Family Visits, and Planning a Move - May 24, 2019

So here is what we have been up to lately...

RV Maintenance - I had a little leaky pressure overflow valve on our hot water heater. It was pretty corroded.

It was a pretty easy out, easy in job... and no more leaks!

Then our fifth wheel door latch was coming apart, and hard to lock, so I replaced the door lock/latch assembly.

And our front landing gear is having problems raising the rig. It will go down, but just clicks when trying to raise it up. I found the manual crank and figured that out ..thank goodness. I bought a new landing leg gearbox and will get that installed soon.

Truck Maintenance - I changed the oil and filter. Ten quarts! Only made a ... little ... mess. And then I changed out the fuel filter too.

I should be good for about 5,000 miles or so now.

While on that side of the mountains, we spent time with Tim & Shannon, and went to see Roman & Ryker play baseball.

We also had a nice Mother's Day dinner with them. Tim cooked Flank steak & Shrimp. Yum!


From the Thousand Trails RV park in Mount Vernon, We headed to the Crescent Bar Thousand Trails park near Quincy. On the way there, I dropped Donna off at Kim's house. Kim & Chris are going to be moving to San Diego in the middle of next month and Donna was going to help Kim get ready for a big yard sale. So we are going to be heading South with then to help them out in the big move. And take care of Ally too.


I parked the rig in a nice spot at Crescent Bar.

Our Great Grandson, Ollie came to spend the night with us one night. He is really getting big, 7 years old now.

Here is a picture he drew. Pretty cool huh? Kinda Gnomeish.

I went into Wenatchee and visited my brother Jim , and an old phone company co-worker, Joe. Donna & I also visited her brother Roy, and his wife Connie. It was good to do some catching up.


I also did some hiking in Wenatchee. Saddlerock is a Wenatchee landmark. Every kid has climbed up there sometime in their days in Wenatchee. I did it again. It had been about 10 years since I climbed it.

Oh yeah, I trimmed up a few hairs.

After 8 days there, We headed towards Yakima. This time we are staying at the Roza Recreation Area, a BLM campground. $7.50 a night with the access pass.




On the way there.

We were the only ones here. There are 6 RV camping site here. A lot of boaters/fishermen everyday. Other camers finally showed up Thursday before Memorial Day weekend.

We are just a few miles from Kim's house and the yard sales are doing good. We also go play Pokemon with them, and vist the parks to let Ally play, and feed the geese.

Kim & Chris are taking off in a couple of days to Vegas for a mini vacation and then on to San Diego to do some house hunting. Donna and I will be house sitting and watching Ally while they are gone. When they come back, we will know more about when we will head south with them to help out.

Later..


The Fergs out .......

And Back In Washington - May 6, 2019

Our only stop in Idaho was at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge.

We had the place all to ourselves. 30 Amp power and water. Perfect for our one night here.

Then to our favorite stopping spot at the Wildhorse Casino in Pendleton, OR.

We entered into Washington on April 18th, eight days on the road from our Yuma home. We stopped for one night at a nice little Mom & Pop RV Park, Sunnyside RV Park in Sunnyside, WA. It is a Passport America park.

Then we checked into the Yakima sportsman State Park in Yakima, WA. We were there for 7 days.

Our daughter Kim, who lives in Yakima came to visit us at the park with our grand daughter Ally.

For Easter, our eldest daughter, Candy, came up from Vancouver along with both of our grandsons Erik & Chase. After church, We had Easter at a nice Air B & B just outside of town.

Then it was time to drive over the mountains to Monroe, WA and the Thunderbird RV Resort to visit with Tim & Shannon, and Roman & Ryker. We booked 8 days here.

We had a nice spot overlooking the Snohomish River.

While there we went to Roman and Ryker's baseball games. Tim coaches Ryker's team. Both boys are playing really well this year and are having a ball.

May 4th, I went into Wenatchee (our hometown) for the 100th Apple Blossem Festival parade. I started at Triangle Park where the parade sets up and starts. All the floats were here.

Then I walked down town and sat with my Step-Brother Randi waiting for the parade to start. 
Here is a motorcycle drill team, the beginning of the parade, my High School band, and Wenatchee's float with the royalty aboard.

Now we are in Bow, WA at the Mount Vernon Thousand Trails campground. This is a nice park and we will be here for 8 days.

That's it for now. Catching up with family and friends.


The Fergs out .......