On the road - really! We head south for a Columbia River crossing and Bend Oregon. Were we supposed to turn back there? It looks like this road works just as well. WTH are we? If we take the next turn. it's a shortcut to Goldendale. About ten miles past the turn, the empty light comes on and I slow down. Up and down, around and around. There are a few distant houses or farms but not many. No roadside diners or gas stations. I slow down even more. I coast down every hill. We see something ahead! False alarm. We haven't seen another vehicle for a long time either. And the needle slowly drops. I estimate we can make it another 15 miles. Hey, we could call AAA for gas - if we had cell service. Thirty miles later we finally hit civilization and a fuel stop, after running 75 miles with the orange light on.
Stonehenge is on the way south! Stopping and making a sacrifice for safe journeys seems a no-brainer. High above the Columbia Gorge, Sam Hill built a full-sized Stonehenge to commemorate our joint sacrifices in World War II. Sadly, not only are we lacking a bronze knife but it seems we do not have a sacrifice meeting all the "criteria". Bring back any memories, Anne or Mary? The Washington Stonehenge no longer matches our current understanding of its original configuration. Before he died, researchers had already changed the placements of many of the monoliths and plinths but Mr Hill decided it should stand as it was during WWII. An amazing place! I am always surprised by how small it really is, the same sense I had in the UK.
There is also the Maryhill Museum on a nearby hill but we postpone that for another trip.
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