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We are Terry & Cathye Kinkelaar. If you've followed my blog in the past, you know that Lydia, my beautiful wife of 52 years, and I made the lifestyle choice to move to Oregon in 2017. You've seen my posts about losing her in May 2020 to cancer. Although I was left alone, I am pleased to say that I have found happiness again. In April 2021, I met Cathye, who also lost her longtime husband in 2020. Well, we fell in love and were married in April 2022. So, if folks are still interested, I will continue to post here as we move forward with our lives and adventures!

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

2017 Trip - Blog #2 - The Drive North





(As mentioned, we will most likely stack up daily posts and publish when we can get an internet connection.)    


Monday, May 22nd, 2017…..  Our trip ‘officially’ began this morning when we prepped the motorhome and hooked up the car.  We had spent the last 8 night at the Garden Grove Elks Lodge (#1952) of which I am a 13 year member. Oddly, we knew very little about the rv’s and how it worked.  Like most Elk Lodges across the country, this one has rv sites with water and electric and a dump station.  We stayed here as the Pod was delivered to the house and was loaded.  Then we had to wait for Jeff’s van to get picked up for transport to Florida.  Turns out the pickup was done on Friday, the same day escrow closed.  We decided to leave on Monday so I set out to make travel plans for the trip to Eugene.  First stop was Bakersfield.  Only 155 miles but we wanted to stop to see Lydia’s brother Stan and his wife Joy before we headed out.  We checked in at the Bakersfield RV Resort and headed to their home.  Nice visit and we went to dinner afterward and then said our goodbyes. 


Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017….. This morning we headed out about 7:30 (to try to beat the heat) and drove 254 miles to Flag City RV Resort in Lodi.  Once in camp and settled in, we rested a bit then headed out to dinner.  We had passed a Spaghetti Factory a few miles back (in Stockton) so we headed there and enjoyed a nice meal. We were given several (visa) gift cards from friends and family which we have been using so we thank you all for that!  Afterward, we went to Walmart and got a few items then went back to the rig.  Later, we went over and used the pool for a while.  It is 98° here today so the water was refreshing!  Afterward, we settled back in for a quiet night and prepped the rig for tomorrow’s travel. Oh yeah, we got a text from Jeff this afternoon that he received the van today with no issues.  Yaaay! 


Wednesday, May 24th, 2017….. We have a Flying J station just down the street from the campground so we stopped there on the way out to fuel up.  We have another 250 mile drive today to get to Mt Shasta RV Park.
Even though we left camp around 7:30 it was still warm. But it’s better than driving through the heat of the day!  We got into Abram’s Lake RV in Mt Shasta about 12:30 and got set up.  No one has been in the office but we knew the amount and self registered and paid.  We went into town and had lunch at Taco Bell and then stopped at the market to pick up some pork and potatoes for dinner.


We hung around the rig and rested for a while.  I took a walk around the campground and the hiking trail which was nice.  Then it was back to the rig to catch up on the DWTS finals that we taped yesterday.  Ok, we now saw who won.  I’m good with that.  He deserved it. The weather is a bit cooler here in the mountains so I bet it will be nice sleeping tonight!

  

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