Nov 28, 2012 - Borders and Brakes - Nov 28

November 28 - December ... I am going to keep this entry open during this week as we travel to Needles. Just check back in and scrool down this entry for any updates. ______________________________________________________________________________________ After a 15 minute visit at the US Customs,(being asked about our RXs to rice) we were allowed entry. They could not find anything in the truck or trailer that broke any laws. I guess we were that certain number that required a closer check,lucky us! Just past Bellingham our trailer brake...

Sep 14, 2012 - Happy Birthday Harry/Home from work/Mom and Dad Pack

After breakfast we headed south back to the RV at Fort Lewis. Mom and Dad were ready to do laundry and do final weights of their boxes and carry ons for the trip home. We are meeting Clay and Heather for more site seeing day tomorrow so Harry can visit too. Max had a tough night...teething or too many new foods and was up twice. Clay and Heather will be glad to relax when they can with no extra people today. We relaxed at RV and watched TV while Harry made his way home from Dominica. I picked him up at the airport at 11:30pm. We were tired...

Sep 13, 2012 - Play with Max/Dinner out

A quiet day since Heather and Clay are working and Max has 3 babysitters. After a long morning nap and good lunch, he was very cheerful and played with us. He is very comfortable with us now. Since it was close to dinner when Heather and Clay came home, we decided to eat at a local pub. Max liked it all and tried a little of everything. Very adventurous eater for his age. Watched Julie and Juliette when we got back to their home...a fun family movie. Before bedtime we decided we were ready for a change and Heather and Clay could get Max...

Sep 12, 2012 - Boeing Factory Tour

Left for our Boeing Factory Tour at Everette at 10. Heather did not want a sitter and could not bring Max so opted to stay home. Very informative tour on making the 747, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliners. Quite an operation with all the pieces and parts, huge cranes and areas to see. Dad managed all the stairs fine so a really good tour. No cameras so no pics. Had to have a new leaking tire checked but was just the sensor. In the mood for a burger so stopped at McDonalds before heading back to Heather's. She was doing computer work and Max...

Sep 11, 2012 - New truck tires/Babysit Max

Today I had to get truck tires installed on the truck and dad volunteered to come with me in Everett 45 minutes away. Heather worked today so Mom volunteered to babysit. Took awhile to get the tires done and I killed time at Hobby Lobby while dad hung out in the tire shop. We also checked around town after to know where our Boeing tour is tomorrow. Mom was very glad when we returned at 1pm since Max was a little fussy this morning. He was better after his afternoon nap. We were pretty hungry by 7pm by the time Heather and Clay returned so...

Sep 9, 2012 - Arlington/Visit Heather, Clay, and baby Max

Spent the morning packing and weighing boxes so they would be ready for the trip home when we return to the RV. We did not have room for suitcases so we had to use packing boxes and keep each under 50 pounds. They got a really good frequent flyer deal that includes 2 free bags each. Also had to steam clean carpet so it had plenty of drying time while we were gone. After lunch we headed the 2 hours north to Arlington to see Heather and Clay and 13 month old Max. I had not met him yet and Grandpa and Grandma had not seen their great since the...

May 23, 2012 - Day 2

All right, I left the Silver Reef Casino around noon and headed down the I5 (interstate highway) to Arlington, Washington. It's about 1 1/2 hours down the road. Why did I choose Arlington? Well it's where the Angel of the Winds casino is. And why did I choose the Angel of the Winds? Well, because all casinos in this neck of the woods offer either free parking for RVs (and trailerers - we don't really have a short name) or if they have electrical plug-ins then they charge a small price. I decided to go with electricity today rather than...

Jan 16, 2012 - WTF - snow snow and more snow

WTF - Monday - a white knuckle day We left abbotsford, to p/u motor home in Agassiz, got away at noon. what a trip to Derek's, white outs and lots of snow. Went to 264th and down through aldergrove to the border. we picked up some food and B n W at wall-mart. had a burger at \MC d's punch in the addy for the angel of Winds casino, as that is a far as i wanted to drive. that dam dam dam GPS is set up funny. it must have been set up for a scenic route that you would drive a smart car on. what a road hwy 11, google it for street view. we got...

Dec 4, 2011 - And so it begins

Camping world in Burlington is our first stop ,and see if they have one of those fancy trailer stretchers. Even though our new rig is 2 ft longer , it's still about 2 feet shorter "cause the stuff won't fit!" We used to get it all in a car trunk with the tent at one time. Today it's a short run to the Angel of the Winds casino just north of Marysville. This was a nice place , they gave us $15 cash and $5 off dinner coupon. Cheap camping @$15 with Elec . Played for a few hours on their dime . Morning got us the $4 each breakfast , I have...

May 18, 2009 - May 15th & 16th

May 15 & 16, 2009 The plan is to take the 400 plus mile Cascade loop. The first leg took us south east. The weather is greatly improved now that we are on the leeward side of the Cascades. The mountains morphed into rolling grass covered hillocks. The green is quickly turning brown, indicative of a drier climate. Vineyards, apple orchards and ranches took the place of forest lands. The eastern side of the loop is at Chelan Lake, a 50 mile summer vacation spot. The northern return loop was dramatically different than the southern. The...

Sep 30, 2007 - Getting Started

We started our trip after selling our home in Arlington, WA. We left on Aug. 23 and headed to Camping World where we stayed for the night while we had some work done on our motor home.Then we headed for La Conner WA. We stayed at 1000 Trials. We wanted to see what they had to offer. Nice place, but decided not to purchase a membership. We spent 3 nights there then headed up to Birch Bay. We stayed at K&M club for 3 nights, also attended a seminar but did not like the park. We were packed in like sardines. No privacy at all. After that we...