Three days on the road

Ken, along with the other truckers, put on the mandatory chains before he goes over one of the passes near Pendleton.

Ken is trying to skype people back home on Thursday morning...where is everyone? Looks as though we should be washing the rig don't you think?

At last we are on the road again, loaded up and headed out to Baja, Mexico. After a busy Christmas and New Year at home spent with friends and family Ken picked me up at work and we were off. Truck and camper towing our trailer complete with 2 kayaks, 2 motorcycles, 2 mountain bikes, and a zodiac. Everything you need for 7 weeks in the sun, on the beach. What we have to conquer first is the 4400 km that lay between home and THE BEACH.

So far this winter mother nature has dealt a hard and cold card to north America and the roads can tell the story. We had hard compact snow and deep slush to drive on straight through the first 2 days. The pass at Pendleton was nasty and chains where mandatory, which was not a problem with us after a couple of adrenaline rushes. One car driven by a woman sped past us, and as in slow motion, she spun around right in front of us and landed in the center slow bank. Latter we noticed her flying past us once more.?!? some people. Soon after, we and the semi in front of us went a little snaky on some ice, I had a large adrenaline cocktail... time for chains. Day three the roads dried up but there is still plenty on snow on the sides left from the storm that was right in front of us. Finally in Vegas temperatures have started to warm up (I finally took off my winter snow boots) but the temperatures are still low for them here. We stayed at the Las Vegas RV resort last night, checked out Sams Town and donated a few dollars. It is hard to win the big one when you are playing nickels!

Wouldn't you know it! After gas prices going down around North America for the last 3 months they are going up again down here now that we are on the road. 12 cents over night, just our luck! The gas is still a little cheaper here than in Mexico so we will fill all the tanks before we cross the border.

We just turned on the water in the camper last night because the weather has been just too cold until now and we didn't want the lines to freeze. We woke this morning to a puddle of water under the truck, yes just what we didn't need...a water leak. Better here than in Mexico, we will fix the problem in Lake Havasu and the same time drop in for a visit with our friends Bruce and Vicky.

A bad day on the road is better than a good day at work.