8/26/18 - Plymouth, WA

The smoke was back this morning. We have only had two good smoke free days.  We left Redmond and drove to Plymouth, Washington.  We got a site at the Army Corps of Engineers Hood Park campground near the Columbia River.  After noon the smoke cleared up because of the strong winds.   The check in lady at the park gave us site 16, but when we got there it was occupied.  Jim stopped and I walked back to the nearby camp host we had just passed.  I was walking down the paved road in the park and right smack dab in the middle of the road was a rattlesnake.  I almost stepped on it.  I was screaming and no one was coming out of their RVs.  The check in lady had realized her mistake and was coming to tell us a new site number.  She had me get in the car and we went to get the host.  He went back with us just as Jim was coming back around to get into a new site.  The camp host used a grabber to pick the snake up.  He couldn’t get it into a pail with a lid so he just walked it over to the nearby large field and let it go.  Jim took a picture and it lunged at him even while the host had it on the grabber.  We all jumped.  The sound from his rattles was pretty, though.  After sitting outside and relaxing with a snack and drink, Jim and I went for a walk.  Jim watched the Cowboy game tonight.