It was a short day today and a good one. No big weather and an interesting drive and as we get better at travelling we are starting to look around more .
Irrigation ditches close to Boise.
Good mileage, 10ish miles to the gallon and easy roads with no trouble over the Cabbage Hill north of La Grande, Oregon.
The truck got a new air filter yesterday and now it is no longer making all sorts of fan noises from who knows where and this made it a quiet trip. Cold engine and transmission both. Sweet!
Heading into Pendleton.
I had picked the Lookout RV park in Pendleton for a stop because it was easy to find and that is always our first choice. Checked it on Map Point for directions, checked the net for reviews and here we are in a pull thru up on a high hill in a park that is all paved with no trees or posts of any kind. For an overnight stop it is good. The washrooms and showers are the nice design with the sink/toilet/and shower each in a separate room and at $30 per night with Good Sam it is okay. Not cheap but okay since we have full services including Wi-Fi.
Looking out over the valley southwest of the park.
A shot below the park to the freeway.
We arrived early (only 200 miles today) and that gave us time to look around. We went back through Pendleton (with MapPoint running) to find the the Mountain View RV park on the west side of the freeway and also to get beer and money. Pendleton is old, small and under construction everywhere. Lots of small one way streets so it was not a drive for the RV! We passed the turn over the freeway and ended up down by the Pendleton Woolen Mill (didn’t know it was there!) and then went back over the freeway to find the other RV park for a look.
Pendleton Mill, next time we’ll have a look.
A KOA that was not where MapPoint said it was, but close. A nice park but lots of metal posts at each site so you would have to be careful. In the end the Lookout is fine for an overnight stop.
We could stop here again another time and have a look at the woolen mill and take the tour. Also, there are underground tours of a city under a city from the second World War. There were brothels and opium dens and there are tours of that as well. As we are getting more used to this “Carefree RV lifestyle” we will stop in different places, take different routes and stay long enough to see things. It takes time to get used to hauling the RV, parking, finding fuel, places to stay and parking it. It is only year two for us and we have made huge progress in developing the skills necessary to do this. Most of the people we met this year have been RVing for a few years at least so we are still beginners. We are working hard to keep track of the weather, getting lots of map information and talking to everyone to gather information. A huge job but we really don’t want to wing it and have it all go bad! We had a rough start last year but it is all getting better.
Tomorrow we will take an alternate route to Lake Chelan and see some new country.
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This looks like an interesting route on smaller roads, so I’ll let you know how this all works out.
Presently my free Wifi is local only, since last night and I may have to post somewhere else.
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