We
got a reasonably early start – in the rain - on our way to Spokane after
pulling up to dump our tanks and making sure everything was buttoned up on the
lot. We actually didn’t intend to go all
the way to Spokane today but……
We
stopped at a new casino – Snoqualmie Casino - near North Bend. The casino was new to us and I think fairly
new. It is on the side of a hill with
afterthought RV parking that would not suit a motor home pulling a car as you
had to back out of most spots. We played
slots a while, each got $10 returned to us, had lunch and played a bit longer.
We couldn’t
decide where to stay and the closer we got to Spokane we realized we might as
well head for the Elks Lodge where we have stayed several times. Bill & Georgia are in California right
now so we won’t see them on this stop.
We
arrived about 6:30 and paid for a week.
It didn’t take us too long to set up and for me to make hamburgers for
dinner.
May 19th – Mon
After
a lazy start to the day, we filled up with diesel and ran the truck through a
car wash.
Then
we went to the vehicle licensing office to renew the licenses on our truck and
fifth wheel. We weren’t sure what would
happen with both of us having AZ driver’s licenses and, sure enough, Terry had
to get his WA license back before we could license vehicles. And of course the driver’s license office is
not open on Monday.
We went
to Camping World to check out portable satellite dishes, got more info on
satellite dishes at another dealer and checked out a few RVs. We stopped at Verizon as I had a few
questions about my phone – dumb user questions! – and the lady helping me was
very nice and careful to not make me feel stupid. Since I mistakenly called Dianne & Ernie
when I was looking for an example of a problem, I called back later and had a
nice chat with Dianne.
May 20th – Tues
We
had another late start – darn computer games! – and found very few people at
the driver’s license office which is almost unheard of. Terry was still at the desk getting a number
when his number was called. It cost $106
to get his WA license back as you have to pay all the fees as if you are
getting a license for the first time – both driver’s & motorcycle.
Back
at the vehicle licensing office, it wasn’t too bad. The truck & 5th wheel were
straightforward renewals and since we had paid sales tax in AZ on the toy
hauler we didn’t have to pay any more.
It will cost us $41 a year to license the toy hauler in WA as opposed to
$574 in AZ so we will suck up the part of the year in AZ that we are not
using! We thought we might be able to
turn in the plate for a refund but that is only if you sell the vehicle. We made a stop at Costco before coming back to
the rig.
The
weather was lovely so we took the cover off the motorcycle and went for a
ride. We rode past our old house (needs
TLC), went past Lonnie & Cindy’s place but they weren’t home, rode to the
old greyhound race track (Terry thought there was an RV sale there but it
starts later this week) and then took the “back way” back to the Elk’s
lodge. Time to relax and have drinks
& dinner. Terry is very relieved to
have the licensing resolved.
May 21st – Wed
We
took even longer to get going this morning as we had to do laundry and I had a
nice chat with Marg & Pat. We had
lunch before heading to the Laundromat and then came back to make the bed and
put everything away.
The
weather was even nicer than yesterday so we took the bike to do a bit of
shopping at WalMart and Fred Meyer. When
we got back, it was 78 degrees and we had to turn on the AC. Similar evening – drinks, dinner, TV,
computer games.
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