August 26, 2007

August 26, 2007

I patched the tire on my bike this morning but it apparently is not holding. What is worse the rear tire on Aimee’s bike also has a slow leak. Surprising since the bike path yesterday was all paved. It looks like we wont be biking again anytime soon.

We left Richland, WA following the Columbia River south. Along the way we stopped in Sacagawea State Park at the confluence with the Snake River. It is a nice park with a small but fairly nice interpretative center on the Lewis and Clark expedition. It focuses on Sacagawea’s contribution as guide, interpreter and symbol of peace.

We continued following the Columbia downstream to the Walula Gap and the beginning of the Columbia Gorge. This mile-wide gap is where the Columbia and Snake rivers cut their way through the basalt mountains of southern Washington. There we left the Columbia and took I82 into Oregon, spending the night in the city of Pendleton.