Vacation 2012 - Day 6, June 27

Day 6

     Well woke up to the sun in my eyes and some family members talking. We had a few things planned before we even left the RV, and from the sounds of it I was going to be bored almost the whole time

     We left the RV somewhere around nine. We had to drive to the convention center so that we could set up a few things, as well as figure the place out. Once there we first had to go to registration so that we were all set, before we left the area though we talked to several different people that we knew.

     Once done talking we went searching for a certain place in the center, we eventually got lost but quickly figured out where we were going. Once we found the location we needed mom, dad, nana, and sister started to set up a rather large item. I however sat near a window and spent the time ether looking out said window or checking a few things out on the Internet with my phone. We spent anywhere from an hour to a bit over two hours at that place, and I was bored the whole time.

     Once done with that we went looking for another room, a room I will most likely be spending a lot of time in. We found it with little trouble. The family, minus me, was happy with the room and the room that it had, me on the other had did not like it. I saw the room as place that did not have enough room for a kid to be a kid. Well we will see who is right.

     After checking out that hall we went back to the van and went for a drive up a highway by the name of 395. Dad wanted to say he drove the whole thing, and as we had nothing else to do we let him do it. I was able to last for around thirty minutes before I fell asleep for most of the way.

     When I woke up we were in a forest area getting close to the US-Canadian border. Next to us was a river that was in major overflow, sadly that was nothing more than cool to see. Once we reached the border we turned right around and went back the way we came.

     On the way back we made few detours. One a quick drive around an area that let us few the over flowed river a bit more. Another was to a museum that was about the place. I was not happy when we stopped; I really wanted to get back to the RV, more on that later.

     When we were done with the museum we went a bit further down the road it was on and got out of the van again. Well correction, dad, sister, and nana got out and explored the place even walking down a trail while mom and I stayed back at the van and relaxed a bit.

     It took them a LONG time to get back, but once they did we were off again.  The next time we stopped was at Michaels for some craft items for sister and mom. But once done there we went across the parking lot to a place called The Onion.

     The Onion is what one could consider a gourmet hamburger place. The service we got was outstanding and the server was the friendly as can be. Mom ordered a gluten free burger and some gluten free fries as well. For the first time in a while we had no problems with getting the gluten free food, the rest of the family also got their food with no event.

     The burger I got was good, but I wished I had gotten a bigger one. The fries were also good.

     By the time we left the time was coming around 8:30. We had originally planned to go back to the RV, change then go to the convention center again. But as it was getting late we scrapped that plan and decided to just stay at the RV.

     So we paid for our meal and headed back to the RV where all did our different things.

Day six typed June 27, 2012.

By the way If you are looking for a quicker summary of the days events as well as a slightly different perspective You can try my dad's blog: j-e-may.blogspot.com

Vacation 2012 - Day 5, June 26

Day 5

     Woke up to the falling of water from the tree above us, the time being closer to eight than anything. The plan is to make it to Spokane today, that shouldn’t be a problem.

     Before we left we had to do a couple of items. We had to feed the cats, we’ve decided to switch up what they eat from just dry food to a mixture of dry and canned with the hopes that it will help with one of our cat’s digestive problems.

     We also had to put some flea killing stuff on all of our pets. They’ve had them since we left the house and we’ve been forgetting to give them the stuff. With luck the medication should stop our dogs from biting and scratching themselves so much.

     We set off at nine, again.

     We stopped around 10:30 for a bit of shopping. We got some more pet stuff, plus a bit more human food. We also got some clothes, which included swimming trunks for me and dad as we had forgotten ours at home.

     After shopping we went a little ways and stopped at a Subway for lunch. We were hoping since we were in Oregon that they would have gluten free bread, like they said all Subways in Oregon did. But just our luck, they did not. So mom was unable to get anything from Subway, but the rest of the family got something for lunch.

     We got back into the RV around 11:30, and started to eat our Lunch. We set off around ten minutes later.

     We stopped for a bathroom break a while later, but were soon on the road again.

     We pulled into Idaho, the state we are staying in.

     At around four we stopped to fill up, had a little confrontation with another driver when we had problems getting out. But that was quick and only verbal.

     We pulled right across the street to our stop. The place we will be spending the next several days at. It is in a town called Post Falls, it is near the border of Idaho and Washington. Before we could plug in we had to quickly take the van off the trailer and then we had to back into the spot we had been assigned.

     We had several problems hooking up. For one, our power cable was too short, and even with our extension it was still too short, but not by much. It was just short enough for one of the adapters we had, so we hooked into a plug in that was meant for a bit higher amperage.

     The second problem, and the main one, was our sewer hose. Even with all three of our hoses we still had a bit over twenty feet to go. Dad had to go up to the front and buy another long hose. And once he got the hose he had to fight to get some connectors onto it, but then broke the connector.

     So dad had to go back up to the front and buy a different form of a connector. This one basically connected the two hoses without any practical way to unhook them again. It took a little bit but eventually dad was able to get the piece in and then finish hooking up the sewer. And with that we became fully hooked up.

     We had a few other things to move about but the rest of the set up was uneventful.

     About two hours after we pulled in, we all jumped into the van and went off for a drive. First scouted a couple of places, finding a waterfall like area, spent a few minutes checking it out. Once done with that we went looking for food, sadly we failed. We could not find any local food place open at the time, which was nearing nine.

     We had to drive for a while before we finally decided to just go to a Denny’s, and had a good dinner there.

     After that we went straight back to the RV and went about our different business.

Day five typed up June 26, 2012, all past vacation entries this year edited same day.

Vacation 2012 - Day 4, June 25

Day 4

     Well a lovely wake up on this day. Most of us didn’t start to wake up until 8:30. From my understanding we only have fuel stops planned for the day so it should be an uneventful day.

     We had our stops without trouble. Don’t even ask me what times we stopped. I was playing a game all day.

     But those weren’t the only stops. We also had to stop for lunch real quickly. But a bit before that stop we pulled over to check on a pulled over trailer, worried that they might have a flat tire, or something else. We got lucky; they had only pulled over for a bathroom break. We didn’t stick around long before we set off again.

     We arrived out our stop for the night around 5:30 again. We are in Oregon now, and just our luck we stop for the night at a place that has no hookups, which means no power, no water, and no sewer. Normally that wouldn’t be such a bad thing, but just our luck we are also in a dead zone. All of this combined has set my sister off on a tantrum.

     She is getting upset at everything and refuses to calm down and DO something. Well, we’ll live, but you would think that listening to her.

     We should be arriving at the spot where we will be spending around five days at. We should be lucky enough to have hookups then, correction we WILL have hookups, don’t know about Internet though. I just hope we get some coverage not long after we get under way, if not I guess I’ll go right back to typing up one of my stories.

     Mom is making dinner, chicken, rice, potatoes and salad.

     After dinner we played a card game, we’ve been calling it golf. We played two games which had around nine hands. The luck of the cards was not with me, but mom appeared to have beginners luck, big time.

Day 4 typed up June 25, 2012, modified June 26, 2012

Vacation 2012 - Day 3, June 24

Day 3:

     Well I am typing this one up as we go. So far we have been on the road for about an hour.

     Was forced to get up about fifteen minutes till nine, we quickly got the RV ready to go and were on the road sometime around nine.

     At around 10 we hit a road construction and were thus slowed for a little bit. But also while going through that area of the highway we crossed the border into Nevada.

     About 50 minutes after the border crossing we got a stop planned. Exact time of stop to come…Well we are at the stop. It is nothing more than a fuel stop. It is a Costco, and the time of the stop is 10:57. I would just mark it as 11. Left around 11:08

     But sadly we got a railroad museum just five minutes after that fuel stop. Time of stop 11:15ish. The museum was alright, rather small but alright. They also had a couple of old trains in another building nearby. We also learned the museum was not yet complete and was currently being expanded.

     When we were done with the museum we went across the street for a bit of shopping. Some of the things we bought were for ourselves while other things were for our pets. With the first bit of shopping done we drove a little ways and pulled into another parking spot. Here we got something for the computers.

     When we were done with shopping we stayed in the RV and had lunch, each of us having different lunches.  We got back on the road a few minutes before 1 PM.

     We returned to California some time before 2.

     Mom and I fell asleep a bit afterwards. And then we woke up around an hour and half later, me before mom. She woke up when we stopped at a little rest stop that had an odd pump thing. I let the dogs out and walked them a bit while mom, sister and dad explored a little bit. We didn’t stay there for longer than ten minutes before we left again.

     We pulled into our stop for the night around five. Quickly got the power, sewer, water and cable all plugged in. So fare from memory this is the first spot that has WiFi, and good 3G coverage. For dinner we are eating in the RV, something of family creation, which are potatoes and hot dogs/sausages.

Day 3 typed up June 24, 2012

Vacation 2012 - Day 2 June 23

Day 2:

     On day two we all woke up at different times, me being around 8:30 and also the last to wake. I was not in a good mood when I woke up. We quickly got ready to leave, some of us had some breakfast and we left the RV Park around 9 AM.

     About fifteen minutes we stopped at our first stop. It was an old Japanese “Internment” camp. It was called Manzanar. We went into a museum and spent around an hour and maybe a half in there. After that we hopped back into the RV and drove around the place. I made it to the cemetery marker before I fell asleep.

     The next time I woke up we were pulling into a small town that had a train museum. I didn’t go, I still felt like crap at the time. The rest of the family went in thou and they said it was an alright place to miss. I however spent the time looking out the window or brushing a pet comb though my dog, for no real reason.

     When they came back we set off again, this time for an “Upside down house.” When we stopped there the family went out and looked at a museum while I took the dogs out for a walk around the parking lot. When the family came out they went next door and saw the “Upside down house.” It was then that my mother came back to the RV and took a seat right at the door of the thing allowing the pets to breathe some fresh air. I hand her back the small dog and I took our big dog for a bit more of a walk.

     In no time at all we were all ready to head out again. The next stop was a wildlife recreation area, I think. I again spent that stop in the RV while the family checked it out. But for this stop I spent the time typing.

     I did the same thing on the next stop which was just down the road, and part of the same area. That stop was a bit shorter and then we were off again.

     During one of those past stops somewhere we had to stop to get some gas, don’t ask where I was half awake at the time.

     Well after the one stop we started up a hill and spent around an hour traveling before we came to our stop for the night. It was at an RV park we had visited before and is east of Yosemite National Park. We pulled in somewhere around, I think, 5:45. And in no time at all we were given a spot, had paid, pulled in, and had sewer, water and power all plugged in.

     A bit after we all set up, we went to dinner at a little Italian place. The place was not cheap but the food and service was GREAT. I got a nice pizza, but couldn’t finish all of it. The rest of the family got some forms of different pastas and finished all their foods, as well as some deserts, but mostly my dad and his mother had those.

     With dinner done we came back to the RV and started to go about different Items. Mom and Dad fought with computers, Sister did something, and father’s mother (nana) seemed to mostly read, while I just typed up more chapters of different stories.

     And now here I am typing up what happened the last two days. I will try and keep this little item updated every day. But I am expecting a few days were I won’t be able to. And now I wait for the events of tomorrow.

All past vacation entries this year written: June 23, 2012