.  We both ordered the salmon which had been covered with seasoned, chopped pistachios then sautéed and topped with a caramelized maple syrup.  It was SO GOOD!!!  Well worth the drive up there.  Afterwards we drove out to Soap Lake which is supposed to have medicinal qualities in its water and mud.  The mud is “black as a moonless midnight” and supposed to be as smooth as the finest cold cream.  People spread it all over their bodies and it is supposed to heal all sorts of ailments.  We didn’t do that.

Here are some pictures we took around Moses Lake. 

We watched them launch boats and jet skies

We had a good time in Moses Lake.  The highest thing in town was their water towers.  Moses Lake is 18 miles long and up to 1 mile wide at some point.  It was a fun place to stay and it was very busy with everyone enjoying the water.