We woke up early with a howling wind pushing on our tent poles and laying our tent down. Fine sand was blowing in through the vents and even though it was sunny, it did not seem like a great day on the river. It subsided somewhat later in the morning and we did our best to clean up and pack up the raft. There was a lot of paddling into the headwind and we ended up pulling off the river earlier than expected because our progress was so slow. We were able to get our car packed up and reaching The Dalles seemed like an oasis after all the wind and sun. We had a great dinner, a nice stay at a hotel with a pool, and got to have a special hotel breakfast when we woke up there on Charlotte's birthday!
We had to stop at the Washington Stonehenge replica on our way home. I had great memories of visiting this and being intrigued by us as a kid. It was fun to be able to show it to my kids.
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