Well, we have been here a little over a month, now.  This is our little space in 'Volunteer Village', where we are set up.  We have a motor home on the other side of of us to the right.  It's a nice couple from Texas, Bill and Alice.

There are two other workamper couples here to the left of us in another spot. One couple works our off days and the other couple works the off days for Bill and Alice.

The first few days, we spent raking pine needles and burning them.



It's super quiet here and we are just 1/4 mile down the road from the Visitor Center (VC).  We can look out our window and look right at the Dam.


Here are other photos from different view points.


Dworshak Dam is the 3rd largest dam in the US and the largest straight axis dam in the western hemisphere.  The reservoir, behind it, is 54 miles long.  There are mini campgrounds along the reservoir, which can be accessed by boat and hiking in, that are basically primitive.  There is another campground near here called Dworshak State Park that is full service and one that is about 26 miles up from the Dam called Dent Acres Campground, that is full service.

We recently got to take a tour of the overlook.  It was amazing to see, even if I am afraid of heights.  This was the view looking from the overlook down to the river below.


 This following photo was the scene directly behind where we were standing going under the observation deck and coming out onto the spillway as in the photo above.

This following view is right outside our window at the Visitor Center and it goes across the top of the dam. 

Well, that is it for today, as for some reason the last hour of uploading photos to my computer, failed.  So, I'll have to try and upload them again at another time.

I thought I could get ahead of the game by uploading a bunch to my computer so they were handy when I was able to work on a blog post.  But, with this slow internet, evidently it wasn't going to let me.

I have lots more to share including a trip up a switchback road to Wieppe, ID and a recent trip to Lewiston for groceries.

Beautiful scenery abounds here!!!

Until next time,

Char




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