Monday, November 26, 2007

Plans Have Changed

We left Castlegar, on the 19th, had an uneventful trip to Spokane WA, stayed at Wal-Mart, had internet access, so checked the Weather & Road Reports. They were not good I-90 was expecting up to a foot of snow, from a storm front that had moved in overnight from the Pacific. Chains were manditory for vehicles that were towing. Stayed in Spokane till 10AM, decided to head down to Pendelton OR on 395. Got there at 3:00PM, checked the Road Report, some snow but roads were clear. Decided to stay put, next morning the I-84 was also bad, chains manditory. Looked at 395 south, the passes were snow bound.
Looked at US97 it was clear, so that was the route we took to Kalamath Falls, then to Reno.


It was below freezing most of the way, at Redmond it was -17C, so had the furnace in the camper going from Pendleton to Susanville CA
At Fallon just east of Reno we stayed at a motel, as the batteries in the camper were failing, decided to go to Quartzite AZ to replace them.

We have spent 3 days at Quartzite, weather has been fairly good up 72F, the first day it was really windy. Most service places were closed for the Thanksgiving weekend so made an appointment for Monday the have the batteries replaced and rewired, as the wiring that "Backroads RV" in Kamloops had put in place was undersized, if you have an RV never take your unit to them, as the dont know what they are doing!

It is Monday morning and our appointment is at 10:00AM, so I thought I would post this.
Photos to follow

1 comment:

Eileen said...

Hi! Sorry to hear you had to change your travel plans. Snowy roads aren't fun to travel on. Ernie was in Quartzsite from the 16th until the 20th. He had to get the fridge in the camper refixed. They fixed it last year when he was there, but it still wasn't working right. Hopefully now it will be okay. When he left Quartzsite on the 20th he visited for a short while with Gordie & Marilyn in Yuma. Then he travelled on to Mexico. He is in San Carlos.
Looking forward to seeing your pictures.
Travel safe. Eileen