2017/06/15 - Thursday - Vacation - Day 01 - Heading Out

I worked most of the day today.  For lunch I went to the Bar and Mom M and A.M joined me.

Once I finally made it home, put in the last minutes items and waited for Cheryl to get home.

Got the RV, tow dolly, and the van all together.  Of course the Dog was ready to go, but fishing Amber out of the cat walk was a challenge.

I stopped for gas, because after the last trip I did not fill up the tank and it was over half empty.  We also went and parked to get some dinner.  TGIF had a 30 min wait, Islands had a 20 min wait, but the Peruvian place had no wait.  Peruvian it was - yum.

Cheryl and D.M. went back home and Mom M., A.M., and I headed on the first leg of the trip.

On the way up the pass, the RV felt like one of the tires had developed a bulge, I stopped at Cleghorn Rd, but could not find any bulge.

We stopped at Little Sister's Truck Wash to get the RV and Van cleaned.  Now they look nice, but they did not do a really good job.  They did not do all the tire dressings.  And when I tried to complain they just went back into the bay to start working on another customer and because of that I did not leave a tip!

We stopped close to the Barstow Outlet.  We are camping in the OHV area for the night.  I checked the tires again. I think I might know which tire but nothing visible and purely speculations.

Late night getting the last minutes items put away and organized.  Wish us luck and no major issue with the tire tomorrow...

2016/07/09 - Saturday - Vacation - Day 23 - Home

We got a early start, I did not want to be out in the desert to late because of the heat.  We left at 7:40 (really early start :) )

Next stop was gas at Costco.

Next stop was at Pilot to get gas.  Then on over to Little Sisters Truck Wash to get the RV and Van washed.  We also ate lunch while they did the washing.  The RV had not been washed for about 3 years so desperately needed.  That took about an hour.

We got gas at Sam Club and then dropped Mom D at home.

We made it home about 3:16 and proceeded to do the vehicle shuffle.


For the last week, my back has been getting worse and worse, sometime during the vehicle shuffle, my back really hurts!

Once we somewhat got settled, Cheryl wanted to go pick up my bike and get new bikes for her and Amanda.  She order two new bikes!

Starbucks was a required stop on the way home

For dinner we went out to Red Robin....

So off to bed early for me.

2011/05/30 - Monday - Drive Home

I got up and took the dogs out for the morning duty.

I proceeded to get everything ready on the outside to get ready to head home.  It took about two hours to get everything put away.

The whole group was ready about the same time, so we left as a group.  We stopped for lunch on the way home (before hitting the freeway).  Lunch was about two hours.

B.S. and I stopped at the truck wash to get everything cleaned up.  The RV really looks nice now.  They broke a valve stem on B.S. Bronco, so I got my tool out and it took awhile but we finally fixed that.

Before getting home I was going to stop to get gas at Costco but they were closed, so I had to go to another station - what a pain.

We got home and it was a little tight to get the RV past all the cars.  We unloaded everything, now we have a very big pile of laundry to do!!!

2008/07/13 – Sunday – Finally Home

We got up and went into the casino for breakfast. We finally left around 10:45 for home.

The traffic was not bad. On the grade before the Baker Grade, we went through a major ran storm.

We did stop at Flying J’s for gas and dump the tanks.

We then stop at Three Sisters to get the RV and Van washed – now they look pretty again.

We got home and got the vehicles all back in their normal places.

O – And Cheryl won at the video poker slots last night, so a nice way to pay for part of the vacation…

2008/05/26 – Monday – Day 4 – HDR – Going home

Slept in a little today. Once I got the dogs out and taking care of business, it was time to start putting things away.

We stopped by main camp to say out goodbyes. We were given a box of avocados. We were also told it was raining at the pass.

Once we are on our way, the going was good. We stopped at Flying J’s to get propane, dump the tanks, and get gas. Cheryl and Amanda went over to In-&-Out to getting lunch.

Of course the usual slowdown on the 15 through Victorville, and we did not stop at the truck wash, but we made it home in no time. O and we did not encounter any rain – So dam I have to wash the RV now.

We unloaded the needed stuff and I was told that the kids will do the unloading tomorrow – I sure hope so…..

2007/10/11 – Sunday – Drive Home

We slept in a little today.

I checked and I do have the stuff required to fix the tire. So I got the tools, but I was having problems. So I called for a friend to help and he was able to help. With his help we where able to patch my tire. I really didn’t want to have a flat tire and the possibilities of ruining the tire.

Cheryl got the inside all ready for travel. I tore down the satellite and got everything else ready to go. Cheryl took the van over to main camp to help out. Once I finally got moving, I also headed on over to main camp to say goodbye.

Cheryl followed and we headed home. Cheryl stopped at Kramer Junction for lunch, while I continued on before stopping. I stopped at the junction of I15 & 395 and got gas and to get the RV washed. Cheryl finally made it and stopped to get Eric and I lunch, while we waited for the RV to get washed. While I was pulling up to the RV wash, a good friend was there to get his RV washed also.

Our friend, Cheryl and I all traveled together the remaining drive home.

I got the Jeep unloaded and got the RV and Trailer backed down the drive – waiting to be cleaned out (tomorrow).

One of our friends that is a plumber called and said he has the camera. So he came over and ran the camera down the sewer line. O I have ruts and now we know how bad it really is and now I know why we have to have the line cleaned out about every 6 months.

Now I am trying to catch up on all my computer stuff – more for tomorrow….

2007/07/11 – Wednesday – Rocks and Mud

We left Whitehorse at 8:50.

About ½ hour into the drive, one of the tires said it was low, so I stopped to fix it. I took the valve extension off and that seamed to resolve the tire getting lower on pressure; but I sure kept a very close eye on the sensor for quite awhile.

I did not stop again until Junction 37 for lunch and gas at 1:00 so a solid 4 hours of driving. I had used ¾ of tank of gas on that part of the trip.

We are now heading down the Cassiar Highway. The first part of this road is really rough so it was slow going. We stop at a place called Jade City (consisting of two buildings one on each side of the road, one of them being closed this season)

Of course we did spend some money on some jade items.

The next part of the road turned into a mud bath. The back of the RV and all of the van was covered in mud!

I stopped at a campground but it had no good view to the south for the satellite, so back onto the road.

I stopped at Dease Lake for gas; I tried to clean the back window, but not very well.

As we were heading out of town, I found a RV park with hookups, so I quickly stopped and paid for a site. On the way to the site, I noticed that they had a high power washer wand, so I cleaned the RV and van. So now the RV looks white and the van looks smoke gray instead of medium brown.

I was able to set up the satellite.

Amanda cooked dinner tonight, but she started the Cocktail Smokies in barbeque sauce in the crock-pot at our lunch spot.

We watched two movies tonight – Legally Blond 2 and Good Boy

Camp Location:
N 58 26.011, W 129 59.025 – Dease Lake RV Park, Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Big Animal Report:
1-Drenched Fox
1-Mooses that crossed in front of a motorcycle

Attractions:
Jade City - Shop