Back in the lower 48

August 19, 2016

Over coffee this morning we began to try to find a campground near Mt. Vernon, WA so that Steve can keep his appointment there on Monday for the air suspension problem on the RV.  We were shocked to find that no campgrounds within 30 miles of Mt. Vernon had a vacancy for 2 RV's for the week-end!  We called at least 20 campgrounds with no luck.  Finally, we found a KOA that could take one of us for the week-end and the other for one night only.  We decided that we would stay for the appointment, and David and Jackie would move on. We will try to catch up with them once the repair is done.

The high desert terrain of SW British Columbia.

Different, but still beautiful.  

We left Cache Creek and drove through the beautiful Fraser Canyon in British Columbia. Again we are impressed by how different the mountains and landscape are from the northern areas of this territory.   Both RV's made it through Customs and back into the lower 48 with no problem

Going through customs.  

Of course there is more traffic and congestion here, but we have phone service, wifi, and all the shopping and eating places we have missed along the way.  The KOA is adequate but expensive, but we had no other choices of a place to stop.

After setting up we had a nice outdoor happy hour in the warm, beautiful weather.  We enjoyed dinner out at Outback and were pleased at the prices which are less than what we are used to paying  for a meal in Canada and Alaska.  After dinner we went to Walmart and shopped till we dropped.

August 20,2016

After coffee this morning we said good-bye to David and Jackie for the first time since May.  It seems so strange not to have them next door, but I hope we will join up with them soon.  Steve and  I spent most of the day running errands and shopping.  We had a subdued happy hour with our neighbors (from Cleremont, FL) and continued to miss our traveling companions who are now in Vancouver, WA.

With our RV sadly in need of repairs (air suspension, air conditioning, slide, etc., I am going to suspend this blog for a while.  Sitting around in repair shop waiting rooms with 2 nervous dogs and an impatient husband really doesn't make for very interesting writing.  If things pick up, as I hope they will, I will resume blogging.  To those who have traveled along with us, a big thank you.