OUT AND ABOUT IN YAKIMA

 

It's still too hot here for a hike or a bike ride, so Kathe suggested that they find something to do indoors. After checking the 10 best things to do here in Yakima, guess what? This campground and the park surrounding it was number 3. So, they found something else on the list.

First, they went to the Yakima Valley Museum. We've been in Yakima before, but we never visited this museum. It really was a nice afternoon. Lots of information on the farming and orchards with interactive stuff and videos. Kathe enjoyed the couture exhibit of the work of Carolyn Schactler. Beautiful gowns with unusual fabrics that were very colorful.

Jim enjoyed the antique cars and especially the steam fire engine. There was also an exhibit devoted to honeybees and an interesting area about the long history of the production of apples in the Yakima Valley.

After the museum, they went to Johnston Farms. Normally they would have had a u-pick cherry orchard here, but this year the crop yield was down 20%. In the farmers market they purchased fresh apricots and nectarines, as well as a blueberry and apricot mini pie.