Monday, March 26, 2012 (Memaloose State Park, Mosier, OR)

Since we are camped in a spot with the Interstate on one side of us and railroad tracks on the other, we were concerned about how well we would sleep due to the noise...but it ended up being a fairly quiet night and we had a great sleep.  It makes a big difference when the trains don't blow their horns...and I didn’t even notice the freeway noise.  Steve said he could hear it but it wasn’t bad.

After a nice leisurely start to the day, we decided that we must do our resistance exercises today...we have been neglecting them over the past week due to our daily travelling.  But since we had absolutely no plans for today, we really have no excuse.  After 6 days of travelling (well, at least packing and unpacking the fifth wheel), we are ready for a “down” day.

After showers, breakfast and dishes, I continued working on our blog.  I will have it totally up to date today.  The only other thing that we must do today is research our next stop.  We will likely travel to the Olympia area tomorrow and spend a couple of nights and then go onto Burlington on Friday.  Steve called Camping World to make an appointment so they can take a look at the wiring work they had done when we first started our adventures.  Apparently, a couple of different RV places have commented that the gauge of wire used from the Inverter to the breaker box is too low....interesting...better get them to check into it.

Late morning we thought that we would go outside for a walk.  Considering it is supposed to be a cloudy rainy day, it is pretty nice out...well, that wind is darned cold but the sun is shining and it’s not raining out.  Unfortunately, the forecast for the rest of the week...and the rest of our trip to BC...is nothing but rain, rain, rain...sheesh!

There is a lot of barge traffic on the river...

Brrrr....that wind is cold!

Here comes a train...

2 Union Pacific & 2 Canadian Pacific locomotives pulling all Canadian Pacific rail cars...

I made cookies this afternoon and after posting the blog, we researched campgrounds on our route north.  I think that Millersylvania State Park just outside of Olympia will fit the bill...it’s about a 3 hours drive plus rest stops, leaving another 3 hours or so to Burlington.  No need to rush...our appointment at Camping World is at 1 p.m.

Steve noticed this bird outside and quickly took a picture...it is a Western Scrub Jay...

And that was pretty much our day...very relaxing...