Woke up to another sunny morning, seemed strange not to have the truck in front of us!!
This morning was destined to pass very slowly… I decided I don’t do so well if I am not in control of events!
After breakfast we started some more cleaning and packing in the hope that the truck would be ready to move out in the afternoon.
Around noon I broke down and phoned the mechanic, he assured me all was going well and the truck should be fixed between 2 and 3 PM.
After lunch I was about to phone again as we had to make the decision whether to stay another night at the RV Park, or head north. Bang on 2 o’clock the phone rang, the truck was ready. The owner came and picked me up (he also dropped me back at the trailer yesterday), the garage was about 4 miles away with no public transport.
We were back at the trailer by 2:20, a few hundred bucks the poorer, but much better off than if anything had gone wrong while we were on the move!! We had decided we would complete half the journey to the next site to day and stay at a motel tonight. I had just received some hotel vouchers yesterday, so the cost was about the same as an RV site, but involved less effort.
After a thorough checking of the brakes we headed north. Part of the route we had covered a couple of days ago, but then we were in uncharted territory. When we crossed the Oregon border the road veered closer to the Ocean. The views were great, much as we had both expected. The pictures below don’t do it justice as I just stuck the camera out the window and clicked away. The windscreen was too bug splattered for Lyn to take any shots!
One thing we have already learnt about Oregon; you are not allowed to pump your own gas!!
We finished up at the motel around 7:20, wasn’t too pleased as they advertised truck and RV parking, but there was no suitable parking on site. We finished up leaving the rig on the street, but I think it will be OK.
Having got everything sorted we headed out to the restaurant next door, Lyn seems happy enough!!
