The week after Labor Day

We needed to go over to Port Orchard to pick up mail and check on the house after Labor Day. All was well.  The orchard had a few tasty apples.  We took a couple over to Rose and Lucy who ate them right up.  It was a short trip over the hill and back.  

The weather turned rough Thursday evening with thunder and lightening all around the mountains for more than an hour.  The rain came in buckets flooding the park.  We thought we should have put the awning down because of the wind but it was too wet and wild to be outside. The damage was wide spread with the pea gravel tent pads having been washed onto the roads, tree branches down, great gullies down the hillsides and on the beach.  A few trees were up rooted, one narrowly missing the Ranger's house.  There were two camper sites with tents who were quite wet in the morning. The camp staff were out with the big tractor plowing the streets and parking lots where the water had deposited sand, fir needles and debris. 

Our good Finn friends, the Sillanpaas, came to camp for the weekend. We enjoyed campfires, walking the trails, the Chelan County Fair, shopping in Leavenworth and fresh fruit from Prey's.

Very few children's creations now that they are back at school.

The woodpecker came to visit one morning

He must have thought there was something better to eat in our campsite.

  

The flower garden at Westbrook House.

This tree only had a few apples.  They didn't look great but they tasted good.

This apple tree had only a little pruning last winter.  It is loaded with fruit.

After Labor Day Weekend, the campground is darn empty.

Morning after the rain storm.  This is the overflow parking area.

Plowing the debris away.

Site #12 being cleaned.

Sonny is eating a hamburger he grilled.

Fireman Sonny

Our friends arrive in #49

Our campsite has 4 squirrels and several more chipmunks who like nuts and
fruit.

One squirrel is very bold.

Surveying the grounds for a nut.

I love this suitcase!  It came from Finland nearly 50 years ago carrying all the
possessions our friends had.  Now, it carries birch campfire wood.

Mushrooms or toadstools?

Rauni and I walked the trails near the Wenatchee River.

The Central Washington University wake board team came to practice
at the beach.

The wake board was hooked to this wench.

The wench pulled the guy 100' along the beach.

It was a short ride with rooster tails.

Deep canyon on the beach caused by the torrential rains

Friends pose on a weathered piece of driftwood

Park crew doing storm cleanup

Looks like a raccoon paw print on our outside table

Sun bather

We toured the animal sheds at the fair.  I learned about the Katahdin breed
of sheep which began in Maine near Mt Katahdin

Strange vegebles

What is this??

Sonny and Paavo checking out the hitch

The Sillanpaas at Lake Wenatchee

After a weekend of visiting, our friends leave for home

Pine cones

 A few minutes after shoveling up the fire pit charcocoal,
 we noticed the bucket was smoking.  Someone didn't put
their coals completely out.

The peaches are at the height of sweetness.

Today, we rode up the Eagle Creek Road where the most recent
forest fire was.  This home was saved even though the fire
came right to the house.  The heavy rainstorm quickly washed away the
top soil.

Remains of the forest fire

Retired people spending some time on
a balcony with a glass of wine

Our day ends with dinner by the campfire. Grilled chicken, fresh
Quincy steamed in the husk corn, salad and watermelon.  What
a life!