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Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

April 22 & 23, 2014; To Oroville, Washington

APR  22, Tuesday; On the road again
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

 
APR  23, Wednesday, Final day in the USA
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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