Day 8 June 17th, 2016 McNary, Or. to 5 mi east of Waitsburg, Wa. 81.6 miles

Our longest day so far, and the most eventful. We left Oregon behind for good around 18 miles down the road from McNary and continued east where the Columbia River turned north, and rode in rolling hills planted with wheat and other crops we weren't sure of. Near Walla Walla, we could tell we were in wine country. We were making good time, so we stopped at L'Ecole winery which is in an old schoolhouse. Dave bought me a bottle of wine so he could put his adjustable bottle cage to its best use! Walla Walla is a neat little college town, and every other store on Main Street was a wine tasting room. But the sky was getting  dark, so we skipped the wine tasting, ate a quick dinner at Subway. It rained a bit in town, and we discussed getting a motel, but the onion festival was going on, so we decided to ride on. It was dry when we headed out on Middle Waitsburg Rd,  which was one of the coolest roads we've ridden. It had been carved right into the big hills like we had been riding through, so we were really close to them (hard to describe). Then the rain (light rain) came, we stopped in Waitsburg, bought a few things to eat and rode about 4 miles to Lewis & Clark Trail State Park for the night. 81 miles, 8 hours of riding!
Now, a book could be written about campground showers  (a good subject for Bill Bryson, I think). I couldn't believe it when I saw the coin box: $.50 for a 3 minute shower! I don't think it's possible to take a 3 minute shower! Worse yet, I knew I didn't have two quarters. So I peeked in the men's shower and asked Dave if he had any quarters. He said very cheerfully,  "Yeah, a guy just gave me two!!" I wanted to say, "But what about me??" But I didn't.  He had quarters back at the tent, so I got my 3 minute shower and all was well. I'm carrying quarters with me the rest of the trip!
Can you tell we're having fun?