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I haven't updated for a while, so here goes.....left Jewell 13 days ago to move up to another courtesy parking opportunity in Vancouver, WA....not far from the Columbia River. We were there for about 10 days visiting local attractions such as Multnomah Falls, Mt. St. Helens, Fort Vancouver, Pearson Air Museum, etc. We enjoyed our stay there, but it was time to change our view again. We left this past Friday morning heading southeast on I-84.....our first stop was Arlington, OR where we stayed at a cool RV Park/marina right on the Columbia River, and to top that off, there was no wind for the two days we were there. The place is called the Port of Arlington RV Park and Marina.....$21/night, and they have pull throughs that fit our 62' length so we din't have to drop the trailer. In addition they have strong 50amp service, and lightning fast FREE WiFi! The pictures below are of the Port of Arlington RV Park/Marina. We stayed there two days, leaving this morning again heading south and east on I-84. We passeD through Pendleton, La Grande, the Blue Mountnains, and Baker City before calling it a day around 3pm (we lost an hour....we are now on Mountain Time) at Huntington, OR....we are ensconced at the Catfish Junction RV Park right on the Snake River. the elevation is around 2200', and this is basically high desert. The temperatures got to 92 degrees today. There are a few fires south of us which were throwing smoke our direction most of our drive, but we seem to have passed by most of it now.....the skies are slightly hazy, but not bad. We will overnight here, and then head for Twin Falls, ID where we will spend a few days.

We were trying to hook up with Matt and Connie, but we were just about 1 day out of sync....they passed through Twin Falls this afternoon, and are still going north toward Yellowstone. We were able to talk on the phone for about 10 minutes, which was nice.

Life is good, and the coach is "Purring Like a Kitten!" Had to go from 350' elevation first thing today to 4,193' in about 80 miles.....engine stayed right around 198 on the long, long climb, but cooled quickly once we hit the descent after the Blue Mountain Summit (4,193').