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Easter Sunday we headed westward toward California. This was the first time we have driven on I-40E from Needles, CA, to Barstow, CA; the high desert country was actually very scenic. We then continued driving on CA 58 to Bakersfield, CA, where we overnighted at the same RV park we used when were “convoying” with the RV & a Penske rental truck w/our furniture to our new house in Sultan, WA, last March.
Monday morning we got on I-5N. We stopped for lunch at Pea Soup Andersens in Santa Nella, CA. This Andersens is supposedly the same as the original located on the CA coast in Buellton, CA. The original Andersens was (& still is) a traditional stop for people traveling along the CA coast on highway 101 about 25 miles west of Santa Barbara, & is supposedly known for their pea soup? All we can say is their soup is pretty poor; especially if you have ever tried real Dutch pea soup (aka erwtensoep)! After a long drive we stopped at an RV park in Orland, CA, & discovered a good BBQ joint called the Berry Patch Restaurant – Dan went with the tri-tip & Corrie had the hamburger steak.
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Tuesday, 02APR, we continued driving north, leaving I-5N at Weed, CA, & taking US 97N toward Bend, OR. Again this was another road we haven’t driven before. This portion of US 97 in CA was a nice drive with little traffic. Unfortunately the Passport America (a discount RV park club we belong to) map & listing of RV parks in OR was wrong & we end up 15 miles away from Bend, OR, for the night. The bad info in the book added 30 miles to our trip; but we were so tired we just checked-in & called it a day.
Wednesday we drove to Legends Casino on the Yakama Nation in Toppenish, WA. Dan no longer likes this casino because as we discovered on our last visit, 13SEP12, video poker costs $1 & he never plays machines over a nickel! Plus, this time they did not give us any comps.
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Thursday, 04APR, we made the short drive to Dan’s cousin Steve & wife Bonnie Kiesel in the rain. Most years we visit with them on our return to WA & on our departure. See below BLOG about last visit, including great boating trip on the Columbia River & an encounter with a herd of big horn sheep. That evening we took them & their son Kenneth out to dinner at New York Teriyaki & Burgers for an early celebration of Bonnie’s birthday. The menu was interesting in that it offered Japanese food, Chinese food, Korean food, sushi, burgers & pizza. The food was actually very good.
The next day Steve & Dan had to take elk bones from a recently butchered elk to be disposed of; & then headed into the surrounding hills for a little off-road “sightseeing”. Steve has a “new” used four wheel truck that Dan found much more comfortable (& safer) than the very old Jeep Commander they normally travel in. Meanwhile Corrie went with Bonnie to a facility that assists with people’s various rehabilitations with therapy horse sessions. Bonnie is a volunteer there & Corrie found it very interesting. That night was great dinner with everyone cooking a dish – artichokes, soup, salmon dip, & BBQ’d deer & elk steaks.
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After another great but short visit it’s back to our house in Sultan, WA, tomorrow, 06APR.
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