Today was a very sad day for the Shaffer family. The kids' Aunt Fran passed away after a brief sudden illness. Terri flew to Nacogdoches to see her one last time before flying out this week to Tokyo with Blake and Molly for a three-year tour of duty. The family will all miss her very much.
We got up at 7:00 a.m. today as usual on our travel days, but somehow we didn't get out as early as we had expected. In fact, it was noon when we pulled away from the Rowes' home and headed towards Moses Lake, where we planned to spend the night.
We enjoyed the sunny weather for our last walk along the Chehalis Western Trail. When we returned to the house, we found Nanci cutting fresh flowers for us to update the bouquet she picked yesterday. What really took more time than we had thought was hooking up and backing our huge rig out of the driveway without running over any grass (and raking the gravel back into place). Tom provided the directions to Ken, who was driving. Nanci and I stayed on the sidelines. Next time we visit, we're thinking it might be easier to back the rig in so that we can pull out of the driveway facing forward!
Our first stop was the Sea-Tac Rest Area on I-5, where we dumped our tanks and had lunch. There were three lanes at the dump station. We were behind a guy who was emptying two blue boys from the back of his enclosed truck. We traveled across I-90, passing from landscapes full of trees and very green and mountainous to barren desert. When we came upon the Vantage Bridge over the Columbia, it was like an aparition in the desert. We stopped at a vista point to see the Wild Horse Monument and look down at the mighty river.
When we arrived in Moses Lake, we stopped first at the Walmart, hoping for a quick and easy place to spend the night, but their parking lot was rather small and unlevel. The Moses Lake Elks Lodge was across the street, so we went over there. The lodge was closed, but one motorhome was parked in the "RV area"--actually just a part of the parking lot with utility posts offering 30 amp electricity and water. We walked along the street and a path along a part of the lake, where we found this sign and fountain.
When we returned from our walk, we found that the electricity was not on. The electrical management system was showing an error: PE01--reversed polarity. Ken went and moved the plug to a different outlet, and all was well.
When we stopped for lunch, we noticed that one of the three Teflon strips that are supposed to prevent the long living room slide from scratching the flooring was nowhere to be seen! When we opened up the slide, we found that it had slipped sideways and was okay. However, another strip was stuck firmly, and we had to tug hard on it and run the slide in and out several times before we got it free.
We removed the fuse from the thermostat before our travels today. When we replaced it this evening we were glad to find that we could move from zone to zone again.
We had a nasty surprise when we saw that another of our MCD Innovations shades had fallen. This one was the second large one in the living room slideout, the one that has a powered night shade. Fortunately this one was completely up during travel, and it does not appear to have been seriously damaged by its fall. Now we have a plastic tablecloth pinned over the window. That certainly won't make a good impression on our friends we're meeting for the square dance convention!
Ken decided to check how well the other shade is holding up. Unfortunately he found that the valance is loose. It's hard to imagine why anyone would have installed these heavy things in the ceiling without good strong anchors.
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