Summer Vacation

This was supposed to have posted two months ago but it didn't so I'll share now.

We hooked up the new to us trailer on May 29th, 2020 and hit the road.

2014 Skyline 17' Nomad. Dinette folds down to a queen bed, 2 bunks, bathroom (toilet, tub, shower),

2 burner stove, sink, heater, A/C, power awning.

We paid $4,000 for this gem & are COMPLETELY happy with it.

We were gone for two weeks, from Washington to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, 

Montana, Idaho & Washington. 

We had to go to Cody, Wyoming to get the title for the trailer filled out completely & properly as it wasn't done the first go around. Since the tabs expired 

THE DAY WE LEFT TOWN, 

we got 2 trip permits from the Washington DOT. The rest of the time we weren't worried about getting pulled over.

This spot was in Wallace, Idaho. As soon as we got set up it started to POUR, thunder & lightening. Awesome storm. Woke up to another storm in the morning.

We visited Yellowstone National Park on our way to Cody, then again on our way back into Montana. At the park we were lucky to see Moose, a lone Wolf, Bison, Elk, a black bear sitting in the woods, deer & a lot of birds. We didn't get to see any Grizzlies.

We were also extremely lucky because they only just opened the park 3 days previous to our visit, all National parks had been closed due to Covid19. We encountered very few people, no traffic and when Old Faithful was getting ready to go off, there were maybe 300 people all together not the 3000 that are usually there on a summer day.

They had all the campgrounds closed so we had to stay outside the park but that was OK, we hadn't planned on going in advance so had no reservations.

The places we did stay were still pretty dang nice.

This was about the 5th night of our trip & the first place where we were allowed to have a campfire.

The only problem we really had was the alternator on the truck went out & we had to drive into Sand Point, Idaho from Thompson Falls, Montana & then back without the truck dying & leaving us stranded. With the new part in hand & a solar panel charging the batteries, we made it back right at dusk. Truck was fine after that.

OK, not fine. Since then the BRAKE idiot light has been on & we can't figure that out. Its not affecting the truck brakes & the trailer brakes don't seem to work anyway.

Since then, we have gone on a couple other trips:

Vance Creek Bridge

Camped at Brown Creek camp ground

Took a day trip to Spider Lake on the Olympic Peninsula

John Henry slept so well that night

Last week we drove hwy 410 to Naches and bought 4 tons of hay.

Coming home with the hay over Chinook Pass, we decided we really do need a new truck. This old Dodge was only going 25MPH up the mountain & in the olden days it would have been going up at the speed limit. We had to stop & let it cool down, just a mile from the summit.