I love trees and rain so when Paul and Willona asked me to move with them to Washington I thought yes Washington has lots of trees and rain.

You hear it always rains in Washington.

Well boy was I disappointed when we got closer and closer to home.
We were driving along the

Columbia River Gorge.
No Trees
It was the eastern side of Washington.

A desert no trees no rain.
Dirt, rocks, and rattlesnakes everywhere.
The first trees I saw were around this run down settlers cabin.
The trees were as run down as the cabin.

At least we had blue sky.

Still no trees.

The road was carved out of these big rocks or rock mountains.

As far as you can see brown bald mountains.

I was glad to see trees when we entered our yard.

Someone planted them around our house years ago.