Our first day back on the road went smoothly…an easy 254 mile drive from Anacortes Washington to Kennewick Washington. We pulled into the Columbia Sun RV Resort around 3:30 pm, got set up in a nice big pull through site, ran some errands then headed out for dinner at J. Bookwalter Winery.

 

 

Our only bit of excitement was the Frog Balls incident…Our large front slide pulls in over the pantry and somehow in transit a door popped open and some Frog Balls escaped. Luckily I noticed that the slide wasn’t retracting quite right and stopped before it pulled the pantry door completely off the hinges and jammed up the slide forever.

 

 

Damned Frog Balls…I really don’t even like them and have been carrying them around for over a year, meaning to foist them off on someone at a happy hour. Hmm, I am for sure getting rid of them of them at a Balloon Fiesta happy hour!!!

Okay, so they are not real frog balls…they are pickled brussel sprouts which sound okay in theory but they are kinda mushy and sour – yuck.

Anyway, the damn jar fell out of the partially open cabinet door and wedged perfectly in the narrow area between the slide wall and the cabinet.  Wally, being Mr Smartie, figured out that if he took off the undamaged pantry door he could reach in and get the nasty frog balls. Disaster averted, slide went out and Mr. Smartie fixed the door…wife of smartie was chastised for using storage bins that were too big and put pressure on the door – damned frogs balls anyway!!!

 

 

 

On the upside, The Columbia Sun RV Resort is a beautiful park, 145 big sites on 25 nicely landscaped acres with a long list of amenities such as a heated swimming pool, hot tub, exercise room, off leash dog parks, frisbee golf, pickle ball courts, laundry facilities and a store. Plenty of room for big rigs too.

 

 

Not only is the park spotless and well maintained, the staff is very friendly and provide you with a personal escort to your site. Nice touch!

 

 

While we were just passing through the area, there are plenty of reasons to make this area a destination visit and stay for a week…or more. Wineries…lots and lots of great wineries, 10 golf courses, fishing on the Columbia River and miles of paved trails for biking or walking. Had we not had a series of medical appointments and boat repairs to coordinate, we would have left at least two weeks earlier and spent more time meandering through this beautiful area.

Since we had limited time to explore, we headed over to J.Bookwalter Winery for dinner at their Fiction Restaurant. Happy Hour is the dealsky here but thanks to the Frogs Balls (which I dislike even more now) we didn’t make happy hour and got to pay full price for dinner and wine….wahhhh!

The food was good and we went casual… splitting a harvest salad, Wally had the house made fennel sausage pizza and I had the waygu beef tacos. We opted for a 6 oz pour of Syrah and Malbec which were very tasty but at $14 each I would say J.Bookwater thinks quite highly of their wines!

 

 

With so much to do in this area we left wishing we had a few more days to relax and explore. Note to self, always stay longer in any wine country area and DON’T buy any pickled vegetables with snappy names!!!