Macs on the road

 Back into Spokane for a couple of weeks. Canceled my reservations for Pearrygin State Park. We were looking forward to staying there for a while, seeing old friends, but, things change. We will be catching up on yearly doctor, eyes, and dentist appointments this next week. You have to take care of yourself before the fun. Roxanne has some appointment next week. Also, we found a few issues in the new coach and I will be able to get fixed. I am also looking forward to attending a ALR(American Legion Riders) meeting tomorrow and seeing friends. I miss numerous in person meetings due to Covid and being on the road.  During my 10 days at Steamboat State Park, I was able to get a few thing rearranged and more stuff for storage. First thing today I got the WiFi up and running on the coach. The satellite TV connected right away, not so at Steamboat. The TVs 4x4 was not working before and now it's up and running.

April. 5th, Roxanne was taking the dogs out for their morning walk when Charlie shot out the door pulled Roxanne out the door onto her leg... long drop to the ground.. what a way to start the week. We packed up everything and headed out to RnR RV in Liberty Lake and started the RV swap. Cindy showed up the day before to help. It took the rest of Monday and part of Tuesday to move all the stuff. I could not believe how much was packed to the trailer. With Roxanne layed up, thankfully Cindy was there to help.. Anyway,  we stuffed the new coach a headed out for a 10 day shake down. And to do some rearranging for storage. We stopped by the storage locker a down size some more.

 I couldn't stand it any more.... After looking for the last few months, spending to much time on the internet, we finally pulled the plug... We pick it up on Monday... looking forward to leaving the hitch... I will miss my truck. More to come on the coach once we move in. The RV dealer lets us camp on their lot while we move over. After that we head to Steamboat.

 We took off a little early from Fort Stevens and headed east. We had a little rain north of Vancouver then wonderful weather appeared. Stopped a few times to water the dogs and have lunch in the RV. Dinner in Ritzville, then ended at the campground around 7:30pm. It was a long drive and I was beat. Next time we should stay somewhere around Boardman for the night. The Resort has a lot of spaces and staggered, at least on the back-ins. The staff is very friendly and helpful. There is a great dog park and they pick up your trash every morning, you  just leave your bag in front of your site before 10am. Also, the longer you stay, the daily rate will go down. Their WI-FI is faster than most, I clocked it about 7megs. The wind was terrible on Sunday... the camper was rocking. Tomorrow, the trailer goes in for some warranty work. The 28th, winds up to 60mph... we were rocking.

 We moved from Grayland down to the other side of the Columbia River. Of course, we stopped at the Roo in Long Beach for lunch. We haven't camped in this park for many years. While checking in on Friday, the ranger said the had 179 reservations for the weekend... not counting the people that don't reserve sites. The weather on Friday and Saturday was wonderful... mid 50s and Sunny. We decided on Saturday to head south on Hwy 101... that was a mistake. I think everyone from Portland decided the same thing... bumper to bumper all the way past Canon Beach. When we returned the park it looked full, I believe everyone had campfire. Anyway, it was not bad, we are just used to a little more space. Today, Sunday, it was raining and most of them left. Cindy showed up on Tuesday to spend a few days. We headed south Wednesday towards Tillamook. The whales could be seen from some of the high lookouts. We ended up in Netarts and had lunch at the wonderful The Schooner Restaurant (YUM). Cind...

 My list of issues with my Cougar 1/2 Ton Travel Trailer.   Before I start this list it is important that you know how we purchased and the amount of use of my RV has had so far.  I purchased the trailer in April of 2020... during the start of the pandemic. I spent considerable amount of time on-line looking at RVs... years. My wife and I narrowed options that were important to us and came up to a list of 2 manufactures. We scheduled an appointment with a local retailer and spent the day going back and forth between each coach. Based on our wish list, we felt this RV was the one. After searching for the best price, we purchased from another dealer out of state (Oregon). The purchase was done over the phone and email. We traveled to outside of Portland, finished the deal and brought it home. During 2020, we use the RV less than 2 weeks due to most parks and campgrounds were closed and we were remodeling our house. This list is not nit-picking... Yes, you need to expec...