Wednesday October 17th

Tuesday October 16th

Monday October 15th

Sunday October 14th

Saturday October 13th

Friday October 12th

Thursday October 11th

Wednesday October 10th

Tuesday October 9th

Leave Balloon Fesival ABQ Monday Oct 8th

Balloon Fesival ABQ Sunday Oct 7th

Balloon Fesival ABQ Saturday Oct 6th

Balloon Festival ABQ Friday Oct 5th

KOA North ABQ Thursday Oct 4th

Williams, AZ wednesday oct 3rd KOA

Leave SLO Tuesday Oct 2nd for Barstow/Calico KOA

Petaluma KOA September 17

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park September 15-17

Kelp Trinidad Bay

Trinidad Pier

Shrooms at Cathy's campsite

Sisters, Bend Oregon September 14

RV's in the driveway

BFF

20 acres in the woods

The Bezek's
We drove around downtown Bend Oregon this morning then we headed up to the town of Sister's.We had lunch at a Mexican Restaurant, Rancho Viejo.

Bend, Oregon September 13th Pete and Susan's House

Cocktail hour

Cody the horse meets Pumpkin

 Sahalee Park, Madras, Oregon

Chanticlear Point parking lot with our RV's. On the left is Judy driving and on the right is Cathy behind the wheel. Another picture of the RV's, this time in Madra's, Oregon stopping for a picnic lunch before proceeding to Pete and Susan's place in Bend.

Portland September 12

NE Alberta District Portland

Martin Luther King and Burnside Streets cool building

Graffitti NE Alberta District

 Avoiding the rain. We were sitting outside.

More exploring Portland today by rental car. Arranging the rental car and ordering a Lyft ride back from the rental car agency was a fun part of the day. Riding in the Lyft car over one of the many bridges in the pouring rain with a big bolt of lighting hitting down to the side of us was exhilarating.

Downtown portland September 11

Judy and Cathy at one of the many free fountains in Downtown Portland

Cooper loved the fountains

Famous Portland weirdness

Cooper looking for a Bear Claw

Allow Me Sculpture, AKA Umbrella Man, located in Portland Square

Pumpkin carrier

We did a free tour, downtown Portland in the rain.

Ashland, Oregon September 8

Tile Mural Downtown Ashland

We were not so lucky regarding our route

Glenyan RV Park Neighbor

We were planning on arriving in Eugene today, but we only made it to Ashland, Oregon. We are a day behind in our travels because there was a detour to avoid the fires near Redland, CA. We had to take a second detour alternative because there was a wreck on the first detour. It turned out okay because there was nice scenery at the edge of Lassen National Forrest and we are in the "whatever comes our way" attitude space. We are camping at Glenyan RV Park. The park is a little sketchy, but feels safe enough. Cathy RV is running great, although she is a little concerned about the smell coming from her disc brakes.

Columbia River RV Park Portland September 10-12

Our campsites and rental car.

Floating Homes near our campground

Eugene September. 9 2018

Hanno and Danny's driveway.

Heritage RV Park, Corning CA

The first night out. The drive took longer then expected because of traffic and stops. The heat was excessive, 113degrees near Sacramento, CA. We are getting acclimated to our rigs and our fellow travelers rhythms. Tomorrow we see if Interstate 5 will reopen.

"Dogspeed" on the freeway. It is not quite fast enough for "Doggles".

The very beginning

This is the beginning of our travels to New Mexico to see the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque. Seeing the Balloon Festival has been on my bucket list for years. We are first doing a shakedown trip to Portland to work over Cathy B.'s new RV. Judy planned to visit biking friends from SLO that now live in Portland and go on some bike rides. We were also going with another couple from Baywood, but they backed out after hearing that Interstate 5 was closed after Redding, CA because of fire. There seemed to be a lot of obstacles to even us getting started, but we have prevailed.