Monday, September 22, a cloudy day in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The weather forecast for the area west of here is not promising. We rise and take our time getting ready to leave. Our first order of business - find a U.S. Post Office. Not bad, only 2.5 miles away from the campground we are at. After taking care of business at the Post Office, we return to the motor home and get ready to leave for Washington State. Did I mention before that this campground is one of the WORST we have visited? Most of the units (trailers) here have flat tires, and aren't going anywhere fast. I guess these people live here permanently, and they don't do very much to keep up their rigs. I got to see quite a few of them as I walked the dogs around the place. Yeeechhhh! Disgusting! We couldn't wait to leave this dump! Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that on our site, our picnic table (which we did not use) was sitting right over the next door neighbor's sewer hook-up! Sheesh!
On to Washington! I have to say that Coeur d'Alene was a nice city, and quite large and clean. For those of you who may be RVers, you will be interested to know that the Flying J truck stops west of civilization (Illinois) cater mostly to truckers, and are not very RV-friendly. For example, we stopped at a flying J in Butte, MT for fuel and propane. I got the fuel, but I could not get propane because of the location of the tank. Had I pulled up to it, with my car in tow, I would have been blocking the only exit road out of the plaza. And, when I paid for my fuel, I asked the guy behind the counter if there was a place for RVs to park for the night, he laughed and told me that I could park over with the trucks. Yeah, right! So, we went back to the Wal-Mart parking lot we stopped at originally and spent the night there. We figured that the Wal-Mart parking lot would be much quieter than the Flying J, what with the trucks idling their engines, and all. Wrong!!! About 25 minutes after we shut the lights to go to sleep, we heard what sounded like a fleet of trucks outside in the parking lot. Turns out, they were cleaning/sweeping the lot that night, and the damn sweeper truck kept going by right outside of our window.
Anyway, we are now in Washington, in a campground that is what I consider to be THE BEST campground we have stayed in to date! We are in the Wenatchee River County Park campground, which has beautiful lawns and paved roadways and sites, with aluminum picnic tables at each site. This place is like The Garden of Eden for campers! I was able to purchase propane here, without any hassles. The park sits on the Wenachee River and the staff here is unbelievably friendly and helpful. Tomorrow, I will try to get a few pictures of this park and post them in the next web album.
Washington State has to be one of this country's hidden jewels, especially central Washington, where we are! This part of the state is absolutely gorgeous! The contrasting mountains and orchards make it a very picturesque location. Tomorrow, we are going to visit the town of Leavenworth, or, as it is known here, "Little Bavaria". Here's a trivia fact for you - Wenatchee, WA is the "Apple Capital of the World" (betcha didn't know that!). We purchased some apples today, and Kathy is going to make an apple pie with them tomorrow. Can't wait for that!!!
Be sure to check back for tomorrow's adventure, as I think it will be fantastic!
Here's your link to today's web album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripIdahoToWashingtonDay21?authkey=X3jG1FiJEpo#5249058634740982946
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