Category: Rest Stop

Ontario, OR – Tuesday September 7, 2021

Another travel day.

We spent 3 hours this afternoon at Hilgard State Park on I-84 coming out of the Blue Mountains. Only had a 5 hour drive so we spent some time up in the mountains where it was cooler then the 98 degrees it was going to be here in Ontario. We stayed in the day use area which has a circular turn around at the far end of the park. The challenge with the turn around is it had a tree leaning out high over the road which I thought might hit the coach. I decided it was better to unhook the pick-up than chance damaging the coach. Second time I have had to unhook the tow to turn around. The “Motorhome 100000 M” is from a previous trip through, currently at 134,000 miles.

Our view tonight.

After we pulled into the rest stop I took Marley out for a pee and then reached into the refrigerator for a Bud Light.

I found out that Pepsi and Bud Light cans are almost the same color.

Hermiston, OR – Monday September 6, 2021

We are on the first day of our Fall trip.

We will not be doing much exploring. Our first stop is at Richard and Vickie’s for a couple of days, then on to San Juan River in northern New Mexico flyfishing and the first two weeks of October at the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. These are all things we have done in the past and looking forward to doing them again.

Today’s travels, 270 miles from the big house to Hermiston with an hour stop at the Garcia’s

The haze you see is from the Schnieder Creek Fire which is just south of Cliffdell, Wa and just east of Chinook Pass. We were originally scheduled to be at Salmon Cove Group Camp Ground for week and than move to New Mexico. All the camp grounds in this area have been closed since mid August with this 83,000 acre fire. Looking forward to going to this campground next year.

Rest Stop Mile Post 60, MT – Friday October 9, 2020

I have been watching the weather so we don’t get stuck on this side of the continental divide in the snow. The divide is 6400 feet and is really steep.

Last night on the news they were talking about cold and snow moving in Sunday night. We decided to leave Friday morning and this would get us across the divide before Saturday afternoon and into warming tempertures.

The Forest Service campground at this rest stop closed on September 30th.

We were able to get the lane next to the grass (the red line) so we could have the bedroom slide out for the night. All the points are there because I forgot to turn the InReach off.

Corning, CA – Sunday May 3, 2020

Today was the long drive so we were up early and rolling at 6:00 a.m. Got here at the rest stop just north of Corning at 4:00 p.m. with 490 miles.

Gas pricing Bakersfield: February $3.20. May $2.30
Dunnigan: February $2.94. May $2.54

The only place we had traffic was between Stockton and Sacramento. The traffic in downtown Sacramento was wide open with a little congestion by the airport then wide open again. Monday looks to be 400 miles.

Boron, AZ – Saturday May 2, 2020

We got an early start out of Quartzsite this morning. We had wheels rolling at 6:00 a.m. I wanted to get north of Joshua Tree National Park and on our way to Barstow before it got hot. I don’t really like to over working the coach by driving in really hot weather. Quartzsite and Palm Spring are going to get back to 100 and Boron is getting to 82.

We got gas at the AZ-CA boarder in February for $2.70 and in May for $1.80.

Here is today’s drive and tonight stopping point the Boron Rest Stop, 296 miles.

Tomorrow will be the long drive to Northern California.

Boron, CA – Tuesday February 11, 2020

Today was a driving day:
On the road at 6:30 a.m.
Got to Boron, Ca for the night at 4:30 p.m.
495 miles with a tail wind most of the day
We have spent many nights at this rest spot both on our trips south and also going north
Clear sunny day all day long
Wednesday will be 276 miles to Quartzsite

Boron is just north of Edwards Air Force Base.

Not much of a campsite picture but it is a rest stop.

Corning, Ca – Monday February 10, 2020

Today is Brian’s Birthday, I don’t remember how old he is but he was born in 1982.

WordPress has had an update and I maybe able to write posts offline and than upload them after they are written. The goal is to save some data, we’ll see what happens. (Didn’t work very well, I had 4 pictures and only 2 uploaded), ( I went back and added the missing pictures, see if this works)

We drove 377 miles today and got to the sun.

Here is today’s drive.

There is a north and south rest stop here with easy access to both sides so we ended up on the north side with a almost level spot where we can put out the bedroom slide. It is also 72 degrees here.

That is it for today 480 miles tomorrow.

Eugene, Oregon – Sunday Feb 9, 2020

First day on the road for 2020.

This year will be a lot like last year.
Mariner’s Spring Training
Big House for Easter and opening of lowland trout lakes
Montana for part of May and June
Richland for last half of June and July
Big House for last half of July and half of August
Leave big house mid August for family camping and my 70th birthday celebration
Two weeks in September will be fishing San Juan River, northern New Mexico
October is Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
Zion National Park for end of October.

Today’s travels, 271 miles

It’s the ever popular rest stop night. Tomorrow’s goal is Red Bluff, Ca. At least it is not raining today. We had a lot of rain in January. SeaTac Airport averages 35 inches of rain per year and Enumclaw get 50 inches of rain. Brian lives right next to the airport and they got 14 inches of rain during January. That means we got around 28 inches. Nice to be out of the rain for a while.