Home Again

What a difficult journey we had trying to get home to Wenatchee. After having a fairly uneventful drive to Baker City, Oregon we found out how hard it was to get the rest of the way home.

There was a big storm in the mountains north of us so we stayed an extra day at the RV park in Baker City. We went to dinner and out to a movie on Monday night. The movie was 'Unstoppable' - the newest Denzel Washington movie about a runaway train. The movie was great - we both really enjoyed it. Tuesday morning we headed north with 4 sets of chains. We knew we would have to chain up both the truck and the fifth wheel. It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get the 4 chains on - two on the truck and two on the fifth wheel. Bob did most of the work and would have to get back inside after just a few minutes outside because it was so cold. Once the chains were on he stopped several times to check them out and tighten them up. It was a mess as we couldn't drive faster than 25 miles an hour. We finally made it about 100 miles and when we were past the two passes we removed the chains. By then it was after 3:00pm. We stopped for fuel and Bob discovered that we had lost our tail lights on the fifth wheel. So, we decided we needed to stop for the night again. We were so much hoping to make it home, but with another 170 miles to go it was just too far in the cold and dark.

So after spending Tuesday night in an RV park in Hermiston, Oregon (about 30 miles south of the Tri-cities in Washington) we drove home - arriving about 11:30 in the morniing. Our fifth wheel is unloaded. The laundry is mostly done and we're glad to be here!