Aurora Borealis Over Wine Country

We managed to end this trip with a celestial extravaganza! Our last week was spent enjoying Washington wine country from the town of Prosser. We met my parents at Wine Country RV and spent our time there visiting all our favorite spots. We bought a LOT of wine, too! Russ and I were paying attention to the solar storms, however, and Russ suggested that we go up to Horse Heaven Vista above town to see if the northern lights would make an appearance. Boy did they ever! We saw them on Sunday also, but only for the first ten minutes after sunset - my sunset pictures are better. Saturday's show, however, was better than anything I saw in Alaska, and much more comfortable to watch. It was a lovey, cool night with a light wind.

Aurora Borealis on Saturday.

Aurora with the moon over Prosser, WA.

Straight overhead. The colors filled the sky.

Super bright and with some movement.

Another picture of the aurora with the city lights below.

Sunset on Sunday. Mount Adams to the left, Mount Rainier to the right.

A Quick Transit of Montana and a Short Stay in Spokane.

I noted in the previous post that we moved quickly through Wyoming and Montana, with one night stays in Billings and Butte. We enjoyed our time in both cities, especially when we found a great local pub in Butte. We had dinner at the bar, chatting with the owners and a couple of local customers. Connecting with strangers in their local places is a wonderful way to learn about a place and to understand life as others chose to live it. We did also reconnect with a friend in Missoula, eating dinner with her at MacKenzie River Pizza Company. We tried the latest Cool Earth oat milk (Chocolate!), and I bought more at the local natural food store to take with us. So many of our friends are doing amazing things and have such passion for the things they do.

Vinyl Barstools are the mark of a great pub.

A place worth looking for off the main drag.

Back to the mountains!

Green and white landscapes.