The
rest of the days in South Beach were obviously uneventful. The
weather still stayed nice so we could walk on the beach and ride the
bike. We left Sunday for the drive to Long Beach WA where Barb Names
(VVV friend) has a couple of lots very near the ocean. She was
volunteering at the Eagles when we arrived so we tried to find her
place. We did quite a bit of driving around and discovered – when
Barb finished & met up with us – that we had driven right past
her place. We backed in & set up in our private RV park. Barb's
sister has a place across the street and another sister lives in town
which is where Barb had her RV set up. Phew! Terry Hensley (VVV)
arrived Monday to stay with us a couple of days. We enjoyed the
large fire pit (no mosquitoes), drove into Long Beach for shopping
and then another day for lunch, walked on the beach and generally
kicked back and relaxed. Terry H left Tuesday. On Wednesday we took
Barb to find a ramp to drive her riding lawn mower into a new storage
shed. She ended up ordering one at the “everything you never knew
you needed” store in town. Love that type of store!
May
25-30 - to Spokane WA
We
got a reasonably early start on our way to Spokane. We took a break
at the casino at Snoqualmie and then tried to find a place to park
for the night. We drove into Vantage but the only remaining sites
were too small so we carried on. I found an Elks club with RV
parking in Moses Lake so that is where we ended up. It was a longer
day than we normally drive so it was nice to settle for the night.
Uneventful
drive on Friday and got set up at the Elks Club in Spokane Valley.
Water & electric included and a dump station on site for $22 a
night – catch up time!
Just
for something to do we went to an RV show/sale put on by Blue Dog RV.
The model we really wanted to see wasn't there as it had just been
sold!
We met good friends Bill & Georgia
Hughes for dinner on Sunday. I
haven't yet included the incredibly stupid thing I did – again! I
let my green card expire. We went through a mess when it expired 10
years ago so can't believe I did it again. Last time I had to fly to
Spokane to have my picture taken & fingerprints done so we
figured we would get it done when we got here. Wrong!!! Now I had
to fill out an application online (Phoenix!) and wait for an
appointment for the biometrics. My appointment in Spokane is on June
20th so we are here for a while.
Another
ugly item that I left out happened in the 1000 Trails campground in
South Beach. On the second trip around the very narrow, winding
roads looking for a site, Terry swung a bit wide on an acute corner
and caught the rear awning on a tree which took it totally off! So
we have been working with a dealer here trying to get a new awning.
Finally got it ordered with a delivery date of June 13th.
We
went for dinner at Bill & Georgia's and saw the mess left from
their huge storage building burning down in February. The main items
inside were a newer truck, newer 5th wheel and their son's
boat which were all destroyed. It was so much worse seeing it “live”
as opposed to some pictures. The insurance company is still waiting
for some inspections so it has yellow tape that can't be crossed.
They have received insurance money so bought a truck & 5th
wheel and will get some camping in this summer. Harlan & Barb
(VVV) had us over for dinner on the 30th and we sat
outside afterward enjoying the gorgeous sunshine.
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