The dogs have been very well behaved on this trip. They really fit into the RV'ing thing just fine. The trailer is big enough for all of us to relax in. Though we believe two dogs is enough for our family, the three dogs fit in just fine. Yes, Roxy is still with us. She is a tough old dog. It's been 8 days since we have seen any evidence of her illness. Though we are pretty sure it has not gone away, she still seems to be toughing it out. She has completed one of her medication treatments, so now we are just on maintenance. We had thought about leaving her at home on this trip, but would have felt really bad if she had passed without us being there. So, we just enjoy her one day at a time. As you can see, everyone is making them selves very comfortable.
Our trailer has been working out exceptionally well for us. Though we aren't hanging out at the campsite everyday, we have had a couple of down days just so we don't feel like we are always 'GOING'. Those couple of down days, we have found our selves enjoying the 'TV' for a while. The new TV setup, documented earlier in this blog, has worked out exceptionally well for us. J Carol has commented a couple times how much she likes it. And you know, if momma is happy, then everyone is happy! The only problems we have had on this trip are as follows:
- An air leak in one of the truck tires that we then had patched.
- A black water backup problem that could have been really bad but once I got a good flusher to put down there, we are free flowing again. ;-)
- Not being able to easily adjust our Select comfort mattress when we are boon docking at Walmarts was a little rough. Since most of the time we have been climbing in altitude, the mattress has been hard as a rock when boondocking. This could be solved with running the Generator, but was a bit noisey for our boondocking neighbors when we arrive at 11:00 at night. So, I bought a 400 Watt inverter to run the bed long enough to adjust it when we setup.
Other than that, things have gone very well for us.
For the most part, we eat Breakfast and dinner at the trailer. Again, by eating dinner at the trailer helps to keep things at a little slower pace and helps us save money too.
We're getting around 11 or 12 miles to the gallon on the truck while pulling the trailer, which sounds horrendous to some, but considering some of our neighbors getting 8 or 9, I feel like we are doing really well. Diesel is running us around $4.30 a gallon. That is a lot to be sure, but a couple months ago, we figured on $5.00 a gallon so we are thankful.
We are finding our selves sleeping in later and later each day. Today, the 7th, we slept in until 9:00 AM. Today is going to be a down day. We head out for Astoria tomorrow, so there will be a lot of driving. So, today, we will stay close to camp, start to button things up, have left overs for dinner and hit the road early tomorrow.
The only thing we are struggling with on this trip is the lack of WIFI. Carol's having a hard time staying up on her weekly school assignments where she must check in on the net, and I'm having a hard time keeping the blog up to date because of the lack of Wifi, but we are trudging through. We have to check in today 'cause Carol must join in on a weekly discussion topic regardless of us being on vacation or not. She actually has to comment twice a week on the topic, so sometime next week, we will have to find access some where.
We are figuring we will eventually have to buy a AT&T wifi account. This is the route most RV'ers have gone and we may very well have to do the same some time. If we do though, we are then stuck with a one year contract for something we use once or twice a year. But then again, if it is as cheep as our normal Internet provider, that may be way to go. Ah decisions, decisions. But, we'll hold off on that until later. Right now, we're on 'Vacation'!
We don't know what WIFI access will be like in Astoria, so I don't know when you will hear from us again, but keep checking, as we may surprise you!
Our trailer has been working out exceptionally well for us. Though we aren't hanging out at the campsite everyday, we have had a couple of down days just so we don't feel like we are always 'GOING'. Those couple of down days, we have found our selves enjoying the 'TV' for a while. The new TV setup, documented earlier in this blog, has worked out exceptionally well for us. J Carol has commented a couple times how much she likes it. And you know, if momma is happy, then everyone is happy! The only problems we have had on this trip are as follows:
- An air leak in one of the truck tires that we then had patched.
- A black water backup problem that could have been really bad but once I got a good flusher to put down there, we are free flowing again. ;-)
- Not being able to easily adjust our Select comfort mattress when we are boon docking at Walmarts was a little rough. Since most of the time we have been climbing in altitude, the mattress has been hard as a rock when boondocking. This could be solved with running the Generator, but was a bit noisey for our boondocking neighbors when we arrive at 11:00 at night. So, I bought a 400 Watt inverter to run the bed long enough to adjust it when we setup.
Other than that, things have gone very well for us.
For the most part, we eat Breakfast and dinner at the trailer. Again, by eating dinner at the trailer helps to keep things at a little slower pace and helps us save money too.
We're getting around 11 or 12 miles to the gallon on the truck while pulling the trailer, which sounds horrendous to some, but considering some of our neighbors getting 8 or 9, I feel like we are doing really well. Diesel is running us around $4.30 a gallon. That is a lot to be sure, but a couple months ago, we figured on $5.00 a gallon so we are thankful.
We are finding our selves sleeping in later and later each day. Today, the 7th, we slept in until 9:00 AM. Today is going to be a down day. We head out for Astoria tomorrow, so there will be a lot of driving. So, today, we will stay close to camp, start to button things up, have left overs for dinner and hit the road early tomorrow.
The only thing we are struggling with on this trip is the lack of WIFI. Carol's having a hard time staying up on her weekly school assignments where she must check in on the net, and I'm having a hard time keeping the blog up to date because of the lack of Wifi, but we are trudging through. We have to check in today 'cause Carol must join in on a weekly discussion topic regardless of us being on vacation or not. She actually has to comment twice a week on the topic, so sometime next week, we will have to find access some where.
We are figuring we will eventually have to buy a AT&T wifi account. This is the route most RV'ers have gone and we may very well have to do the same some time. If we do though, we are then stuck with a one year contract for something we use once or twice a year. But then again, if it is as cheep as our normal Internet provider, that may be way to go. Ah decisions, decisions. But, we'll hold off on that until later. Right now, we're on 'Vacation'!
We don't know what WIFI access will be like in Astoria, so I don't know when you will hear from us again, but keep checking, as we may surprise you!
1 comment:
Hey!
Let da good times roll! Happy Anniversary you guys. Looks like you're having a great trip. Too bad you're missing THE 100+ DEGREE WEATHER HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scott
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