Thursday, May 20th

We woke up to WIND and rain. Cliff keeps having to hook us up and disconnect us in the rain. Guess that’s because we’re in the northwest where it rains a lot/all the time. We travelled 551 miles to the Seattle area looking for a place to stay for the night. By the way, we decided to change our plans and to forego the trip to the Portland area and have decided to go there on our next adventure. The time constraints were such that it would have been frustrating and disappointing for me, not to mention that now we have more time to spend in Alaska. We WILL do this beautiful part of the country in the future.


As we drove north on I-5, we encountered several instances of sleet and snow flurries, just as we have over the last few days. What are Floridians doing in this weather madness? It did not impede our progress though. What’s a little cold rain? The landscapes around us were beautiful and I took lots more windshield pictures. Thank goodness for digital cameras and not having to take film to Walgreens to be developed. Sorry, Kodak.


We found a Wal-Mart where we restocked needed items such as bread and milk. The evil empire is not all that bad when you are needy. We also picked up some healthy munchies: raw carrots, celery and the like. I keep getting the munchies (reformed smoker that I am) and need something else to eat other than chips and Dove chocolate.


When it came time to find a spot to land for the night we encountered a problem when it came to the Internet (which I have trouble living without). The first three RV parks we tried did not have wifi, but luckily, number four was a winner. We have high standards.  It was so slow, but so are a lot of other things in the left lane ahead of you.