And we're off!  Our house/dogsitters Tom and Marie arrived January 2nd to the absolute joy of Kirby . .  Somebody else to play with!!  We decided to let them settle in at our house and we stayed at Living Forest for the night; close to the Duke Point ferry.  We woke to sunshine and it has been that way pretty much ever since. 

We crossed the US border in about 45 minutes and we stayed that night at Tulalip Casino in their RV parking.  No hookups  .  . no problem . . wrong!  Our battery wasn't charging properly so we spent a very cold night huddled under numerous blankets.  To top it off, about 1:00 a.m. an RV came in, parked next to us, and turned his generator on and went to bed!  We woke up and waited and waited for him to turn it off, but that wasn't happening.  The generator fumes vented right beside our bedroom, so we didn't want to fall asleep in case we didn't wake up.  Waited some more, then Frank got up and knocked on their door and very nicely told them the fumes were coming into our bedroom and could they shut it off.  Thankfully, they did!

Woke early in the a.m. and could see our breath!  Time to go . . left around 7:00 a.m.  We drove 8 hours and made it to 7 Feathers Casino, Oregon, by 3:00.  Still freezing temperature but we had hookups . . thank God!!  Lost $20.00 real fast in the casino and that was that!

Relatively early start in the a.m. -3 degree temperature.  The scenery was beautiful with frost on the trees and fields.  By the time, we reached our next destination which was Corning, California we had seen a 26 degree variation in temperature!  Wow!  Sat outside in the sunshine and had "Happy Hour".  We're staying at Rolling Hills Casino RV park . . hmmm, is there a theme here?  We're not the gambling type, but our friends Phil and Doreen like to play a little card game occasionally.

It will be another early night; leave early in the a.m. and hopefully make it to Bakersfield!

Night, night