On the Road Once More

It's always interesting when we've parked at Daughter Mary Mae's. They live on a narrow road that takes off from the side of a cul de sac. There are four or five houses on the little road. There is no place to turn the RV around, so Forry has to back out of it. That means I drive Toad II up and park it in the cul de sac, then walk back and guide Forry as he backs all the way out. It means a lot of walking for me. Once out, he can turn the rig around and we can hitch up Toad.

We went north on I-5 to the I-405 cut-off, taking that north until we came to the I-90 turn-off that goes east towards Spokane. It was a bright hot sunny day when we left Mount Vernon, but as soon as we got to North Bend, we could see the smoke from all of the forest fires.

 

It is very scary to see all of the smoke in the air and to look at the map to see where all of the many fires are located. They have finally called up the National Guard to help fight the fires. There have been so many and they have gotten so big that the firefighters are exhausted.

We drove as far as the Ellensburg KOA today. It's one of our favorite stopping places. It was good to get there and relax. We had leftover ribs from last night's dinner out along with leftover orzo salad from a day or so ago, so I didn't even have to do much cooking.