We'd swore to avoid Lyons Ferry marina on the way back if we could, so we chose to go on the other side of the river instead at Lyons...

After a last squirrel chasing session at the park for Princess, we set off to commence our return trip, but not before heading up river...

Leaving Boyer we were less than 2 miles away from the last lock, Lower Granite Lock. I raised them on VHF 14 from the pump out station...

Little Goose Lock was only a few miles away from the marina and as we're now in winter schedule, the operator was happy to get the lock...

Welcome to the Far West. Although we've been heading mostly East since leaving Portland, the further inland we've gone the more "Far...

We left the Port of Kennewick late after planning a fairly short day of navigation. There aren't many marinas on the Snake River, so the...

On arrival at Fish Hook Recreational Park's dock I noticed our rear fender was gone. I asked Di (who handles the stern of the boat during...

We left as early as we could on a gloriously bright morning and made our way towards the Port of Kennewick. Within a short time we...

We decided to push for a long day from Arlington to Umatilla, and we had typical fall weather the whole day. Low visibility and spitting...

The other one... Yes there is a cemetery here too, but that's about the end of the similarities with the place we lived in when we first...

We've done it: We've gone off the charts! Our Furuno chart plotter has a US and Canada coastal waters SD Card, and today we arrived at...

Today was our longest navigation day so far, for a total of almost 12 hours. It sounds like not much compared to our previous coastal...

Today we went through our 2nd and 3rd lock, The Dalles and John Day. Slowly slowly we're getting better at it, but it's still a new...

After a short navigation we got to the Dalles early enough to go explore the town. The marina is small and sadly suffered a major fire...

So it happened today: The main salon's TV decided to act up. At first it was a single black vertical line, rapidly followed by more and...

We left tiny Cascade Locks Sunday end of morning with an easy 20 miles to Port of Hood River ahead of us. Turning around in the tight...

A river cruise is a new animal for us, and after only a few days on the river we're already trying to find our new rhythm. Our last...

Exiting Bonneville lock we had 2 options. Go far up to Hood River Port or stay local. We decided to try our luck in the tiny marina of...

Our first time through a lock! I've obviously been through many locks on larger ships when I was still sailing, but going through one on...

A full day of navigation and by end of afternoon we arrived at Beacon Rock State Park. Navigation upriver is rather slow on Enfin. After...