Wandering Orbit

We had a slow week, since we didn't have a car to go anywhere with. We left on Friday and went to the Columbia River Temple Then we made our way south to Oregon   We went to the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument--so many specimens of foliage in their museum! I chuckled at this sign The Mr. had gone back to Salt Lake City to participate in the 20th anniversary concert for the Orchestra at Temple Square.  The concerts were Friday and Saturday nights. We were even farther from a church this week, an almost 3 hour walk, if we had walked it since we had no car.  We had more "church at home" and enjoyed a low-key day.

Monday we went to see a small slice of Olympic National Park. Love the native language on the sign! Check out the cool fence outside the visitor center We took a brief hike, saw lots of fungi Tuesday we stopped by the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Exclusion Memorial--this was the site where they were rounded up by the U.S. military and shipped out by ferry to end up at Manzanar and Minidoka At the Bainbridge Island Historical Society, they had these two class photos hanging up, the first was 1942, the second was 1943.  Stark pictorial of what happened We went to Olympia and rode the free Dash shuttle and saw the capitol building   Coolest thing inside: a Tiffany chandelier. Made of bronze, but a Tiffany creation nonetheless. Super ornate! Still enjoying all the fall colors as we drive We got to our campsite rather late that night and when we went to get out of the car, something skittered past and then stood and watched us. C