We're On The Move...

Tuesday morning we bid farewell to Sequim, WA. It was a rainy day, one of those that makes you want to stay in bed, but, alas, it was time to move on.

Our route to Tacoma took us over the brand new "Narrows" bridge. It opened to traffic on Monday. The west bound traffic used the old bridge while we got to go on the new one. Kind of scary though because on Monday night news they were saying that work was not completed on the bridge - I had to wonder - just wasn't done?

After getting on I-5 through Tacoma then onto Highway 18 over to I-90 we finally got out of the rain - yea!

Our drive to Ellensburg, WA was uneventful. We stayed two nights at the Ellensburg KOA and did very little while there except catch up on the laundry - seems like it's always catch up time for laundry.

A couple of words about the Ellensburg KOA - Don't stay there! It's really the pits and I don't understand why KOA hasn't pulled their franchise. The owner was very rude, there is no wi-fi even though they advertise it (only about 4 sites get it), and you have to choose if you want elec. water & sewer or elec. water & cable - just weird. Mostly gravel with big rocks mixed in.

Yesterday, Wed. we left Ellensburg heading east on I-90 with Coeur d'Alene, Idaho our stopping point. We had made it to just about 10 miles west of Spokane and decided to get some fuel since we were down to a quarter tank. Saw a truck stop advertised for the next exit and off we went. Dean got out to pump the fuel and I went back to the RV for a drink. While inside I heard him talking to someone, so I went out to see what was going on. He said that a lady had followed us off the interstate to tell us that we had lost our tire tread off the RV! I looked at the rear tire on the drivers side (of the RV) and sure enough - no tread - just the sidewall. We certainly had a guardian angel with us as the tire never lost pressure! We pulled away from the pumps and parked in the lot where I called Good Sam ESP. What great service - the repair man showed up within 30 min. and one hour after coming off the interstate, we were back on, heading for our destination for the next three nights.

That brings me to now - we are parked at Blackwell Island RV Resort in Coeur d'Alene, ID. This is a really nice park. Paved streets, gravel pads and some grass (we were told it's really hard to grow in this area), full hook-ups with 50 amps, cable TV and wi-fi that works. There are no shade trees, but that's OK with us as it makes it easier getting our dish up and working for both TV and internet.

There are a couple of sights we want to see while here and will probably go tomorrow to check them out. Today we are just loafing after having a trying afternoon hunting for a tire replacement.

From here we will head toward Butte, MT and then to Yellowstone.

Come on back when you can.....