Yesterday was a cloudy quiet day. I updated the blog now that we are on the net while Eric rode around town on his bicycle. I took a walk and ended up over at the Home Depot. We have been looking for new floor furnace vents as the ones in the rig are plastic, have no shut off and the one in the kitchen broke. We have been looking everywhere for the right size with no luck. Today, luck! One more thing off the list. I also did a little shopping in the local WinCo big box grocery store. I had forgotten what a great store this was from the last time we were here. The freshest food, clean store, nice staff (cash or debit only) and the best prices I have seen in the U.S. Beats the hell out of Mesa, Yuma and everywhere else. Anywhere there are a lot of snowbirds they just hose you for everything. Too cold to be a snowbird destination here even though there are people living year round in RV's. I'm thinking they lost their houses and this is all they can afford. At least the prices here are decent. Also, there are about 10 -15 restaurants within easy walking distance of the park. A good stop.
Eric was looking for an air filter for the truck on the net (ours needs replacing) and I located a nearby GMC dealer . We also found a really large Harley dealer close by so today off we went to have a look. It was pouring rain this morning but is supposed to clear up later this afternoon which will make for an okay drive tomorrow. I checked the weather going through the pass at La Grande and it looks okay. No snow and only light to moderate wind.
A short trip on the freeway took us out to the GM dealer a few miles north of Meridian in Napa. A trip back on the freeway to the Harley dealer just south and when we got there we were amazed by the size of the dealership. A huge inventory of bikes, new and used as well as an enormous stock of jackets, clothes and boots. I got lucky. I found a pair of good lightweight riding boots that actually fit. I also bought a lightweight Harley jacket(cotton) to ride in Mexico so I won't embarass Rita in my bumble bee striped sweatjacket! Are you reading this Rita? They had great two season jackets that the whole front and back zip off to leave a mesh lightweight liner and sleeves that are armoured for summer riding. If I rode more at home I would have considered one. But, at $325.00 you have to get a lot of use out of one. Suitable for Eric but I doubt he'd ever pay that! We'll see as his riding jacket is worn out.
Back to Home Depot for the rest of the furnace vents and a bit of food from my now favorite WinCo store. Done and ready to move tomorrow. We think we'll just go to Pendleton (I've researched parks) and then cut over to Quincy north of Moses Lake. That way we can go up through Lake Chelan for our next nights stop. One night or two there and then on to Kelowna. It looks like the weather is smartening up there by the end of the week.
Here are a couple of quick shots of the park.
Here we are in the Boise/Meridian Park.
Looking forward, this is a big park.
Onward to Pendleton, to the Lookout Park just north of Pendleton which looks easy to find. Hope so.
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