8*C @ 7 am; 17* in pm at destination
We
were up at 7 am and on the road by 9 am after dumping the tanks. I also fuelled at the local Shell with .10
cents per gallon off because we had a meal at the restaurant. We took on 53 gallons and were on our way
south on I-5 to exit 294 and headed East on Hwy 126. It was a very scenic and peaceful drive and
went we reached the Pass at 4700 feet, we had a snow shower. It was very pretty to see the country side
all white. We went down to lower
elevation and the sun finally came out.
We arrived in Redmond Oregon and had lunch in the Home Hardware parking
lot. From here, we turned North on Hwy
97 and drove on under sunny sky and a strong wind from the West. We finally arrived in Biggs, Oregon and took
on more fuel @ 3.87/gal.
Biggs
is at the Columbia River so we crossed the river into Washington State and
continued on 97. We had to climb to 1800
feet from 500 but it was an easy climb and the scenery again was
breath-taking! We finally arrived at our
destination for the night, Toppenish near Yakima, Wash. We are camped at YAKAMA NATION RV RESORT and
paid $36 for the night with full hook-up and free Wi-Fi. This is a Good Sam member so we got 10% off.
Dinner
then relax!
We drove 314 miles in 6
hrs and 15 minutes @ an average 50 MPH.
We stopped for 1.5 hr
N 46* 22.674’W 120* 20.681
Alt: 751 ft
2* @ 7am, sunny; 17* in pm
We
decided to do a load of wash before leaving.
IT is only 1.25 for the washer and $1 for the dryer. After dumping and battening down, we were on
Hwy 97 North by 10:15 am. Pretty good I
think! We merged with I-84 at Yakima and
eventually merged with I-90. This is a
stretch of road that is very hilly and hard on fuel consumption. At exit 154,
we got off and had a break and lunch at SUBWAY!
From here, we took Hwy 283 and headed North-East to Soap Lake where we
took Hwy 17 north all the way to Hwy 97 North. We fuelled in Omak @ $4.09 OUCH!!! How can you tell we are getting closer to
BC!? Anyway, we stopped at Prince
grocery store and bought some grocery and paid for one night at their campground
across the street. We left this morning
in sunshine and arrived here in sunshine but we did get rained on in
between. It was a good day; tomorrow, we
will home!
We
travelled 253 miles in 4 hrs and 50 minutes @ an average 53 MPH. We were stopped for an hour and 45 minutes.
N
48* 56.946’W 119* 26.261’
Alt: 958 ft
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