Off We Go!

Our road trip started early. We worked hard all day on Friday, making sure our supplies for the RV—I’ll refer to it from now on as the “SQ”—short for “ShirleyQ”, Jim’s name for our coach. We made our lists and checked them more than twice. Next day, we completed packing everything and were ready to go. It was around one pm and we’d done everything we could do, for when we get back from this road trip, we’ll need to hop in the car and head to Seattle on another adventure. But I’ll tell you more about that later—I don’t want to get too far ahead.

We sat down trying to decide what to do with the rest of the day. We could go see a movie. Relax and read a book. I suggested, “Why don’t we just leave right now?”

“I don’t see any reason why not,” Jim countered. So we closed things up and headed out.

It was a beautiful fall day. The sun was brightly shining, with a peacock blue sky. We drove east along the Columbia River Gorge, the golden hills looked like mounds of freshly baked bread cooling from the oven. Farther east, the windmills marched across the tops of the loaves and languidly turned their propellers. It was a perfect start to a trip. 

I'm at the wheel--fun!

We enjoyed the trek up the Gorge on I-84, our destination for the first day, Tri-Cities, Washington. We stayed at an RV Resort—really no resort at all—our view was a gravel lot with lots of trucks parked inside the fence. That’s all right, it was dark now, and we were hungry. We sat down to our dinner of St Louis Ribs and Kale Quinoa Salad, the meal we’d planned to eat in Vancouver and instead brought for our first dinner in the SQ. 

After cleaning up, we sank into bed, grateful for the rest.

Next stop: Blackwell Island RV Park in Coer’d Alene, Idaho. We’ll see if this is more of a “resort”. We’re about 150 miles from our destination today because of our early start. 

We couldn't find a church that started earlier than 11:00 and we wanted an earlier start so instead of attending a church for this time, we’ll listen to Pastor Paul on-line. 

Hope you have a restful Sunday. Catch you later!