Thursday, August 10th, we are now in Ferndale Washington, which is like 15 miles from the Canadian Border. We got here on Tuesday and brought the rain with us, but that was just when we got here yesterday it was sunny again but this a.m. is overcast, it's still shorts weather. Well lets see when I last wrote we were in Redding, which I would go back to and stay a month or two because there is so much to see and do there. Anyway, we did go to the car races that Saturday night which at the end of the race they had a boat race. We laughted so much, they wet down the track and cars pulling boats of all sizes start racing down the race track it was more like a demolition derby. The boats were hitting the walls, other boats and the other cars too. The boats that came off the cars were free game and the rest of the drivers made sure they got smashed into, you would have to see it to appreciate it. We didn't get back until 11:30 that night, the races started at 6:30 so it was a long night. Sunday we got on the road and drove to Albany, Oregon, long drive and boy were we tired. We didn't even unhook the car this time because we knew we were going to get going again early on Monday. Monday we left early and drove to Port Angeles, the campsite was a county park and it was 1st come 1st serve plus it was right on the water. There were sites open when we got there so we walked around and picked the site we wanted with a perfect view of the water right out our windshield. I got my keys out to unlock the Envoy but the automatic opener didn't work, so we thought my key battery was dead, wrong. It was the battery in my car that was dead, needless to say we learned another valuable lesson. Since we didn't unhook the car the night before we had forgotten the car was still turned on, so the battery was drained and we had to position the motor home next to it to jump start it. We got the car started, which should have been an omen to us, and let it run for a while to recharge itself. While the car was recharging we got settled into the campsite, it was a great spot. Dave picks up his phone and we have NO PHONE SERVICE, how in the hell is Dave going to be on conference calls with no phone service. Sorry there was phone service it was just roaming phone service, Dave called Verizon to see if we had free roaming service and the help line was answered by a person in Canada, we were told it was going to cost something like 1.75 a min. Which would cost us a pretty penny because Dave is on the conference calls sometimes up to 2 hours. Dave started calling around to other campsites and come to find out this is the perfect time to be in Washington because all the campsites were filled up. We decided to stay the night and get another early start on Tuesday and go to Ferndale and stay there for a couple weeks. While setting up for the night we started talking to a couple behind us they were full timers and had been at it for 2 1/2 years now and still loving it. They had a 5th wheel not a Motorhome, but it worked for them, there home base is in Texas where they went every Christmas to be with family. They had been in Oregon and stayed in Elkton where we are planning on staying because my brother, Marty, is there and has a restaurant/bakery there. They said they did eat there and had a great time so that was nice to hear. We got going on Tuesday and Dave said we were going to take the ferry from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island because we would cut out 200 miles of driving time. Taking the motorhome and car on a ferry, right, I almost s_ _t myself, thank goodness I haven't starting driving yet. Dave did drive onto the ferry and it was pretty interesting, it only cost about $70 bucks and if we had drove it it would have cost us a lot more in gas.
We got to Cedars RV Resort, in Ferndale Washington, at 1:45 pm, a really big and nice park, good place to stay for a couple weeks. Ferndale only has about 8,500 in population, so it is a small town, plus we know people here. My sister-in-law, Trini, has family here that's why we wanted to come here. Robert, Trini's nephew, his wife Kelly and daughter Alex, plus Rosie, Trini's sister is here until the end of August. Rosie has a house here but still has her house in Long Beach, Ca too so she moves back and forth until her and Bob, her husband, decide where they are going to live full time. I would pick Ferndale it is peaceful and beautiful compared to Long Beach with all the crime. Anyway, we had dinner over Rosie's last night and Robert and family were there too so it was great to see everyone, it had been quite awhile since we last saw Robert, Kelly and Alex.
I think I have written enough for today
bye for now