Pendleton OR

Our internal clocks must be stuck on 7:15 AM as that was the time, for the third straight day, that we finally got on the road. Our Travel day of 355 miles was in very different weather. This time, we had clear skies, but very strong headwinds. I commented to Josie that it seemed like I was driving with the brake on all day. Our gas mileage reflected the effects of the winds - 8.0 mpg for the day where we have been averaging close to 9.5 each of the other days. We did arrive at our destination at the Pendleton KOA Campground at around 2:15 PM which was the earliest arrival so far. We got set up in our space and I took this shot of our rig:

As we drove on the Interstate almost the entire day, we didn't run into any crazy drivers. There were a few truckers that came close though. For the most part, the truck has performed very well. With the exception of that one occasion when our dash lights went out for a short time, it has handled well and the fifth wheel tracks very well behind it.

Today is our final travel day on this leg of our trip to Wyoming. We will travel only 276 miles today to Colville, WA and the Northeast Washington Fairgrounds where we will stay for at least 3 or 4 days. Depending on what we hear as a final word from our job in the Tetons, we may stay until next week sometime. We did get a message from the Sales Manager - our "probable" new boss - yesterday while on the road. She would like to talk to us - I guess to put a stamp on the hiring. The original interview we had last week was excellent and this person is just anxious to talk with us to get to know us better. We hope that is the case.

We will try to get on the road before 7:15 this morning, so we'll see how successful we will be...