We can sure tell we are now in the northern parts of America; it is 9*C this morning at 7 am and the sky is cloudy. The forecast is for some rain in these parts but hopefully, by heading north, we will miss most of it!?? We left Burns, Oregon around 8 am and continued on Hwy 395 north. All I can say about this part of the trip is AWSOME, BEAUTIFUL SCENIC! This was an absolute enjoyable day! We went over 5 passes with the highest being 5500 feet and most of the climbs were long and easy but going down on the other side, it was steep and lots of switch backs and curves (See pictures in folder 85). I would recommend this drive to anyone but only from south to north as I think it would be hard on the engine, transmission and fuel the other way although we did meet RV’s going south. We went through some really neat villages and stopped in “John Day” village and had brunch. A neat town! I fuelled in Seneca where I took only $50 as it was 4.99/gallon. In John Day, it was 4.56 and I topped up. We arrived in Pendleton at 1 pm and I had an oil change and lube ($89) done on the truck and fuelled at 4.27/gal. I checked all my tires and we were back on the road at 2 pm. We took I-84 west to I-82 and finally crossed into Washington State. From here it was back on 395 then Hwy 17 to Moses Lake where another driver advised us that we had a flat on the driver side on the trailer. Good Grief! We found a “Les Schwap” tire shop and bought a new tire @ $162, it has a 5 year warranty on it. From here, it was a skip and a jump to our RV Park, Pier 4 RV Park, an ROD member and cost us $0! Have to save somewhere, no!???
We are set up for the night and have internet. Now we wait for “Survivor” to come on and cheer us up!
N 47* 06.131'
W 119* 19.221
Alt: 1033 feet
350 miles (556 Km) in 6 hrs and 50 minutes @ 50 Mph average. We were stopped for 2 hours and 15 minutes for a total of 9 hours day!
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