Since my last entry back in February, we have only been away a couple of times in the RV and both times were down to Ferndale, Washington. Since that is where we store the RV - it's not much of a journey or much to blog about.
This trip began on Tuesday, July 29th as we packed up the truck and headed down to the RV in Ferndale. We brought the RV out of storage and onto a site for a 2 night stay. After we were all hooked up, we headed down to the local Fred Meyer to stock up on groceries and fuel to take with us on our travel back across the border in BC. We did some extra shopping on Wednesday and then just relaxed and visited with some neighbours.
We left Ferndale at 9:00am on Thursday, July 31st and headed east to the Sumas border crossing. We don't cross that border very often but when heading east it is the easiest one. We had no wait as we used the Nexus line and were soon on Hwy 1 heading towards our first stop in Chilliwack. We pulled into the Real Canadian Superstore in Chilliwack to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables as those can't be brought across the border into Canada. After a 40 minute wait in the truck with the cat - Lou returned with the groceries and we were once again on our way. As this was the Thursday leading up to the BC DAY long week-end, the traffic heading east was quite busy but we cruised along at around 60mph past hope onto Hwy 3 which is referred to as 'The Hope-Princeton Hwy'.
Just before noon we arrived at Sunshine Valley RV Resort. This is part of the Holiday Trails RV Resorts system which we are long time members. Our check-in was quick and within 15 minutes we were all set up on site #74.
The campground is in a little Valley so it gets very hot during the day time and cools down nicely at night. We set up the satellite dish and pulled out all the outdoor chairs etc and then caught up on our emails.. We enjoyed a simple dinner and then I took advantage of the pool Adult Hour (8-9pm) and went for a swim and then a soak in the hot tub. We caught up on our emails and headed for bed.
On Friday morning we headed outside to enjoy the beautiful morning. It takes a while for the sun to actually peek over the mountain but it is such a beautiful sight to be surrounded by all the green trees. Once the sun hits us - it heats up quite quickly. This is the view from the RV doorway.
We had picked up some whole sockeye salmon and brought our smoker with us so one of the first things on Lou's 'TO DO' list was to fillet the salmon and get it into the brine so he could smoke it.
Jason & Jade arrived around 10:30am and after setting up camp and then lunch, they decided to head out for a quick little trip on the Quads.
Kari & Brandon drove in just before 7pm and quickly set up their RV before coming over for dinner which we had all ready prepared. We all got together for a feast of BarBQ chicken, potato salad, pea/bacon salad and cheesecake ice cream for dessert. Kari got her special BarBQ salmon as she doesn't eat chicken. After dinner Lou and Brandon pulled out their R/C cars and attracted all the kids in the area as they raced around the campsites. We call them the Big Boy Toys!
Once the sun went down behind the mountains the colors in the sky was amazing. The picture is a little fuzzy but the colors were just gorgeous!
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