Today we are out of range of cell phone service. We are docked
at Lyons Ferry in the town of Starbuck, not related to the
coffee vendor. It makes interesting tee shirts. There is
nothing here except for a KOA campground and a beautiful State
Park containing Palouse Falls. After a breakfast of poached
eggs on toast containing an avocado pesto we boarded the buses
and went to Palouse Falls. This is a very scenicn Falls our in
the middle of nowhere. We took a 1/2 mile hike out around the
back of the Falls and took lots of pictures. We then got back
to the boat and had a lunch of baby back ribs paired with a
Shiraz. The initial pairing was with a Pinot Noir but
previously we spoke with April who thought a Shiraz would be the
better pairing. The afternoon was spent with activities on the
boat. They had a swim call and a Captains poker tournament. I
need to learn to play poker someday. Just before dinner we
pulled up anchor and started cruising down the river. Dinner tonight was huge
scallops prepared in a citrus lime glaze. Three scallops was all I could
handle. We previously had 3 glasses of Resiling in the lounge and then I had 2
glasses of Pinot with dinner. They also served a very nice apertif with dessert
which was yummy. I hope we get a list of all the wines we have had. I
estimated this was my 40th glass full of a wine. We had dinner with Ken and
Susan and Phil and Karon. They are all friends of Ken and Susan and are very
nice people. I finished my "Tampa" novel and rated it so so. The sex was good,
the story a little weak. I read the whole thing.