April 9 to 15, 2009 ; Winnemucca, Nevada to Keremeos, B.C.
Thursday ; Winnemucca, Nevada through Oregon to Marsing, Idaho ( near Boise )
Today was cloudy and cold with intermittent rain as we drove. When we arrived at our destination in a valley along the Snake River it was warmer.
This morning we departed Hi-Desert RV Park and drove through the small city of Winnemucca, stopping to refill with diesel at Chevron and replenish groceries at Raley's. We headed north out of the city on the continuation of Hwy. 95. After crossing into Oregon the highway turned northwest at Burns Junction towards Idaho. The terrain slowly changed from high desert to high plains. Hwy. 95 crossed into Idaho and we slowly descended into the fertile farming valley of the Snake River. We found our way to River Haven RV Park on the Snake River a bit west of the city of Boise. A very friendly RV park ; friendly, helpful park managers, and friendly neighbours. We got set up in our site then took Bo for a walk around the RV park and along the Snake River. He waded in and had a drink ( rolling eyes ). We got TV reception from Boise using the trailer's roof top antenna. We watched Survivor while having dinner. In the evening I read the Reno, Nevada newspaper that I bought at the grocery store this morning.
Late in the evening Joanne fell down the two stairs in the trailer leading up from the living area into the bathroom hallway. OUCH ... she's got some deep bruises !
Good Friday ; Marsing, Idaho to Farewell Bend State Park, Oregon
Today was mild and partially cloudy. We didn't drive very far today. We had decided that we would like to spend a few days in a couple of Oregon state parks. We like Oregon's state parks. We refilled with diesel this morning in the town of Marsing then headed north on Hwy. 95 until it reached Interstate 84. We turned northwest on I-84 and crossed the Snake River into Oregon. We stopped at Farewell Bend State Park. We have stayed at Oregon state parks in the past and found them to be lovely, and this one was no exception. After getting set up in a site we took Bo for an obedience session, then a long walk around the park and down to the boat ramp and dock on the Snake River. After a late lunch I read and napped.
It's been a long time since we've had a campfire. This afternoon I made a campfire and we spent the afternoon sitting by the fire, reading, talking, laughing. After supper we went for a long walk with Bo around the campground and beside the river as daylight faded and it became dark. We all enjoy long walks around parks like this.
Last summer Teddy developed an ear infection. Our veterinarian in Penticton prescribed an anti-fungal ear medication. It didn't work and by the time we got to Texas in November the infection had spread to both ears. I bought some antibiotic ear medication at a veterinary pharmacy in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico. That solved the problem and we have been administering it to Teddy on a weekly basis as a preventive measure. But he has developed a new type of ear infection. We'll treat it daily for a week with the antibiotic drops , and if that doesn't work we'll try the anti-fungal drops daily for a week. If neither work, then I guess Teddy's headed back to the veterinarian in Penticton in a couple of weeks. And ... after examining him closely I've realized / concluded that what I thought was a bot fly larva that I pulled out of the tissue on the side of his anus a week ago wasn't. It was just a plug of congealed musk protruding through an anal gland opening. Poor Teddy. He had some anal gland problems when he was young. That resulted in us having to manually express ( drain ) his anal glands about every six months. But he hasn't seemed to have any problems for a long time so we haven't drained his anal glands for the last few years. We'll drain them after we get home in a week. Teddy's obviously running out of time. A few months ago we didn't think he was going to live long enough to see the end of our Mexico adventure. But he's still here ... and he enjoyed today's campfire, as he always has enjoyed campfires.
Saturday ; Farewell Bend State Park to Hermiston, Oregon
Well, today certainly did not go as planned. Most of the day was partially sunny and cool. This morning we departed Farewell Bend State Park and headed northwest on Interstate 84. We stopped in the city of La Grande, replenished groceries at Safeway, had lunch in Safeway's parking lot, then refilled with diesel at Safeway's fuel bar. We continued northwest on I-84 heading for Emigrant Springs State Park. The terrain changed to thick evergreen forested mountains, looking similar to home. When we arrived at Emigrant Springs State Park ... geeez ! We drove into the state park and around the campground. The entire state park was covered in two or more feet of snow ! ! ! We left, disappointed. We had hoped and planned to spend Easter in a nice Oregon state park wilderness campground sitting around a campfire. Well, if there's one thing this lifestyle needs, it's flexibility. Six miles from the state park, all downhill, the temperature had risen twenty degrees, and there was no snow. We continued northwest on I-84 to Pendleton where we found our way to the Wild Horse Casino, Resort & RV Park operated by the local Umatilla Indian band. We thought the RV park nightly fee was too high, so we didn't stay. We continued northwest on I-84 to Hermiston, to Pioneer RV Park.
We checked into Pioneer RV Park, got set up in a site, and spent the evening watching TV. This RV park has cable TV with ... a lot of channels. I guess we're going to spend Easter in front of the television ! Okay !
Easter Sunday ; Today was mild, partially sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. It drizzled lightly in the afternoon. We slept late. Joanne has some ugly bruises from her fall down the stairs a couple of days ago.
This morning I puttered around with some minor maintenance. I went over to a neighbouring Cardinal fifth wheel and measured the wheel well moulding to see if a wheel well moulding from a newer Cardinal fifth wheel could be adapted to fit our trailer, when I repair the lower skirt damage caused by the exploding tire in Mexico. ( sigh ) It won't work.
Joanne made New Orleans Muffaletta sandwiches for lunch. After lunch we brushed and combed Teddy and Bo. We cleaned and medicated Teddy's infected ear. If there's any improvement, it's slight. We drained Teddy's anal glands. Only the one that had been plugged had anything drain out. That should relieve any discomfort he may have been feeling. Joanne did laundry. We went for a long walk with Bo. This RV park is on the edge of town, where rural meets suburbia. We walked through a new residential subdivision. We walked by a fenced pasture with horses and cattle. Bo enjoyed barking furiously at the livestock, until a horse and a bull came over to see the yappy little dog. Bo, the horse, and the bull, all sniffed each other's noses under the lowest rail of the pasture fence. The bull licked Bo's face. HA HA HA HA HA ... you're not so brave when they're face to face with you, are you Bo ?
We watched a lot of TV today. Joanne prepared a lovely Easter dinner of roasted chicken, candied yams, and scalloped potatoes.
Monday ; Hermiston, Oregon to Quincy, Washington
Today was cool with intermittent cloudiness. It rained for a few minutes a few times today as we drove. Before leaving Pioneer RV Park this morning I phoned Pharmasave in Keremeos to order a couple of prescription refills to be picked up in a couple of days. Before leaving Hermiston we stopped at Wal-Mart to buy the rest of our "must buy before leaving U.S." items because Oregon has no sales tax. While we were in Wal-Mart Joanne's sister phoned with the news that they've just bought a new house. Congratulations, Doug and Lorraine. We headed north on Hwy. 395 out of Hermiston. I stopped at a propane business to get a propane tank valve cap, and at an RV parts business, but they didn't have what I need. When Hwy. 395 reached Interstate 82 we got onto I-82 heading north over the Columbia River and into Washington, then northwest following the Yakima River.
Our plan for today was to visit all the Washington state parks along our route and check them out for possible future stays, and stay at one tonight. When we got to the first one we were unpleasantly reminded how expensive Washington state parks are. More than double the price of Oregon's state parks which are at least as nice, or nicer. We also checked out all the roadside rest areas along today's route, for possible future boondock stays, as Washington's roadside rest areas allow overnight stays. The first state park we checked out was Yakima Sportsman State Park near Yakima. It was ... pretty mundane. A bit north of Yakima we stopped at a roadside rest area and had lunch. At Ellensburg we stopped at Flying J and I bought a gallon of Lucas diesel additive. We didn't refill with diesel at Flying J because their price was higher than a couple of nearby stations. It's very unusual for Flying J not to have the lowest price. We refilled with diesel at a nearby cheaper fuel station and headed east out of Ellensburg on Interstate 90. We went into Wanapum State Park and checked it out. It's nice, we liked it.
When we got to Hwy. 281 we turned north to Quincy, then at Quincy turned east on Hwy. 28 heading to Wenatchee and two state parks near Wenatchee, one of which we've stayed at before. A short distance east of Quincy we found another roadside rest area, and I decided since it was already late in the afternoon and the state parks are so expensive we should boondock overnight at the roadside rest area. That way we can arrive at the two state parks near Wenatchee early tomorrow and spend a whole day in one of the state parks. We are already past Ellensburg, and we know from previous years that we can make it from Ellensburg to home in one day, so we'll have a nice day in a state park tomorrow, including having our final campfire of the season, then be home the following day.
Teddy's ear infection didn't seem to be improving much with the antibiotic ear drops, so tonight I cleaned his ear and switched to the anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops. The anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops seemed to be soothing, whereas the antibiotic ear drops seemed to cause burning discomfort for a few minutes after application. Poor baby Teddy. But ... at least he's got his Christmas present 12 volt heater "blankie" which makes boondocking on cold nights acceptable to him. We've even taken to leaving it plugged in and on the bed while we travel on cool days. When we stop for lunch or for the evening, and come into the trailer, we find him fast asleep, curled up on his nice warm "blankie" on our bed.
Tuesday ; Quincy to Lake Chelan State Park, Washington
We went to sleep quite early last night, so Bo was ready to be taken out for a walk by 6:00 A.M. this morning. I got dressed, opened the door to the trailer, and ... YIKES ! ! ! Huge, fluffy snowflakes falling slowly, and slushy snow all over the ground. I walked him and went back to sleep in disgust. By the time we were ready to depart at 9:00 A.M. the snow had stopped falling, and what was on the ground had melted.
We left Quincy Valley Rest Area and headed northeast on Hwy. 28 to East Wenatchee where we crossed the Columbia River over to Wenatchee to see Wenatchee Confluence State Park, a lovely state park on the Columbia River ... surrounded on three sides by the town's industrial park. We decided not to stay. We headed north on Hwy. Alt. 97 on the west side of the river. Hwy. 97 follows the river on the east side, and Hwy. Alt. 97 follows it on the west side. At Hwy. 971 we turned north ( Alt. 97 was then heading northeast ) for 10 miles up into the mountains to Lake Chelan State Park. A very nice lakeside state park, but with shallow campsites. We had to parallel park, taking up two campsites, but since we were the only ones in the campground it didn't matter.
After lunch and a nap we went for a long walk around the campground. We played with Bo in the playground. The slide in the playground was larger than he is used to, so after a couple of runs down the slide he'd had enough. We walked down to the beach and docks on the lake. We hiked upstream along a creek that flows into Lake Chelan on the edge of the campground. We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting around a lovely campfire. I wanted to use up the rest of the firewood we had purchased a few days ago at Farewell Bend State Park in Oregon. There were wild ( Black ? ) walnuts in our campsite. We roasted them on the campfire. They were very good ! While we were sitting around the campfire a bird shit on Joanne’s head. HA HA HA HA HA ! No, no ... sorry ... what I really meant was ... awwwww, how unfortunate ( snicker ).
When Joanne fell down the stairs in the trailer a few days ago she sustained a deep bruise high on the underside of her right arm, her mastectomy side. Not surprisingly that has resulted in much worse than usual lymphedema. Mastectomy patients aren't even supposed to have needles in the arm on their surgical side, let alone bang their arm until it turns deep purple. Teddy's ear infection seems to be slowly improving with the application of the anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops. I hope that's not just wishful thinking on our part.
Thanks to Joanne’s excellent planning, for supper we used up the last of our food that can’t cross the border tomorrow. After supper I downloaded and processed some photos, and printed the list of items to declare when crossing the border tomorrow.
Wednesday ; Lake Chelan State Park, Washington to Keremeos, B.C.
Today was sunny and mild, a lovely day for this time of the year this far north. We departed Lake Chelan State Park and headed through the lovely resort town of Lake Chelan, following Hwy. 971 back to Hwy. Alt. 97. We headed north on Hwy. Alt. 97 until it ended at Hwy. 97 when Hwy. 97 crossed over the Columbia River to the west side. We followed Hwy. 97 north, stopping in Omak for a bit of last minute U.S. shopping. At Oroville, the last town in the U.S. before we crossed back into Canada, we refilled with diesel and refilled an empty trailer propane tank.
At the border we were pulled over for a full inspection. The border agent was polite and professional. We had to extend the trailer's slides and wait outside with Teddy and Bo. He searched the truck, the trailer's outside storage compartments, and the inside of the trailer for about half an hour. I don't know if he was looking for something specific, or if it was just a random inspection. I think we might have been flagged for a full inspection as soon as I said we had made a loop around the entire coastline of Mexico. After leaving the border we stopped at A&W in Osoyoos for lunch. From Osoyoos we headed west on Hwy. 3 to Keremeos. We stopped in Keremeos to pick up a few groceries, pick up some prescription refills, renew our local newspaper subscription, buy a top up card for our Canadian cell phone, adjust the air in all the truck and trailer tires, and ... unsuccessfully attempt to pick up our local Wi-Fi service provider's equipment from their local service technician, who's unreliable and unprofessional ! As is the local Wi-Fi service provider !
We arrived home at Riverside RV Park Resort at about 3:30 P.M.. Yuma to Keremeos was 2900 km. / 1800 miles. We spent the rest of the daylight hours getting everything set up in our site, and greeting neighbours as they walked by.
We're home ! And ... WOO-HOO ... perogies for supper !
DSK
Thursday ; Winnemucca, Nevada through Oregon to Marsing, Idaho ( near Boise )
Today was cloudy and cold with intermittent rain as we drove. When we arrived at our destination in a valley along the Snake River it was warmer.
This morning we departed Hi-Desert RV Park and drove through the small city of Winnemucca, stopping to refill with diesel at Chevron and replenish groceries at Raley's. We headed north out of the city on the continuation of Hwy. 95. After crossing into Oregon the highway turned northwest at Burns Junction towards Idaho. The terrain slowly changed from high desert to high plains. Hwy. 95 crossed into Idaho and we slowly descended into the fertile farming valley of the Snake River. We found our way to River Haven RV Park on the Snake River a bit west of the city of Boise. A very friendly RV park ; friendly, helpful park managers, and friendly neighbours. We got set up in our site then took Bo for a walk around the RV park and along the Snake River. He waded in and had a drink ( rolling eyes ). We got TV reception from Boise using the trailer's roof top antenna. We watched Survivor while having dinner. In the evening I read the Reno, Nevada newspaper that I bought at the grocery store this morning.
Late in the evening Joanne fell down the two stairs in the trailer leading up from the living area into the bathroom hallway. OUCH ... she's got some deep bruises !
Good Friday ; Marsing, Idaho to Farewell Bend State Park, Oregon
Today was mild and partially cloudy. We didn't drive very far today. We had decided that we would like to spend a few days in a couple of Oregon state parks. We like Oregon's state parks. We refilled with diesel this morning in the town of Marsing then headed north on Hwy. 95 until it reached Interstate 84. We turned northwest on I-84 and crossed the Snake River into Oregon. We stopped at Farewell Bend State Park. We have stayed at Oregon state parks in the past and found them to be lovely, and this one was no exception. After getting set up in a site we took Bo for an obedience session, then a long walk around the park and down to the boat ramp and dock on the Snake River. After a late lunch I read and napped.
It's been a long time since we've had a campfire. This afternoon I made a campfire and we spent the afternoon sitting by the fire, reading, talking, laughing. After supper we went for a long walk with Bo around the campground and beside the river as daylight faded and it became dark. We all enjoy long walks around parks like this.
Last summer Teddy developed an ear infection. Our veterinarian in Penticton prescribed an anti-fungal ear medication. It didn't work and by the time we got to Texas in November the infection had spread to both ears. I bought some antibiotic ear medication at a veterinary pharmacy in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico. That solved the problem and we have been administering it to Teddy on a weekly basis as a preventive measure. But he has developed a new type of ear infection. We'll treat it daily for a week with the antibiotic drops , and if that doesn't work we'll try the anti-fungal drops daily for a week. If neither work, then I guess Teddy's headed back to the veterinarian in Penticton in a couple of weeks. And ... after examining him closely I've realized / concluded that what I thought was a bot fly larva that I pulled out of the tissue on the side of his anus a week ago wasn't. It was just a plug of congealed musk protruding through an anal gland opening. Poor Teddy. He had some anal gland problems when he was young. That resulted in us having to manually express ( drain ) his anal glands about every six months. But he hasn't seemed to have any problems for a long time so we haven't drained his anal glands for the last few years. We'll drain them after we get home in a week. Teddy's obviously running out of time. A few months ago we didn't think he was going to live long enough to see the end of our Mexico adventure. But he's still here ... and he enjoyed today's campfire, as he always has enjoyed campfires.
Saturday ; Farewell Bend State Park to Hermiston, Oregon
Well, today certainly did not go as planned. Most of the day was partially sunny and cool. This morning we departed Farewell Bend State Park and headed northwest on Interstate 84. We stopped in the city of La Grande, replenished groceries at Safeway, had lunch in Safeway's parking lot, then refilled with diesel at Safeway's fuel bar. We continued northwest on I-84 heading for Emigrant Springs State Park. The terrain changed to thick evergreen forested mountains, looking similar to home. When we arrived at Emigrant Springs State Park ... geeez ! We drove into the state park and around the campground. The entire state park was covered in two or more feet of snow ! ! ! We left, disappointed. We had hoped and planned to spend Easter in a nice Oregon state park wilderness campground sitting around a campfire. Well, if there's one thing this lifestyle needs, it's flexibility. Six miles from the state park, all downhill, the temperature had risen twenty degrees, and there was no snow. We continued northwest on I-84 to Pendleton where we found our way to the Wild Horse Casino, Resort & RV Park operated by the local Umatilla Indian band. We thought the RV park nightly fee was too high, so we didn't stay. We continued northwest on I-84 to Hermiston, to Pioneer RV Park.
We checked into Pioneer RV Park, got set up in a site, and spent the evening watching TV. This RV park has cable TV with ... a lot of channels. I guess we're going to spend Easter in front of the television ! Okay !
Easter Sunday ; Today was mild, partially sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. It drizzled lightly in the afternoon. We slept late. Joanne has some ugly bruises from her fall down the stairs a couple of days ago.
This morning I puttered around with some minor maintenance. I went over to a neighbouring Cardinal fifth wheel and measured the wheel well moulding to see if a wheel well moulding from a newer Cardinal fifth wheel could be adapted to fit our trailer, when I repair the lower skirt damage caused by the exploding tire in Mexico. ( sigh ) It won't work.
Joanne made New Orleans Muffaletta sandwiches for lunch. After lunch we brushed and combed Teddy and Bo. We cleaned and medicated Teddy's infected ear. If there's any improvement, it's slight. We drained Teddy's anal glands. Only the one that had been plugged had anything drain out. That should relieve any discomfort he may have been feeling. Joanne did laundry. We went for a long walk with Bo. This RV park is on the edge of town, where rural meets suburbia. We walked through a new residential subdivision. We walked by a fenced pasture with horses and cattle. Bo enjoyed barking furiously at the livestock, until a horse and a bull came over to see the yappy little dog. Bo, the horse, and the bull, all sniffed each other's noses under the lowest rail of the pasture fence. The bull licked Bo's face. HA HA HA HA HA ... you're not so brave when they're face to face with you, are you Bo ?
We watched a lot of TV today. Joanne prepared a lovely Easter dinner of roasted chicken, candied yams, and scalloped potatoes.
Monday ; Hermiston, Oregon to Quincy, Washington
Today was cool with intermittent cloudiness. It rained for a few minutes a few times today as we drove. Before leaving Pioneer RV Park this morning I phoned Pharmasave in Keremeos to order a couple of prescription refills to be picked up in a couple of days. Before leaving Hermiston we stopped at Wal-Mart to buy the rest of our "must buy before leaving U.S." items because Oregon has no sales tax. While we were in Wal-Mart Joanne's sister phoned with the news that they've just bought a new house. Congratulations, Doug and Lorraine. We headed north on Hwy. 395 out of Hermiston. I stopped at a propane business to get a propane tank valve cap, and at an RV parts business, but they didn't have what I need. When Hwy. 395 reached Interstate 82 we got onto I-82 heading north over the Columbia River and into Washington, then northwest following the Yakima River.
Our plan for today was to visit all the Washington state parks along our route and check them out for possible future stays, and stay at one tonight. When we got to the first one we were unpleasantly reminded how expensive Washington state parks are. More than double the price of Oregon's state parks which are at least as nice, or nicer. We also checked out all the roadside rest areas along today's route, for possible future boondock stays, as Washington's roadside rest areas allow overnight stays. The first state park we checked out was Yakima Sportsman State Park near Yakima. It was ... pretty mundane. A bit north of Yakima we stopped at a roadside rest area and had lunch. At Ellensburg we stopped at Flying J and I bought a gallon of Lucas diesel additive. We didn't refill with diesel at Flying J because their price was higher than a couple of nearby stations. It's very unusual for Flying J not to have the lowest price. We refilled with diesel at a nearby cheaper fuel station and headed east out of Ellensburg on Interstate 90. We went into Wanapum State Park and checked it out. It's nice, we liked it.
When we got to Hwy. 281 we turned north to Quincy, then at Quincy turned east on Hwy. 28 heading to Wenatchee and two state parks near Wenatchee, one of which we've stayed at before. A short distance east of Quincy we found another roadside rest area, and I decided since it was already late in the afternoon and the state parks are so expensive we should boondock overnight at the roadside rest area. That way we can arrive at the two state parks near Wenatchee early tomorrow and spend a whole day in one of the state parks. We are already past Ellensburg, and we know from previous years that we can make it from Ellensburg to home in one day, so we'll have a nice day in a state park tomorrow, including having our final campfire of the season, then be home the following day.
Teddy's ear infection didn't seem to be improving much with the antibiotic ear drops, so tonight I cleaned his ear and switched to the anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops. The anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops seemed to be soothing, whereas the antibiotic ear drops seemed to cause burning discomfort for a few minutes after application. Poor baby Teddy. But ... at least he's got his Christmas present 12 volt heater "blankie" which makes boondocking on cold nights acceptable to him. We've even taken to leaving it plugged in and on the bed while we travel on cool days. When we stop for lunch or for the evening, and come into the trailer, we find him fast asleep, curled up on his nice warm "blankie" on our bed.
Tuesday ; Quincy to Lake Chelan State Park, Washington
We went to sleep quite early last night, so Bo was ready to be taken out for a walk by 6:00 A.M. this morning. I got dressed, opened the door to the trailer, and ... YIKES ! ! ! Huge, fluffy snowflakes falling slowly, and slushy snow all over the ground. I walked him and went back to sleep in disgust. By the time we were ready to depart at 9:00 A.M. the snow had stopped falling, and what was on the ground had melted.
We left Quincy Valley Rest Area and headed northeast on Hwy. 28 to East Wenatchee where we crossed the Columbia River over to Wenatchee to see Wenatchee Confluence State Park, a lovely state park on the Columbia River ... surrounded on three sides by the town's industrial park. We decided not to stay. We headed north on Hwy. Alt. 97 on the west side of the river. Hwy. 97 follows the river on the east side, and Hwy. Alt. 97 follows it on the west side. At Hwy. 971 we turned north ( Alt. 97 was then heading northeast ) for 10 miles up into the mountains to Lake Chelan State Park. A very nice lakeside state park, but with shallow campsites. We had to parallel park, taking up two campsites, but since we were the only ones in the campground it didn't matter.
After lunch and a nap we went for a long walk around the campground. We played with Bo in the playground. The slide in the playground was larger than he is used to, so after a couple of runs down the slide he'd had enough. We walked down to the beach and docks on the lake. We hiked upstream along a creek that flows into Lake Chelan on the edge of the campground. We spent the rest of the afternoon sitting around a lovely campfire. I wanted to use up the rest of the firewood we had purchased a few days ago at Farewell Bend State Park in Oregon. There were wild ( Black ? ) walnuts in our campsite. We roasted them on the campfire. They were very good ! While we were sitting around the campfire a bird shit on Joanne’s head. HA HA HA HA HA ! No, no ... sorry ... what I really meant was ... awwwww, how unfortunate ( snicker ).
When Joanne fell down the stairs in the trailer a few days ago she sustained a deep bruise high on the underside of her right arm, her mastectomy side. Not surprisingly that has resulted in much worse than usual lymphedema. Mastectomy patients aren't even supposed to have needles in the arm on their surgical side, let alone bang their arm until it turns deep purple. Teddy's ear infection seems to be slowly improving with the application of the anti-fungal / anti-bacterial ear drops. I hope that's not just wishful thinking on our part.
Thanks to Joanne’s excellent planning, for supper we used up the last of our food that can’t cross the border tomorrow. After supper I downloaded and processed some photos, and printed the list of items to declare when crossing the border tomorrow.
Wednesday ; Lake Chelan State Park, Washington to Keremeos, B.C.
Today was sunny and mild, a lovely day for this time of the year this far north. We departed Lake Chelan State Park and headed through the lovely resort town of Lake Chelan, following Hwy. 971 back to Hwy. Alt. 97. We headed north on Hwy. Alt. 97 until it ended at Hwy. 97 when Hwy. 97 crossed over the Columbia River to the west side. We followed Hwy. 97 north, stopping in Omak for a bit of last minute U.S. shopping. At Oroville, the last town in the U.S. before we crossed back into Canada, we refilled with diesel and refilled an empty trailer propane tank.
At the border we were pulled over for a full inspection. The border agent was polite and professional. We had to extend the trailer's slides and wait outside with Teddy and Bo. He searched the truck, the trailer's outside storage compartments, and the inside of the trailer for about half an hour. I don't know if he was looking for something specific, or if it was just a random inspection. I think we might have been flagged for a full inspection as soon as I said we had made a loop around the entire coastline of Mexico. After leaving the border we stopped at A&W in Osoyoos for lunch. From Osoyoos we headed west on Hwy. 3 to Keremeos. We stopped in Keremeos to pick up a few groceries, pick up some prescription refills, renew our local newspaper subscription, buy a top up card for our Canadian cell phone, adjust the air in all the truck and trailer tires, and ... unsuccessfully attempt to pick up our local Wi-Fi service provider's equipment from their local service technician, who's unreliable and unprofessional ! As is the local Wi-Fi service provider !
We arrived home at Riverside RV Park Resort at about 3:30 P.M.. Yuma to Keremeos was 2900 km. / 1800 miles. We spent the rest of the daylight hours getting everything set up in our site, and greeting neighbours as they walked by.
We're home ! And ... WOO-HOO ... perogies for supper !
DSK
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