This morning we had a breakfast of beef hash browns with an egg
over easy on top along with toast and jam. The chamber of
commerce came out dresed in costumes to greet us. A lady with
an umbrella said she does "undercover" work as a hussy. What a
great group of people welcoming us to their town of The Dalles.
We boarded the buses and went to the Maryhill Art Museum. This
place was a total treat. We didn't spend enough time here.
It's called the little museum you never heard of. I saw some
Rodin sculptures and some paintings by Rodin I never saw before.
Next stop was the award winning Maryhill winery. They have won
over 3,000 awards for their wine with many best in shows. We
sampled 6 wines there as well as a Merlot in the tasting room.
The view of the Columbia Gorge from the winery is spectacular.
The boat provided some chacuitiry in case we got hungry because
we were not going to return until 1:15 PM. We stopped in the
wine shop on the way out and sampled some Merlot which we bought
along with another wine that won he award of Best in show at the
Oregon Wine Association. We got back for lunch was a seafood
chowder made from the trout from last night and also a crem base
with potatoes and other veggies.

After lunch we had the option of walking through downtown or going out to a
small winery inside an old flour mill. We chose the winery tour which was worth
it for the building alone. It is an old Sunshine Bakery flour mill. We enjoyed
the huge motor that was used to drive many, many pulleys for various milling
machines. They also had it decorated with old adding machines, an old cash
register and numerous other antiques. The flour mill was up against a railroad
yard. I walked outside and took some pics from the tracks before we loaded up
the bus and headed back to the boat which spent the day parked at The Dalles
public dock. In the evening we had another wine tasting of Pinot Noirs, I had a
total of 4 glasses then we had the drink of the day which was a Margarita.
Uncruise let us down this evening with dinner. We had the Black Cod which was a
big mistake. The fish was undercooked and slimey instead of being white and
flakey. The veggies were not well matched to the dinner and were bitter. When
dessert came it too was a dsiappointment. It was supposed to be a pudding but
was a liquid with a Raspnerry and a Strawberry in it. In the evening they were
having trivia in the lounge. We listened to it from our room. The questions
were all about our trip this week and what we remembered about it. My cell
minutes had run out again so I bought another 1/2 gig even though the plan
renews tomorrow. I ordered another book on Amazon by the author who wrote the
Tampa book which I just finished.