Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 5, 2013 --  44 F and Sunny.  Alabama 45 Georgia State 3; Georgia 34 Tennessee 31 OT. Great game ! We almost won. Our day as usual in the fall has been watching football. It has been a beautiful day with 75 F and sunshine. We opened the awning to dry it out. It has not been dry since Alaska. We were able to open all the windows and the door to air out the trailer. I checked the water filter and confirmed we had it installed right. The filter makes our water taste just like bottled water. It is a Camco 40631 EVO Premium RV Water Filter. It has a replacement filter -- Camco 40621 EVO Premium RV Water Filter Replacement Cartridge.

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 4, 2013 --  42 F  and Sunny.   Po0000000000000000000000-/’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’………. Prissy typing. Every morning she likes to walk on the computer to make sure she gets petted. It was a short trip down to Seaside, OR. We are at Bud’s RV and Campground. It is a little campground with only 25 sites. We plan to stay a few days and visit some on the. Oregon coast—Astoria, National Kite Flying Museum, Lewis and Clark points of interest. Astoria is on the Columbia River were Lewis and Clark first saw the Pacific Ocean and set up camp. We were not tired from driving today so we had a great dinner. Tomorrow is football day. Alabama plays Georgia Southern (ESPN3) and Tennessee plays Georgia (CBS). It could be a long day for Tennessee.

Prissy on her walk

Bud's RV Camp

Bridge to Astoria, OR across Columbia River

Astoria, OR on bank of Columbia River

Welcome to Oregon-- We are at Seaside.

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 3, 2013 --  48F and cloudy. Today, we started down Hwy 101 on the Washington coast to Hoquiam, WA. It was a nice drive. The sun was out. Jo Ann got her first look at the Pacific Ocean. We had lunch by the ocean. All of the Olympic National Park beaches and campgrounds were closed. We are at Hoquiam River RV Park which is on the river. Jo Ann did a little laundry tonight.

Jo Ann's first view of the Pacific Ocean

Out the trailers window during lunch.

Driving down the Washington coast

Adventure by ocean after lunch

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 2, 2013 – 49 F and cloudy. Fun day! We drove to Port Townsend, WA and had lunch at Doc’s Marina Grill. It is a great place to eat. There are RV sites across the street from restaurant. Port Townsend is the best preserved late 19c seaport in the US. We drove around the old town and visited Fort Worden State Park. The old fort looks like it could start up today if you just added soldiers. The fort was used by US army from 1897 – 1953. In 1982 the movie Officer and a Gentlemen was film there. The fort has a conference center, fishing, camping, and RV sites.

Port Townsend Harbor

Port Townsend Courthouse

Port Townsend B&B

Point Wilson Lighthouse - Port Townsend

Downtown Port Townsend

Doc's Marina Grill

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 1, 2013 – 46 F and cloudy/sunny/rainy.  We got up this morning to snow on the Olympic Mountains around us. The Olympic National Park is closed due to government shutdown. We were not planning to visit it much anyway. We went on a drive west down Hwy 101 & 112. We visited Port Angeles, Neah Bay. We saw wonderful coastline views with sea lions, sea birds and ships, Makah Indian totem poles and Crescent Lake. We drove to the furthest NW corner of the US at Cape Flattery. It rained off and on all day. We have made it a family goal to visit all four corners of the continental US. We got the NW and will be going down to the SW so we will need only the SE and NE. We can get the SE and NE next year. Tomorrow we will drive east on 101 and visit Port Townsend.

Olympic Mountains

Harbor Los Angeles

Sea Lion on rock

Family totem pole on family home in Neah Bay

Washington Coast

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

September 30, 2013 – 52 F and cloudy, rain.  We are back on the road today. We will be driving to Sequim, WA on the Washington Peninsula and start down the coast on highways 1 and 101. We followed Interstate 5 by Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia. The drive was very pretty after the rain went away. We are now at the Rainbow’s End RV Park in Sequim, WA. It is a great little park. We plan to tour the Olympic Peninsula with cities of Port Townsend, Port Angeles, and go out to the far western corner of the continental US at Cape Flattery.

Rain clouds over Seattle, WA

Downtown Seattle

Rainbow End RV Park

Downtown Seattle Marina

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

September 29, 2013 – 54 F and cloudy with rain and wind - 30-40 mph. We visited Wal-Mart and purchased a little food, tire slime for a trailer tire slow leak and a Toshiba portable hard drive. We have a lot of pictures and hope the hard drive will help keep them safe. We met the Duffield’s for dinner at Max Dale’s Steak and Chop House. The dinner was great and conversation plentiful. It was great to get to see them. Hopefully, we will get to see them again soon. We must say "Thanks for the great time".

Jim & Linda Duffield and Woodall's

Inside of Max Dale's Restaurant

Woodall's

Duffield's

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