Sunday, August 4, 2013

Manly Blog – Phase 3. Jake Brakes, Serious Snow, and Cars, Cars, Cars











Vignette 1:  So, about the Jake Brake RV Resort.  We wanted to arrive in the Seattle area on Friday, August 2nd so we pushed on past our normal limits and found ourselves with limited RV Park availability near Ellensburg, Washington the evening of August 1st.  We did a “Good Sam” search and found the E&J RV Park.  By the way, did I mention in the original Manly Blog that I LOVE Good Sam RV Parks?  Well, not so much anymore.

It seems that Good Sam assigns rating points on some arcane system that is in no way related to reality.  Hence the 8.0 (out of 10) rating for said E&J RV Park.  The “Park” is actually the rear parking lot of a Day’s Inn Motel and it backs up against I-90 as in 500 feet or so between us and all the big trucks.  Add to that the Railroad that runs just south of the “Park” and you can imagine the amount of sleep we got that night.  I wish Good Sam allowed user reviews on their Park Listing page.  I would write a scathing review of the E&J.

Vignette 2:  Montana and Idaho must really get some serious snow.  There are signs warning of:  Road Closures (with gates!), chain installation/removal areas, requirements for trucks to put “drag chains” on the trailer wheels, and “Snow Area, no parking for the next 42 miles.”  (a real, actual sign.)

Vignette 3:  Today we met our daughter Stacie and her son Kyle at the LeMay Auto Museum.  Wow!  Six floors of cars dating from the early 1900’s up to today.  There were American cars, European cars, original cars, modified and custom cars, new cars, old cars, race cars, and prototype cars.  It was quickly another case of subject overload.  You could spend days in there!  After the museum we went and had a nice dinner at a local semi-posh gathering place called Harmon Brewery & Eatery.  I had what I think is the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever eaten.

That’s all.  I’m tired and am going to bed.
Ride On!

Frank

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