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It is now Wednesday and we're in Portland, OR, enroute to Pacific City. In my last entry I mentioned that I was trying to install my desktop computer into the rig. My plan went south when I discoved that it was too big to fit through the entry way of the space I was going to use. RV's just don't have much extra space. I decided to leave it at home and just use the laptop.

We got underway at 2:40 on Monday afternoon. Everything went into the rig thanks to Nancy. She's a real whiz about using space efficiently. It was a 200 mile drive into 15 -25 knot winds and up over the Blue Mountains. In other words, into the wind and uphill all the way. Our first night was spent at Wildhorse campground in Pendleton, OR. It was a nice site and we were both tired enough that we only had dinner, took a walk with our dog Bo and went to bed early.

Yesterday, we left around 8:30 am for Camping World in Portland, Once again, we were fighting headwinds, actually quartering headwinds at about 25-35 knots all the way. As we got about 50 miles East of Portland (PDX) it started to spritz. I discovered that I didn't know how to operate the wipers. As a matter of fact, I thought they were inoperative. All I could do was push the washer button and get two swipes. I tried everything that made any sense to me and nothing worked. I spent the last hour of the trip with one hand on the wash button and the other fighting the crosswinds and gusts in the canyons. Not the best drive so far. To add insult to injury, once we got to Camping World, one of the mechanics pointed out that I was trying to turn the wrong knob. Turns out you turn the small knob in the center that I had been pushing as a washer button. You can probably see the glow of my "red face" from where you are reading this. In my defense, I've never seen this arangement before. Oh well. live and learn. At about the same time it started to rain, a warning message came up saying that there was "Water in the Fuel" I decided to see if I could get it fixed at Camping World. We tried to get the "Water in Fuel" message to go out, but $178 later and a phone call to Freightliner, we found out that it's a warranty issue and can only be handled at a dealer. The factory tech said not to worry. I can keep driving and nothing bad will happen. I sure hope so. I'd hate to see it go into a "failure, shutdown mode".

Last night, we stayed at the Fairview RV park, just about a mile west of Camping World. Nice park. We made the reservation when we left Pendleton so we had a reservation. It was raining during hookup and for a couple of hours after. It quit around 7:oo pm. Today, it's overcast and supposed to get 70 degrees. Should be a nice day to finish up our trip. I need to go now so I can get ready to get us on the road. Later