Camp, feel better at Soap Lake, Washington

Soap Lake is in eastern Washington roughly midway between Seattle and Spokane. It's just a short drive off I-90. A city owned RV park is right along the lake, with its waters regionally famous for their healing properties -- take a swim and get better from a variety of ailments, or so the promise goes.

The town of Soap Lake isn't much, a short main street with a few shops that somehow manage to survive. But there are a few restaurants, a bar or two, and everything is a short walk from the RV park. Another couple blocks beyond Main Street is the nine-hole Lava Links golf course, where you can play for free. But if you have good clubs, then it may not be an idea: there is no grass, just hard-packed dirt, sagebrush and volcanic lava outcroppings. Ask for some loaner clubs at City Hall, which is across the street.

The RV park has hookups, and a campsite is inexpensive, less than $20 a night in prime time. It's a good place to spend a day or a week, and maybe take a dip in the lake to improve your arthritis.

World's Biggest Egg awaits in Winlock, Washington

Do you enjoy eggs for breakfast? Do you really, really enjoy eggs? Then point your RV toward Winlock, Wash., where you can visit, up close and personal, the world's largest egg. It's on a pedestal way above your head, so you can only look.

You can probably figure this out by yourself, but I will tell you anyway: the egg is fake. It's made of concrete and weighs a bundle -- about 1,200 pounds, which means don't stand beneath it in case the once-every-100-year earthquake shakes things up.

Until the 1950s, Winlock was America's second largest egg-laying town next to Mentone, Indiana, which today has a big egg of its own and claims it's the biggest one in the world. Who knows? But our vote is for the Winlock egg for the simple reason that how the heck could there ever be a bigger egg?

To see this impressively large orb, exit Interstate 5 at exit 63 (in the south part of the state) and drive just a few minutes west to Winlock. You can't miss the egg. It's "Extra Large!"

And if you happen to be in the area the third week in June, then lucky you! You are just in time to attend the famous Winlock Egg Festival!