Day 3 May 15

This is the radio station I mentioned and the store they broadcast from.

Mickey is cooling off in the river next to the campground.

We left at 9am for the 2 1/2 hr. drive to Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Stopped at Costco and Fred Meyer in Astoria then arrived at the Cannon Beach RV park about 1:30.

It's a really nice park, pool, hot tub, tv and wifi.

We leave in the morning for Beachside State Park. It is on the ocean and has power and water but no tv or internet so this will be the last post till we get another wifi connection.

Day 2 May 14

We woke up to a clear, sunny day. Much welcomed after the stormy night.
Beautiful campground, right on the beach. They have power but no water or sewer hookups.

Mickey wore himself out chasing the ball on the beach.

I took Karen for lunch at this great little spot we found.

We got to drive on the beach and explore the area, it's a very small community but in the summer I'm sure it is crazy with people.

We discovered a great fm radio station. They have a tiny office in Pacific Beach and broadcast with no commercials. It was such a random mix of really old rock and blues and whatever the dj felt like playing that it felt like the late 60's type of radio, no top 40, no even saying what was playing, it was really good!

Had another good dinner, ran Mickey some more and prepared to leave in the morning. We have no cable so we watched our dvd's of Dexter till bedtime

Day 1 May 13

We left Nanaimo early to be at the Port Angeles ferry by 9am to clear US customs.
There has been some discussion about how to load onto the ferry,some have said you have to back on but that is not the case. In Victoria you load from the side and drive around to face the stern which opens to exit. In Port Angeles you enter from the stern and exit the side.

There were 3 semi's exiting in Victoria so I knew I should be able to get the trailer on.

Arrived at Port Angeles about 12:30 and stopped at Safeway for groceries and gas.

First part of the drive was fine but soon the rain really started coming down.

It was a long , mostly boring 3 1/2 hr. drive to Pacific Beach, Washington. For most of the way there is no ocean view, just miles of logged over forest.

Arrived at the State Park around 5pm. Levelled the trailer, took Mickey for a run on the beach, then hunkered down for dinner and the night in the wind and rain.

Day 12

We spent a nice quiet night in Bellingham ,then left the trailer about 10 am to go shopping . We left Mickey behind in his crate with the radio and air conditioning on.

We hit Walmart, Costco, and Bellis Fair Mall. By then we were getting fried and Karen's bad knee was giving her grief so we headed back. We stopped at a Fred Meyer on the way home. Karen tried out a scooter, luckily no shoppers were injured. Camera's were forbidden.

Arrived back to a grateful Mickey and spent the rest of the afternoon reading and cleaning up.

We will leave about 9 am for the border, have a reservation on the 12:55 ferry.

It's been a great trip, we've seen so much beautiful scenery and met some really nice people! We are already thinking of where to go next year.

We look forward to seeing Stephen and the cats tomorrow and ordering pizza for dinner.

Day 11 Leavenworth to Bellingham

We had a mostly sleepless night , Mickey was awake obsessing over squirrels.
They are everywhere and it is his duty to chase them!

The drive over Steven's pass to the coast was nice, the trees are just starting to change colour. I'd almost forgotten what traffic was like , the closer we got to the I 5 , the heavier it got.

We stopped near Everett for lunch at a good Mexican place and shopped at a Joe's Sports. It's a great store, everything for the outdoors.

Next stop was the Camping World store in Burlington. Another good store, all the RV stuff you could want.

After getting a bit lost then finding our way again with the GPS, we found our RV park for the night, Bellingham RV. We were lucky and got the last spot, didn't expect it to be so busy , I guess the good weather has more people travelling. We will spend 2 nights here, then head for the border.

The pictures are from the drive from Coulee City to Wenatchee[temp 85 when we were there].
There are lots of abandoned buildings and farm houses along the way, they make you wonder about the families that lived there.

We saw a lot of these huge hay stacks, they are about 20 ft high and appear every couple of miles

Day 10

We drove to Coulee city, 18 miles south of the campground, to see the Dry Falls. At the time of the flood this was bigger than Niagara.

I'm surprised I got Karen out on that rock for a photo.I had to take her back to the campground for a float on the lake.

Mickey chased the ball in water all afternoon and then needed a good roll in the sand.

We left Steamboat on Friday morning and drove to Wenatchee. Again amazed at the diversity of scenery. We left the deep coulees and were suddenly driving through miles of rolling hay fields, then into the mountains again.

Shopped a bit in Wenatchee then drove to a KOA park in Leavenworth. Camping price is a ripoff, $44 a night, the most expensive place so far but we don't feel like driving anymore today so payed the price.

Tomorrow we will drive to Bellingham vicinity.

You can click on any of our photos and they will enlarge.

More day 9 pictures

Views from Steamboat Rock campground