Birthday

Today was Vera's birthday! We met the family at the Masthead for lunch to celebrate. Vera had a nice time visiting with everyone and got a new bird house and some hanging baskets as presents.

Afterwards we headed to Woodland for a visit to the Grist Mill. I entered it into the mapping program on my phone and we followed the directions faithfully. We ended up on top of a hill off of the Little Kalama River Rd. The view was nice, so I took a couple of pictures of Vera and the Fox Glove before we headed down. We had been wondering how they could run a water wheel on the top of a hill.

After getting directions in Ariel and discovering we were on the wrong side of the river we headed back to Woodland where the bridge is. Eight miles later, we were at the Grist Mill. It is only open weekends, but we had a nice time looking around and walking on the trails. I took some pictures through the windows.

After looking at the Mill, we crossed the covered bridge and took a walk upstream on the other side. You can see a little of the flume to the right of the building with the excess water pouring out.

This picture from upstream shows the covered bridge.

A stop at Dairy Queen on the way home and our day was complete.