Grand canyon Trip -Day 3 - Valley of the Rogue State park

Are trip is going well so far. we are on schedule (except we decided to stay in Valley of the Rogue State Park in Southern Oregon for 2 nights instead of one and will forgo the San Francisco area.

The trip on the MV Coho was excellent. Customs and immigration was fast and we were on the road in Washington by 1245 after leaving Victoria at 1030. US 101 is nice to drive with only about 30 miles of curves etc near the end. We shopped for food and gas at Safeway in Olympia and then headed to the Lucky Eagle Casino for the night. Arrived there at 5 pm. Gambled ( and lost $20) then had supper on board the RV.

We were up at 6 the next morning after a good nights rest and on the road before 8am.
After a comfortable drive down I5 we arrived at Valley of the Rogue State Park at 5pm and drove right into a nice full service pull thru site (D-11)at $16.00/night. Paid for first night and then found out that since I am receiving a disability pension from veterans Affairs, we can stay for free in Oregon State Parks - so 2nd night is free - Great Deal. We are using this down day to organize the RV and to explore this park.

Tomorrow we head south over the Passes and will stop just north of Sacramento. after that its onto Bakersfield and Pahrump Nevada.

We are keeping and eye and ear out on the Swine flu problem and if things look bad then we will head back north and do the Oregon Coast.

Next post in about 3 days. As always we are available at 250-704-8478.

TaTa for now (TTFN) Gary & Judy

At Last We are soon On the Road again

Well it Looks Like we are finally going to head south to the Grand Canyon etc. This will be our 4th attempt to get there in a little over a year. Hopefully this time we will be successful,

Our Planned itinerary is
25 April - Victoria to Rochester Washington.
26 April to Valley of the Rogue State Park Oregon
27/28 April -Lighthouse Marina Resort near San Francisco Tele 916-777-5901
29 April - Wal Mart - Bakersfield California
30 April -7 May - Charleston Peak RV Resort, Pahrump, Nevada 702-430-7252
7 May-14 May - Various locations near the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
14 May -21 May - St. George RV Resort, Hurricane Utah , 435-879-2212
21 May on ward travelling North Via Salt Lake City and then US 84 through Idaho to Seattle. from there we go north to Vancouver for Family visit before heading home on or about May 31.

We are booked on the 1030 am BlackBall ferry ( MV COHO) on 25 April and hope to make it south of Olympia by dark.

We may not have Internet access until San Fran on 27 April.