After a great evening in Plymouth, we hit the road on the way to Bend, OR to get a small water leak repaired. Approaching Redmond, I noticed that I no longer had Overdrive (transmission issue). Stopped to check the Trans fluid level. When we resumed, we only had Low Gear. No shifting. AAA to the "rescue". Got towed down to Bend to a transmission repair place. We are now "camped" in the parking lot awaiting the word on the status of our transmission tomorrow AM. We had considered spending a couple of days in Bend anyway, just not in a repair shop parking lot:( At least they provided a electrical connection for us.
Otherwise, we have had a great trip through the high desert of Oregon. Tomorrow will be even better, we hope.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Day 1 on the road:
Made it all the way to Plymouth.......WA. Left after lunch and hit the road at last! Found a really great US Army Corps of Engineers campground with Electric and water for only $9/nite. You gotta love the 50% discount with the Golden Age Passport. There has to be some advantages to growing older.
Weather nice but cool, so far. Rain forecast for the weekend. Oh well, it's been some time since we had rain. We'll probably go as far as La Pine, OR tomorrow. Not much to see or do between here and there to slow us down, we think. Who knows? We are retired and could get mesmerized by some totally unusual desert or cactus formation and spend a couple of days pondering why we are sitting here staring at a cactus.
Enough for now, more tomorrow perhaps.
Paul
Made it all the way to Plymouth.......WA. Left after lunch and hit the road at last! Found a really great US Army Corps of Engineers campground with Electric and water for only $9/nite. You gotta love the 50% discount with the Golden Age Passport. There has to be some advantages to growing older.
Weather nice but cool, so far. Rain forecast for the weekend. Oh well, it's been some time since we had rain. We'll probably go as far as La Pine, OR tomorrow. Not much to see or do between here and there to slow us down, we think. Who knows? We are retired and could get mesmerized by some totally unusual desert or cactus formation and spend a couple of days pondering why we are sitting here staring at a cactus.
Enough for now, more tomorrow perhaps.
Paul
On the road again.......
Almost all packed and ready to go. Need to shut off electric to some appliances, secure from shore poser, crank up the beast, attach Toyota pickup and GO! After we eat lunch, that is. No idea how far we get this afternoon but it doesn't really matter does it? I'm retired and no specific schedule to follow other than Christmas in San Antonio with a bunch of really great people.
More to follow as we progress from the peak of fall colors in Spokane to the WA and OR desert climate. Supposed to get some rain Friday and Saturday so it may affect our plans to visit Crater Lake. We'll worry about that when we get there.
More to follow as we progress from the peak of fall colors in Spokane to the WA and OR desert climate. Supposed to get some rain Friday and Saturday so it may affect our plans to visit Crater Lake. We'll worry about that when we get there.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Ready, Set, Go!
The Bounder is being packed (stuffed) and is certainly approaching the Gross Vehicle Weight allowed with the provisions. We'll work the consumables off soon enough. Still waiting for some last minute items coming via snail mail. Then it's getting the AirCard for the computer, haircut, get rid of aluminum cans, disconnect Comcast, etc, etc. Might take a few days to get it all done but it will get done!
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