Awake: 5:56am Temp 58 sleep 6+04 mostly sunny
overnight @ Bothell, WA.
I call Glen @ 7:35am for directions to their home in Burlington, WA.
I call my 2 sisters in Lodi, CA & leave a msg. When they return my call, I
am shaving & Kathy talks with them. Then it’s my turn. Our total gab time
was 56 min & it was a delightful call. It’s been a few yrs since I’ve
talked with both my sisters @ the same time. They are enjoying their time
vacationing together. Corinne returns to PA tomorrow.
We leave Bothell in our Suzuki @ 12:15pm. Burlington is about 60 miles
North on I-5. The 1st stop was@ Haggens Grocery Store in Burlington for
lunch, where we share a veggie salad. Then, of all things, we find a wine
bargain & stock up my side of the closet with a few more bottles of our
2nd favorite wine for the future.
Then we find Glen & Connie’s house half way up the big hill in Burlington.
What a view! We said our goodbyes last December 7th when leaving the MS
Amsterdam & now, as we sit in their living room & reminisce about those
cruising days, the conversation drifts off to “where have you/we been
cruising in your/our motor homes since then? Somewhere along this land
cruising exchange, Glen mentions that they had traded their old land yacht
in for a larger 42 ft land yacht with 2 slides. By some coincidence, he
hinted that their 2 slide machine needs to be picked up @ the Camping
World service facility today which is literally over the hill & we are
invited.
We all ride over the hill in their tow car 10 min to Camping World. Glen
pays the bill, then he & I motor 10 miles North on I-5 to their storage
facility where they will park their bus until the next trip. Kathy &
Connie are waiting for our arrival & Connie gives Glen hand signals for
the back-in parking spot. Connie gives Kathy & I a good tour of their
pre-owned unit with the 2 slides closed up, which doesn’t do it justice
but we get the picture anyway.
After plugging into the 20 amp outlet, Connie switches on the refrigerator
& presto: the power was lost. Using the latest high tech troubleshooting
gadget called: hairdryer, we determined that we didn’t know what & why
this almost new Monaco went powerless. All circuit breakers inside were
fine, power outside from the outlet was fine but it refused to come inside
the unit. Glen made a snap decision to let Camping World fix the problem
after we spent close to an hr getting nowhere.
Back @ their house while getting out of their tow car, Kathy spots a screw
imbedded in the passenger side rear tire. Hmmm, it appears to be NOT
losing air @ the moment so we do nothing since it’s after 6:00pm.
Next, we sit on their view porch overlooking Burlington & have some snacks
& wine & discuss each others future travel plans. Then it’s down into the
city for dinner @ the newly opened (1 week) Olive Garden. Oops, a 40 min
wait? Then it’s over to the Mexican restaurant “El Cazidore” for our
8:30pm dinner & no waiting. Kathy has a Taco Enchilada dinner & I have the
Chimichanga dinner. Our meals were very good even though K & I rarely eat
Mexican food. Back @ their house we sit & gab in the family room until
11:30pm still catching up on “where we will go next?”
High temp=77 Lights out: 11:44pm
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