We are in Missoula MT today and for how long we are not sure. We have hit a bump in the road. Our leveling jacks are broke and we do not know how long it will take to get the parts. Wish us luck. We are at Jim and Mary's RV Park. This park is the nicest park we have ever been in.

We are in Wolf Lodge Campground in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. Thought we were done with the mountains but we are in them tonight.

We drove up to Leavenworth WA today. Left the RV in Lake Easton. Leavenworth is a small Swiss/German town.

Here is link to some pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/embrydad/Leavenworth2009?feat=email#

Driving up the west coast we went up and down mountains. Today though was fantastic, we had Mt St Helens then Mt Rainier off in the distance as we went up and down the beautiful mountains going east on I-90. Tonight we are in Lake Easton WA.

We are 49 miles from Mount St Helena. This is as close as we are going to get. Our trip this past week has been up and down one mountain after another. Besides we have no desire to be where there is any more snow.

We went for a ride today up to Crater Lake National Forest. Here is a link to some pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/embrydad/Oregon?feat=email#

Haven't been able to get on the Internet for a couple of days so here is a catch up.

June 17, 2009

A slight change of plans. Good thing our route and schedules are written in jello. We drove 156 miles to Bear Mountain RV Park in Redding CA. today. We will leave the RV here tomorrow and drive over to the sequoia parks in Eureka CA. to see the giant redwoods.

June 18, 2009

Leaving the RV behind we drove over the mountains and back. We wanted to drive through some of the Redwood Forest. It was fantastic. The Redwoods are gigantic.

June 19, 2009

We are now in Oregon for the first time in our lives. We drove 236 miles to On the River RV Park i Myrtle Creek OR. We will stay here two nights and just relax tomorrow.

Today after driving 202 miles we arrived at Beale Air Force Base. Then we drove 20 miles inside the base to the FamCamp. This is a very nice campground and we would consider staying here for month or so in the future.

Drove 204 miles north on US 101 to Betabel RV Park in San Juan Bautisa California. After we got setup we drove over to the San Juan Bautisa Mission that was constructed in 1797.

We then drove about 12 miles north to Gilroy California which is the garlic capitol of the world. It smells like it.

A great weekend has come to an end. Our two youngest sons surprised us and showed up Friday morning. We had our daughter, two youngest sons and two granddaughters with us for the graduation of our granddaughter. It was a great weekend.

We went to a couple of beaches. Had a camp out with our granddaughter's family at a popular lake in the area.

Yesterday our daughter and her youngest flew in from Pennsylvania. We got her oldest (the graduate) and met them at the airport.

Then when we returned to the FamCamp our friends Bruce and Lorraine were at the FamCamp.

Today we drove up to Pismo Beach with our daughter and youngest granddaughter. This place is a lot like the beach towns on the Atlantic. Our dog got to get his feet wet in the Pacific Ocean.

We got to spend the day with our granddaughter. A first for us, we got to put our feet in the pacific ocean. The water was pretty cold.

Another first for me occurred today when a package was delivered to my granddaughter's home. In the package was a pair of hearing aids for this old man. I have spent the day hearing things I haven't heard in years. It will take some getting used to them.

Up and down over hill and dale we went through the mountains. Drove 206 miles to Vandenburg AFB FamCamp. We are about 20 minutes from our granddaughters house. We will be here for at least a week.

It was a great day for driving today. We went as far as Mojave CA and pulled into the Spaceport RV Park. This would be an interesting place to spend some time at. I am really surprised as how well the truck handled the mountain driving.

Today is a first for us. This is the first time we have been in California. We are in Needles, California at the Rainbow Beach Resort right on the Colorado River. It may be a nice park but for just staying the night $30 is a little high. Today was a nice short driving day, just 183 miles.

We have returned to a RV park that we stopped at on our first RV trip 8 years ago. We drove 286 miles to Williams, AZ and pulled into the Canyon Gateway RV Park. This place has really improved in 8 years. When last here we took a tour of the Grand Canyon. On our way here we stopped at Camping World in Flagstaff and got our lifts fixed.

Drove 263 miles today to Grants NM to the Blue Spruce RV Park. Had a little excitement while going through Albuquerque NM. While navigating through construction and noon traffic our bedroom window opened up. Got off of I-40 and closed the window.