Making Lewiston

Thursday the 29th.  Our goal is reached!

We left Boyer Marina Thursday morning and within 30 minutes were inside the lock at Lower Granite Dam.  It was the easiest dam yet.  Well, the easiest on the Snake, anyway.

Shortly after that we spied our friends Joe and Garla.  They'd been trying to meet up with us at Boyer, but the hour grew late and the round-about-route meant they'd arrive pretyt late, so they went on to Clarkston ahead of us and found a hotel there.  Then they drove down the river-side highway looking for us Thursday, and we found each other!

Glen took the boat onto the bank, gently bumping it up against sand, boulders and driftwood (what a guy!).  After yelling back and forth for about 20 minutes, I invited Joe aboard.  We FINALLY used that tender we'd been towing all these day, and got Joe into it and aboard.  He made the final leg of the upriver trip with us clear into Clarkston/Lewiston.

Joe found a great dock for us at the Quality Inn so we were within walking distance of downtown (both downtowns) and had great resources nearby for restocking the boat.

We're staying two days in Lewiston, leaving Saturday.  I declared to Glen that I NEEDED SHORE LEAVE!  :)

So, here I am using the hotel wi-fi and catching up.