Up and at ’um bright and early yesterday, ok I lied we were bums! Took our time. After fun shower (Beautiful showers at this C/G. 1 of 2 had no hot water, the floor drain didn’t work in the other!}, Anne-Marie made me a ham & cheese omelet for brunch. Being suitably fortified, we went to the mall where Anne-Marie had the hair mystery redone and I succeeded in having the Verizon Store replace my smashed phone.
Central and western Washington claim to be the apple centers of The World. You can’t disprove it by me, there are huge orchards in this area of apples, peaches and pears. The tree shown is a pear, the lovely home sits on the edge of about 500 acres. Note to the landscape that there is foliage, in the back round there are brown un-forested mountains.
There is less than 10”/year of rainfall according to this most scientific of maps. All of the productive orchard area are irrigated. Most the irrigation is 
We visited the Washington State Apple Growers welcome center where we learned more that would bore you to the extreme.
1) They grow 100,000,000 boxes per year.
2) The overseas market is big. How big? YOU (should) ask? Well, they own and operate a dedicated refrigerated transport ship the schleps apples all over the world. OK, maybe not New York!
3) They have new strains the grow on vines, reducing the labor required.
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So you ask, why is it The Dam State? There are 10 dams on the Columbia River. The Gran Coulee may be the most famous because it’s fun to pronounce. My favorite is the Rock Island Dam as that one is within sight of our campground. Although it is bland {common to things built in the ‘30s) in color it is large in size. Our visit was limited due to rain, 10” a year and it has to do it when we are here! Because I knew you would be interested: About 200 Salmon and Steel Heads per hour go up the ladder when they are running. OK, they actually swim up!
It being Sunday tomorrow, I thought I’d give you this thought!
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