Dan vs. JaNae

Last spring Dan and I went on a Day Date together. It was his turn for date night and he planned some things for us to do during the day since our evening was busy with other obligations.

Well, a few weeks ago we both had Friday off so it was time for another Day Date. However, this time our rotation made it my turn to plan our date. We've seen Big Springs, in Idaho, which is one of the starts of the Snake River. The end of the river is only a few miles from us and Dan had mentioned that he really wanted to see the point where the Snake ends and joins the Columbia River, so that is how we started our date.

Looking upstream at the Snake River.

The Snake joins the Columbia at the bend.

The point of confluence.

More about confluence.

Where the rivers actually join.

Lewis and Clark made their first camp along the Columbia River here where the rivers join.

It is also they met up with Sacajawea near this area. The state has developed the area into a nice park. They have plaques up with information about the area:

Learning circles with more information:

And an interpretative center where visitors can get a better understanding of Lewis and Clark's excursion through the area and Sacajawea's role in assisting the explorers:

We paid a small donation then wandered through the exhibit learning much about the history of life in the Tri-Cities in the 1800s.

After strolling through the park and interpretative center, we continued east to Walla Walla. Of course after leaving 'civilization' we were hungry so we kept our eyes open for a place to stop for lunch. We turned off the highway in Wallula, WA and quickly discovered, there was nothing there but houses, a few vineyards, and a Post Office. We purchased some stamps and then were back on the road trying to ignore our growling stomachs.

We arrived in Walla Walla and stopped for a nice lunch at Sterling's (which has two locations in the Tri-Citites, whoops). Then we drove through the streets of Walla Walla looking at their sites and trying to decide on what to do next. By this time we were both pretty tired so finished driving through various neighborhoods and made the return trip home.

So, I ask you...who does a better job at executing Day Dates; Dan or JaNae? Yeah, I'd say it's pretty obvious too.