WE ARE HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now the work starts of cleaning the RV and doing the maintenance. This is the end of the blog I hope you enjoyed it. Our friends in the west the pleasure is all yours to see me again. Those of you in the east 3 more weeks and I will be gracing the east coast. Those of you in the Netherlands you must wait 6 weeks before I invade Europe. Bye Bye Doei!
And to Ty and Jo I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harry and Ellen
ARRIVAL IN ALASKA
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
July 21-July 23 On the Road to Mesquite
Harry presiding over the Idaho House
making me pay $5 to see it
This is a condensed version of the last 3 days. We left Boardman and went to Farewell Bend State Park in the east of Oregon. It is on the snake river which is very pretty. We relaxed and made burgers on the grill and went to bed. On Friday we moved on and stopped in Boise idaho. Actually a very livable, green city and I can see where one wanting to leave the hubbub of the east would settle there. It is not a hick town at all with enough business to be a great place to bring up a family. We went to the Idaho Capitol building and there was no one there. We crashed the House and Senate chambers and sat in the seats reserved for the speaker of the house and senate president. Pretty immature but kind of fun in a childish way. You sure couldnt do this in the east. Security would have had me behind bars in a flash. Interestingly many Basque (from Spain) immigrants settled in Boise. So we had dinner at a Basque bar and had a delicious lamb grinder and croquettes like in Holland. It was really good. Left Boise and traveled to Mountain Home Idaho where we stayed in a KOA.
Today we finally hit Nevada by going down US93 instead of I-15. We stopped here in Wells Nevada and tomorrow onto Ely Nevada and by Monday we should be back home in Mesquite.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
July 20 Boardman Oregon
What a gorgeous campground we have found by pure chance. So pretty that we decided to stay another night. I biked along the Columbia river. Yes I can still bike those of you that think I am the worlds laziest man. Not much to report except Happy Birthday to Hetty, Eric, the Bean and Thidney.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
July 19 Boardman Oregon
We left cape lookout and headed through the Tillamook forest which separates Portland from the coast. We realized the only one we knew in Oregon were Joe and Sylvia. They were our dinner partners for a month on our cruise across the pacific to china in October 2009. Each night Joe would give me 20 trivia questions so each day I had to study. :-)
So we called them 15 min from their house. Ellen said,"Joe you want to meet us for a cup of coffee" and he said " not really". He had no idea who it was and when Sylvia realized she said, "thanks for the early notice". When we got there we hugged and they couldn't believe we showed up at their doorstep. I like surprising people like that so they don't make a fuss and if they have something to do we just move on. We spent an hour at their home and then said our goodbyes and moved on.
We drove along the Columbia river through the gorge which we have never seen. It is spectacular. Truly something to see. It isn't the three gorges of the Yangtze river but pretty close. I know I'm a show-off mentioning the Yangtze.
We have stopped for the night at a beautiful RV park on the Columbia river in Boardman Oregon. It is all perfect grass right on the river. We might stay tomorrow because there is a beach and bike path and it's going to be 85 and sunny. Who could ask for anything more.
So we called them 15 min from their house. Ellen said,"Joe you want to meet us for a cup of coffee" and he said " not really". He had no idea who it was and when Sylvia realized she said, "thanks for the early notice". When we got there we hugged and they couldn't believe we showed up at their doorstep. I like surprising people like that so they don't make a fuss and if they have something to do we just move on. We spent an hour at their home and then said our goodbyes and moved on.
We drove along the Columbia river through the gorge which we have never seen. It is spectacular. Truly something to see. It isn't the three gorges of the Yangtze river but pretty close. I know I'm a show-off mentioning the Yangtze.
We have stopped for the night at a beautiful RV park on the Columbia river in Boardman Oregon. It is all perfect grass right on the river. We might stay tomorrow because there is a beach and bike path and it's going to be 85 and sunny. Who could ask for anything more.
July 18 Cape Lookout State Park Oregon
So you all wondering what happened to us? As I told you we decided to stay a few days at Cape Lookout campground on the Oregon coast. For those of you geographically and meteorogically challenged we encountered cool, damp and rainy weather. Just perfect for beach time. The pacific northwest is the only part of the country which is not broiling right now. We spent time reading and sitting on the beach. When it's not raining 68 degrees on a beach is pretty nice. Tomorrow we are heading towards Portland where old hippies go to die.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Photos from the road July 10 to 14
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