Back Home....

Four days from our Palm Springs departure and we were back home last evening.  That is a record for us.  We're we in a rush?  No.  Our plans included a return today; Good Friday.  Thinking about traffic and cross border delays due to the Easter long weekend, we opted to drive the 10.5 hours from southern Oregon to our home.

Mt. Shasta - Northern California

Our last blog had us spending the night at a nice RV site in Corning, California.  The park is part of the Rolling Hills Casino.  We left early on Wednesday morning.  The passes (numerous climbs and descents) from northern California into Oregon were what we faced for most of that day.  We arrived at the southern Oregon, Seven Feathers RV Resort and we're set up in a great spot by 2:30 pm.

Our great RV spot at the Seven Feathers RV Resort, Canyonville, southern Oregon.

Although rain was forecast, we left for a nice hike into the local hills.  It was a beautiful and balmy day with temperatures hovering in the mid-50's.  But a great day for a nice walk in the beautiful nature this place affords.

A view from high up at Seven Feathers.

A truly great RV resort.

Threatening clouds

The RV park was busy with snow-bird RVers heading back for home.  I counted 23 British Columbia license plates at the Rolling Hills RV park and the Seven Feathers resort offered up many, many blue and white license plates too.

Slight drizzle on the way out of Seven Feathers RV resort - Friday 7:45 am

Our Thursday driving plan was to spend one more night somewhere near Portland, Oregon or southern Washington State.  Driving conditions were really good; including travel through the busy city of Portland.  We kept driving.  

The city of Seattle - with nearby cities of Olympia, Tacoma, Fife, and Everett - usually presents crushing freeway delays during rush hour.  We always try to avoid that senseless drive.  It isn't the traffic that is disturbing, it is the numerous stops and starts - accidents and distressed vehicles - and the foolish drivers.  

I felt we could reach Seattle before 2:30 pm.....which could get us ahead of the long weekend early afternoon rush.  By and large, that proved to be true.  We faced numerous stops for construction and other silliness....but we succeeded in moving through without too much of a delay. We were on the edge of the crushing afternoon rush.

For the uninitiated, Seattle metro traffic is often chaotic.  And that is putting it mildly.  Our normal drive has us spending a night south of Seattle Metro and driving through after 10:00 or 10:30 am.  That's when the freeways return to normalcy and one can more seamlessly cruise through.

Rolling through Portland, Oregon.

We were at the US/ Canada border by 6:15 pm....and, believe this, we only had a two car wait before answering three questions - using our NEXUS border entry cards - and being waived back into Canada.  Fifteen minutes from leaving the border, we were rolling to a stop by our front driveway.

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Upon arrival back home.

We opened up our home and all looked the way it was when we left it shortly after our Christmas visit.  We moved a few things from the RV before calling it a night.  We have plenty of time to sort stuff out today and in the days ahead.

We let our kids know we were back, Jeanette had a nice chat with her mother and once we settled in, we enjoyed a leisurely dinner.

Hector and Diane's great Portuguese Water Dog......at Morro Bay, California

Our friends, Hector and Diane, who left Desert Hot Springs two days after us, sent a few photos of their California coastal site south from Pismo Beach.  They are taking the time to tour and drive the coastal California areas while heading north towards their home on Vancouver Island.  

OK....enough said.  It's time to get outdoors and begin the RV move out process.

Thanks for dropping by.