2030 hrs... and all's well. That's right, we actually made it to Springfield, Oregon... right on schedule :-) We left home at (well not 0630 as planned) but rather... more like 0715... and then, with a very full truck (the last few items had to be pushed in with force and the tailgate door slammed shut, and Sophie's bed was about 3 feet higher than normal, having been set up on top of clothing bags and computers...) we headed on down the road to Victoria. It was a quiet but effective drive, smooth in every way, and we arrived at the Coho Ferry terminal in good time to join the line of folks awaiting their visit from 'the customs guy'. Well, the Customs 'woman' arrived and she was very friendly, asked only a few questions and then had a good chat with us about retirement and sailing. After a short trip on an interesting ship we landed in Port Angeles and there met a very nice Border security guy... he just wanted to know if we owned the truck... and off we went after assuring him absolutely everything in the truck was destined for our boat in Mexico. Sweet (and true).
The drive from Port Angeles to Springfield went very well. We stopped for a break at a rest stop and then again for dog food and groceries in Vancouver, Washington. We're here now in the same hotel we stayed at on the way up (The Springfield Comfort Suites). It's very nice and we get breakfast in the morning... and Sophie likes it too. She's already passed out on the couch. Yup it has a couch, coffee table, desk, tv, and huge bed....and serves a good breakfast (altho we might give the biscuits and gravy a miss... and head for the Belgian waffles instead). How good is that?
We 're now about to sit down and sort out exactly how many miles it is to San Diego. Then we'll divide by 2 and hope to get half way tomorrow :-) We'll report in tomorrow night and let you know how we did... so far, so good...
We hope all of you are well and enjoying the rainy, windy, yucky fall weather... most of which we drove through today... so much rain it came in the tailgate :-(
Take good care... hasta la vista
Carolyn & Kathy.... and Sophie
