Lake Chelan

May 25, 2015

We arrived at Lakeshore RV Park in Chelan at about 1:30, checked in and got set up. It was a nice, warm, mostly sunny day. The forecast was for clouds and thunder storms for the next couple of days. My sister Terry arrived a little later so we sat out enjoying the day and evening.

May 26, 2015

After a light breakfast we all took a walk into town to see if anything had changed since our visit in September. The visitor’s center and chamber of commerce has moved into new very nice facility so we stopped in to pick up brochures about the wineries and tasting rooms. There is also a new restaurant called Outlaw BBQ and Steak House that we might check out later in the week. Then to the hardware store to browse the goods and Safeway to pick up a couple things. We then went back to the park and got in the truck to go wine tasting and have lunch. We had a real good lunch again at the Lake Chelan Brewing Co. We tried to find a new winery called Chelangre La Winery in Manson that I saw online but were unsuccessful so moved on to Lake Chelan and Benson Wineries. It turns out the Chelangre La place doesn't exist, yet? We got back to the park at about 4:30, had dinner and sat out by the fire with a brief interruption for a thunder and rain storm lasting only about half an hour. We didn’t let it drive us indoors.

May 27, 2015

After we had breakfast Gail and I went for a drive to Chelan Falls and McNeil Canyon. We thought Chelan Falls was a waterfall that takes the Chelan River to the Columbia. Nope, it's just a small town with a few nice day use parks. The McNeil Canyon drive is very picturesque. From the drive you can see the Columbia River and Lake Chelan. The drive is quite a bicycle ride that is virtually all uphill with an average 12% grade. It was good to DRIVE it. Then we went back to the park, I had a light lunch and went to play golf at the municipal course. While I was golfing Gail and Terry walked into town. I got back to the park at about 6 so we had dinner and again sat out enjoying the evening.

May 28, 2015
We had breakfast and hit the road to check out some tasting rooms we hadn't visited before. On the way I took a wrong turn, which I am know to do frequently ending up checking out Bear Mountain Ranch which is a very nice golf course. I'll go play it in September when we return. Then back on track to Chelan Estate Winery. Our information indicated it was not open it was and we had a nice time with our hostess. After that we went to Karma Wines. We tasted wine, had some bread and went on our way with a nice bottle of Grenache. Then we returned to the park for the afternoon and evening. Tomorrow we head home until next Wednesday when we head East to Mt Rushmore, Deadwood, Cazy Horse Monument, Devil's Tower and Yellowstone.