Finne's Follies: Idaho Summer

The view from our front door, Snake River RV Park
Homedale, Idaho

Well, we're on the road again. I admit I was a lazy writer during our two-month Idaho stay. There wasn't too much going on while we were there. My primary purpose was looking after my 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, over the summer break when mom & dad were working, and that kept me fairly busy. We had great fun together playing board games, putting together jigsaw puzzles, and hanging out with her plethora of stuffed animal friends. Of course, we also had everyone out to the campground a few times, made hamburgers and s'mores, and let Sophie play in the grass and the water sprinklers.

The campground we secured, Snake River RV Resort in Homedale, Idaho, was situated right on the river. Our site was just across the road, with no campsites between us and the river. It was a beautiful setting, but we spent the entire two months fighting a losing battle with the bug world, primarily little gnat-like flies and spiders. We're still finding (and killing) spiders, and probably will continue to find them lurking around for days to come.

Yesterday we said goodbye to Homedale, Idaho, and hit the road for Spokane. Our first day was less than pleasant. We had planned to make a Walmart parking lot stop in Pendleton, Oregon, only to find out they did not permit parking. It was a hot day--over 100 degrees--and, for some reason that Mark was unable to pin down, our generator would not stay running. Consequently, we couldn't run the A/C and the temperature inside the motorhome was hovering close to the outside temperature. Finally, we thought it would be prudent to find a campground where we could plug in.

There are quite a few choices in that area of the Oregon-Washington border (I-84), and we got on the phone and started calling. Some were booked solid, one could not take a big rig, some ended in "leave a message." One that we'd been to before, Agate Acres, didn't have a working phone number in our Allstays app. But after another hour or so of sweltering, we decided to just show up there and take our chances.

We pulled in at about 7 p.m. and found their office closed until Monday. What would YOU do? After a very brief conversation, Mark and I decided to look for an open spot and figure out the rest later. The last time we were there, the park was practically empty. This time, we found exactly one empty site and thanked the Good Lord for saving it for us. We were able to find all the information we needed to pay for our stay and dropped our payment into a slot in the office door.

I'm not so sure I'm that fond of adventures anymore. Getting old? Mmmm.... I'll get back to you on that.

Today we're parked in another regular haunt-- Ponderosa Falls RV Park in the Spokane, Washington, area, to spend a weekend with two of my other kids -- Liz and Josh. We've been here several times and like the park well enough. Its only drawback is that we can only stay one week (through our RPI membership). After that we must be out for a week before coming back. That's not a problem this visit, since it's just a weekend.

That's all for now. Monday we head for Olympia, Washington.

God bless & safe travels to all!