It is the awkward time of our winter…….. that we are confused. We are racing to avoid snowstorms and dreadful cold temperatures in an RV when we would be totally warm and dry at home. In fact many nights would have been warmer had we stayed at home. It is the unfortunate truth that to get to somewhere warm for the winter, you have to go through somewhere colder. Last night we camped near Tonopah and it was -7 degrees this AM and there was frost on the inside of the front window. There is a blind that comes down that prevents the heat from within to warm the inside of the front window.

I guess it was an achievement as (-7C) (19 Fahrenheit) . the lowest temperature we have managed without any frozen pipes etc…while camping without hookups. Our furnace keeps the underneath part of motorhome warm (the basement) where all of the pipes and water tanks are. We are getting more confident with our winter conditions camping. This is never our intention, but nice to know we can get by in a pinch…. and weather IS getting more and more unpredictable. We camped at the Wasco county fairground campground which is further just south of the Dalles, in Oregon. It was a. wonderful site, and we saw a very unusual looking fawn. Instead of being brown with white spots it was mostly white with brown spots. Sadly….. easier for hunter to spot?

When we travel in Motorhome, Tucker usually rides right between us in a dog bed, and when the roads get too curvy, OR too up or down he squeezes in in front of me until things settle down, so you can imagine my thoughts when I looked down to see he was not in his bed! My first thoughts were that …. could we have left him behind at our last stop??? 🤔🤔 NOT very likely, in that his every move is closely monitored when we are anywhere away from home….So I looked back and ……… I guess after all of the years we have been traveling with him, he has decided he wants to try out the “other seats”. I guess he wants a better view🧐😎

Then today I looked back and WHERE IS TUCKER??

We have hit snow a few times now at the higher elevations, but we were lucky that by the time we came along the roads were bare and dry. The route we took was likely more likely to have snow in that we went through eastern Oregon into Nevada through a higher pass. But it really is quite beautiful and we have been driving the coastal route for SOOO many years, the change is nice. I have shown on this map the route we took from Burns OR to Winnemucca NV.

With any luck we will be somewhere that does not freeze tonite. We have heard that it IS snowing at home.

So for all of our friends who are staying home this winter in Canada, we admire you for your strength and endurance.🍻🍻🍻

Much love from Janet, Ken and Tucker, the dog who likes to sleep all over the place