It was a dark and stormy night.....

I think we need to soon start our daily stories with " it was a dark and stormy night.." because that is what we have had just about every night since we left the north.  Last evening at 7 Feathers RV Resort in Canyonville, Oregon was indeed dark and stormy with a howling gusty wind.  Luckily, Donald slept through it. 

Laundry was started in their beautiful laundry room when it was still dark out, and we managed to get it done prior to 8:30 am. We checked the road cams for the Siskyou Pass, and it showed only intermittent showers, and there was already some sun shining through the clouds at the park. So, we left our rainy site and started on our journey.

Well, I had fully planned on taking more pictures, but the heavens let loose just about all the way!  We had torrential rain almost all day, and we are still in the rain tonight. A wee visit here in Anderson to Wal*mart for some groceries, then we found a place: JGW RV Park.  Nice park, great wifi and cable.

For supper, we picked out a fish place in the area around Wal*mart.  We had a nice window seat and shortly after receiving our meals we were entertained by 2 Anderson Police vehicles/officers roaring up right by the window, talking to a fellow, then a search and 'pat down' of said person.  He received a ticket for something after that. 

Tomorrow, we will be calling the RV dealer close by, who is listed on the Jayco website, to see if we can possibly have our large slide adjusted.  Plans to be made after that.

Our coats came off

We had a lovely drive today on the I - 5 from Chehalis, Washington to Canyonville, Oregon.  We are staying at 7 Feathers RV Resort - very fancy schmanzy.  We loved the concierge service and the valet taking you to your appointed site and helping you back in. Ha!

We will take a look at the weather in the morning and evaluate whether to tackle the Siskyou Pass and head on into California.

Just relaxing in warm ( to us ) weather.  It was 15 celcius.

it is getting warmer now

We probably had the best bed/hotel room/location in the city of Victoria last night.  Right on the waterfront, with a view of the Empress and the Legislative Buildings.  The Black Ball Ferry line welcomed us to stay in their locked yard overnight, for free and even supplied washroom access if we needed it. We arrived under a beautiful rainbow at the appointed time of between 4 - 4:30.

The ferry staff started work at 8:00 am, and at that time, we could get our tickets.  We easily loaded onto the ferry, after a great conversation about 5th wheel travels with the US border agent.  A lovely crossing and then we were lost after we debarked!  Oh no!  Which road do we take?  Luckily Donald took a few turns and found a road leading to 101. Whew!

We drove Hwy 101, then 3, then back to 101 to join I - 5 south of Tumwater.  We have landed for the evening at the Wal*mart in Chehalis, after stocking up on pet food and people food.   We picked up a Trac Phone at Wally and checked out some things at the Verizon store across the street.

Tomorrow we have to get fuel, check a few things and hope to make it to Canyonville, Oregon.

From the deck of the MS Coho, the " Blue Bridge" in Victoria.

 

 Morning coffee on the Coho.

christmas trucks

I just have a small camera and do not know how to take night pictures, so my apologies, it is blurry.  We had a lovely lunch today of Chicken with Dijon Peppercorn sauce, caesar salad, crusty herb bread and santa cookies for dessert.  The kids suggested going to Victoria and watch the annual Truck Parade of Lights.  It was just wonderful, with all sorts of trucks and lights in varied arrangements.  It is a fund raiser as well, as nearby us was another truck accepting donations to the food bank.

Tomorrow we have a later check out of Oceanside Rv Resort, then off downtown to make it to the Coho Ferry yard at 4:00 PM.

It is hardly worth posting the pictures, but it was a great experience.

early Christmas today

Our oldest son and his wife will be visiting us at the RV Park today and we plan to have a lovely lunch together.  They have a Christmas party this evening to go to with work mates.  Last night was another one of those windy nights, and we did pull in the big slides again.  We also noticed that one of the slides is not lining up tight on one side when it is out.  This will have to be looked at and perhaps the slide readjusted.

We had a quiet night last evening, watching Poirot and of course, I was crazy with the maps and planning.  I have yet to relax from my 'work mode' and need to stop incessantly planning.  We have made the one booking for over Christmas.

There was a little bit of a road trip yesterday as Donald wanted to go to Lee Valley Tools ( to drool ) and I checked out the Cloth Castle quilting store.  We came back to Sidney and walked the main street, checking out stores and going for coffee.  Our big purchase was some industrial strength sticky back velcro.

Oceanside Rv Resort - Sidney, BC