Diver-Don's blog: 2014 Aug 8 - Cranbrook, BC, to Umatilla, Oregon

On the 8th August I awoke early, took dogs out for a quick pee, started the gen set and made coffee. Everyone else was up early, and we got a chance to meet everyone in our group. Although we were planning to leave at 9 AM, it was not to be as Gary and Marsha's big slide would not close in..... It is a Beaver and the design prevented the gen set from coming to to allow access to the pump. In the end, we unhooked the hydraulic lines and 5 of us pushed the slide in manually! This didn't completely close it, but it was out only a couple of inches so we ended up leaving just before 11 AM

The drive down was uneventful, but worth noting that it was a real treat to travel in a group, secure in the knowledge that they were all looking out for each other. Another added bonus was that all I had to do was follow and not worry about where we were going. We go separated from the 2 Gary's as they stopped at a Camper World en route. We arrived at the RV site just before they were closing. It is a pretty reasonable site with internet, full hookup, water, 50 amp service.

The park name is "Umatilla Marina RV Park" and the rates were around 31 US which was pretty good.

First order of business is usually to get the fenceand dogs out so we can set up the rig. TJ does a great job of looking after them while we get settled.

All 5, in a row...