Monday, March 28, 2011 (Champoeg State Park, Woodburn, OR)

Today the plan is to find someplace to install the hitch on the truck for the bike rack. The bike rack is currently on the back of the trailer but we want the option of being able to put it on the truck...so that we don’t have to take the trailer with us to pick up our new bikes. It would also be handy having a hitch on the back of the truck. Steve spent time researching places on the internet and decided on a company in Beaverton. I checked on google maps to see how far away it was but unfortunately, once in the truck and ready to go, he thought I had said it was 15 minutes away...not 50 minutes...no, that’s too far...so what to do now?

After some deliberation, he decided to go back to Camping World and talk to them more...we had already been there Saturday but Steve thought that they must install tow hitches on motorhomes so they should be able to do something for us. Well, we found out differently...he suggested a metal fabrication company that would likely be able to help us. This and a past experience just confirms that Camping World is a cookie cutter type of company and won’t go outside the box! We decided to just leave it until we were back home. Steve knows exactly where to have the work done there...so, I guess we’ll wait. Hmmmm....I wonder when I’m going to get my Christmas present??!! Oh well...

We drove back to the campground and had some lunch and after finding a UPS store not too far away in Newburg, we were off again. Steve wanted to return a brake module to Hensley...had we known we were going to be here for over a week, we would have had the updated module shipped here...and gotten the whole “brake module” issue all resolved once and for all.

Once back, we went for a good 40 minute walk along the river to the fishing dock.  We hadn't noticed this sign on the piling on Saturday....now that's a high water-mark...

Since the weather didn’t look too bad, Steve decided to get a campfire going. Well...that turned out to be a challenge!! After getting totally smoked out trying to keep it going, we finally had enough of a coal base to at least get our hot dogs roasted...nothing better than a hot dog roasted over a campfire!   That's a small fan in Steve's hand...trying to keep the smoke away...

After stoking up the fire with the last of the firewood, we enjoyed it just long enough before the rain started...then with the firewood all burned and the rain starting, we headed inside for the rest of the evening.

After checking the weather forecast, we decided we would leave here Wednesday...it seemed to be the lesser chance of precipitation than tomorrow. But judging by the forecast as we head north, we are going to experience lots and lots of rain! Oh well, we’ll have a relaxing day tomorrow and then a long drive day on Wednesday. We thought we would overnight at Tulalip Casino...it is listed as RV friendly in this website I found... http://www.casinocamper.com/ so we thought we would try it. All we really want is someplace safe to stop...put the sliders out...and then go into the casino for the buffet for dinner. I might even have to try my luck out on the slots....