August 22 and 23: We took a day off on Saturday from sightseeing and took care of some cleaning and grocery shopping.

It was our last day at the Riverbed Campground and although the campground was nice we were not sorry to leave behind our extreme redneck neighbor and the loud music and tv shows he so generously shared with us.

One of the surprises for us about this area of Washington state was the poor condition of the housing. There were abandoned vehicles everywhere and most houses were not kept up well at all. There were probably nicer housing areas but we did not see any.

Sunday was moving day … on to another state. We pulled out of the campground just before 8:00 AM Sunday morning and drove back up to Lakewood to return the rental car. We got there before they opened but I was glad we did since I was first in line and the office was packed by time I completed the paper work.

Crossing the Columbia River into Oregon

We arrived at the Enterprise Rental office in Gresham OR about noon. It took us quite awhile to complete the car rental process since the car was not totally prepped when we got there. We also had to wait for someone to drive it to a gas station since it was on empty. They gave us a Suburu Impreza to drive and I followed Jim to the Ainsworth Campground about 25 miles away. We were not impressed with driving the Suburu.

The campground was very nice and we have full hook ups - Jim said “just like the last hotel we stayed in!”

We parked and hooked up the camper and then took a drive along part of the Columbia River Scenic Drive. We stopped at three different waterfalls along the way.

Horsetail Falls

Wahkeena Falls

Latourelle Falls

Selfie photography was the the order of the day here also. (See photo of Jim working on his selfie technique so not to be left out).

On the way back to the campground the oil light came on. Since we were close to the campground we continued driving but Jim checked the oil as soon as we got there. The oil level just touched the end of the dip stick meaning it was at least 2 quarts low. That meant a call to the Enterprise roadside assistance number and after 30-40 minutes on hold we were finally told they would send a tow truck to swap cars. About 10:00 PM a blue VW Jetta showed up. The only problem was it took us a few minutes to figure out how to start this car with no key hole. The trick was to be in the car with keys in hand, foot on break and press the “start” button!