Sherry,

We are leaving Box Elder Monday and although it looks like the sun may shine the temperatures are gonna be a little on the cool side. Doesn't look like freezing hoses will be a problem but bring your jacket! LOL

Phil

ps: our DL's only took us about 20 minutes total and 10 of that was waiting for our names to be called. Just make sure you have the America's Mailbox people check your paperwork before hand and it will be a breeze.

So glad we are no longer Western WA residents!! Of course, after being surrounded by all the Colorado flooding earlier this month, we are even more grateful that we no longer have to be in Western WA when rainy season hits. No more laying awake at night when the strong winds hit wondering which of our 23 trees is going to be the next one to go down or how many limbs will be scattered through the yard in the morning.

Sherry & Bill - stay safe - it's a good time to be leaving Western WA!

Hey guys:

Well, I guess we make a good call getting out of Dodge, or in this case getting off US-101 on the coast of Oregon, and headed south a day early.

In spite of that we still fought high winds and rains down I-5 from the Salem area and all the mountains into Mount Shasta, CA. No problems, rig ran just fine. Just burned ~20% more fuel than normal due to high head winds and rain. But it will be another interesting day tomorrow due to high wind warnings as we work our way SE into Reno and down US-395 into Nevada.

Loved the Pacific Northwest a lot, Washington and Oregon both, but it’s time to head for Arizona.

You guys batten down the hatches up there in Washington and Oregon.

Great to meet up with you!

Bill and Linda

Bill & Linda and Dale & Ruth,

You were right to get out of Dodge early! Heard there was a truck with its trailer on its side on 101 today. Hope the people are o.k. Bill & Linda, you "guys" were great and we'll see you at spring rally if not sooner.

Bill and Diane, sorry we never caught up this time but hope to see you soon and genuinely sorry for the family issues keeping you here but you're great"kids"! Don't you love being called kids at this point in life?

Phil & Rudee, I had Jesse bring in my box of winter clothes from the basement this week and I loaded some in! I'm ready for cold, but trust me it's been mighty cool here in Arizona speak!

Patrick & Linda, that's what I understand, if you're there early with the right papers, it's a breeze.

So I came home tonight aching from a long full day at the office with lots of campers booking extensions and lots of folks are out of power in the area so while I worked the office I had to call out very-sick-with-a-cold Jesse to pump lots of propane in the rain every half an hour. Came home and cat had wet outside her box (we just spent <$300.00 treating her for a UTI infection and getting her cleared and we have a serious leak. It appears to be coming in from under our inside stairs not quite adjacent to the slide. The window above it has lots of condensation and is the only window in the house that way. Toppers over that slide and whole length felt dry. So after we get the MorRyde IS system in Elkhart (after Box Elder) we going to Dynamax for some serious looking around and fixing!

Jesse is in bed resting up. We may not leave Monday and I hope it's not the entire month of October spent in colder weather without sun!

Sherry

Sherry - so sorry to hear about the leak. OK, so after our experience in Colorado, I can "sort of" laugh about rain, floods and evacuations. However, despite the stress, our rig worked exactly as expected, we got our truck back the night before the floods occurred enabling our escape when we were told to evacuate, we were both healthy and it was a short lived scare and stressful time.

Sounds like you guys might be in for a little more than expected. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. Just saw a post on Facebook from one of our neighbors/friends from our old neighborhood and things sound a little scary with the winds that are kicking up and all the old growth trees in our former neighborhood. It's going to be a long weekend for the Pacific Northwest and all joking aside, while I'm happy we're gone, we're hoping for a safe outcome.

Sherry,

We'll be interested in your outcome with Dynamax. We have not had trouble in that area, but we do get some condensation in that hall window.

In the meantime, please have safe travels and we will look forward to seeing you at the Rally.

I hope your kitty is okay, at least I hope those carpets with the pet picture and "stain proof" are working for you

Jesse's temp broke last night but I told manager that I'd be happy to work last day today but that I'd appreciate Jesse not going out in rain or working today. Wonderful manager said of course so he's doing a little better. We went to my granddaughter's statewide volleyball tournament last weekend near Kent and the whole team had colds, so in two days I had it then Jesse caught from me. It's just a cold, for crying out loud, but he still felt really lousy. He stayed in and we had so many people extending today as they are smart not to drive in this.

We were going to leave tomorrow but will take the day to pack up and be ready Tuesday morning as the predictions for tonight and tomorrow isn't much better.

Think I've narrowed down the leak to the lower left frame of the hallway window. I managed to photograph some drops last night and feel some moisture there. Linda, that is also the only window in our units that are not dual-paned because of the curvature of the walls so I'm guessing that's why the condensation on that one only. 4 people I talked to today in our park had leaks but most were only stepping outside if they had to. 😄

We had a group of 13 bikers and tents coming in today and the poor folks and chase van showed up miserable. One woman said, "No way I'm doing another night of this, I'm going to the hotel and if any of the other women coming in want to join me I'll be happy to share my room" and she left. We've loved our job here and our managers and got to know the owner and her BF. We've (O.K. "I've") learned there are difficult people people everywhere and the wife of one host was unbelievable but her husband sweet. We've learned a lot, met a bunch of great people, and are ready to move on. We do want to come back to the Olympic Peninsula in two years to tour on OUR schedule and get to the islands and Vancouver BC. We got a great, totally unexpected bonus as well as our final paycheck.

Bill glad you didn't go to Astoria. Kyra, could it just get on a plane and join you?

Ruth, kitty has a wonderful rubber mat outside her box that has little random indentations that I bought that captures litter and rare "mistakes" better than anything I've seen. Can remember the name or brand but it is great. Just hope the UTI isn't back.

What we're experiencing here in the Northwest is nothing like our friends had in Colorado.

Sherry

I'm so sorry to hear about the incredible rain and subsequent leaks! Here's hoping all of you have safe and speedy travels away from the storms!

Same here in BC. Vancouver Island got it the worst. I left last Wednesday with my son and a buddy for a week long hunting trip and was back by Sunday. The lake we were camped at flooded us out and three streams developed through our various campsites.

We can hardly wait to start heading south to Arizona in a couple of weeks! Sounds like a few RV Dreamers are heading that way...maybe we could have a mini reunion somewhere?

Safe travels!

 

We made it to Eugene, Oregon and will be here a while. The forecast is dry starting Thursday.

I think a mini Dreamers reunion in AZ would be a wonderful idea. Maybe sometime on Thanksgiving weekend? It's one of the few weekends we don't have an art show and are not relocating from one park to another. Just a suggestion, would love to meet up with a few other like minded RV'ers!! Of course, maybe this should be the subject of a new post.

-- Edited by NWescapee on Wednesday 2nd of October 2013 07:37:08 PM

We're on for a mini-dreamers reunion or several in AZ. If anyone wants to PM me for my private email address, I'll coordinate everyone's dates and locations.

We are in SUNNY Canyonville, OR at the fabulous Seven Feathers RV Resort and Casino. Gorgeous park and we learned last night that they allow dry docking for up to 5 nights near the casino if anyone going N or S on 5. They even provide shuttle service to the casino from there as well as from your individual site. It would be a great location for a 2015 Rally but maximum capacity in their clubhouse is only 72 for meetings.

Happy & dry camper Sherry

Finally in Arizona. Windy as all get out. But sunny, no rain, no snow, no cold.

Ft. Mohave - Riverside Adventure Trails.

We are headed to the Phoenix AZ area tomorrow.  We have to stop in Q to have our Silly Al's pizza though on the way.  Hope the wind has died down by then.

It was a beautiful day today in Florence and Reedsport, Oregon, sunny, calm and in the low 70s. It was better weather than in Eugene, which was foggy much of the day, where we took the day trip from. The wonderful weather, and the great lunch at Bridgewater Restaurant in Florence, made our day trip worthwhile.