A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 187 miles from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon.
Travel from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon
We drove our coach 187 miles, about four hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Welches, Oregon.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:
An interactive map:
A bay near Shelton:
I-5 South:
Rest area:
Another rest area:
Deer next to the freeway entrance:
I-5 bridge:
Roadworks on another I-5 bridge, which caused major traffic delays:
Yet another rest area:
Entering Oregon:
PDX airport across Columbia River:
Welcome to Oregon:
A glimpse of Mount Hood:
Arriving at Mt Hood Village:
Our site:
Shed
As mentioned, we bought a shed for our Washington home, to store stuff we want to keep for the future, but not carry around the country with us (storage space even in a 40 foot motorhome is limited!).
We got the shed from Home Depot, a 10 x 8 foot wooden shed with shingles on the roof. The purchase included delivery and installation, since we would not be home at the time; we wanted to have it ready for when we arrived.
Here’s the shed as installed, unpainted:
With the doors open:
Inside:
I caulked the joints:
Then Jenn and I painted it, starting with the main color:
And the trim:
Nice.
U-Haul to move stuff from a storage unit to a shed
Ever since we started preparing for our current RV lifestyle, we’ve had a storage unit in the Portland area, somewhat near our old homestead. But paying for ever-increasing storage rental was getting old. So we bought a shed for home, and one of our projects during our annual visit home this year was to move the contents of the storage unit to the shed.
To do this, we rented a 15 foot U-Haul truck near the storage unit:
At the storage unit, before loading the truck:
(Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo of the loaded truck; it was full, just big enough.)
The truck at our shed:
Looking in the empty truck after we had unloaded it:
Not too hard. Nice to have our stuff at our Washington home.
Baseball: Seattle Mariners vs New York Mets
The second Seattle Mariners game vs the New York Mets, at the Mariners’ ballpark, T-Mobile Field was originally going to be an afternoon game, but was pushed back a few hours as it was featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.
We were there very early, having done the ballpark tour beforehand, so had ample opportunity to sample more ballpark food:
Julio Rodríguez exercising, having been on the injury list until this game:
Marking the batting boxes:
Jenn with inflatable trident:
Pitching:
Batting:
Cal on base:
ESPN Sunday Night Baseball:
Pitching:
Run scores:
Salmon Run:
Home run:
Two runs score:
Even though I’ve been in this ballpark more times than any other over the years, and had explored in the previous game, plus the guided tour, I still wanted to explore some more, to take pictures from other angles and places:
“Hotdogs from heaven”, a Mariners innovation where they drop hotdogs on little parachutes:
The wave:
Cal Raleigh is nicknamed “Big Dumper” (because he has a big butt), and they played on that by having him read out messages to dump people:
The M’s did rather well:
Mariners win:
Sweep:
Cal interview:
Baseball: Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Field guided tour
We had a guided tour of the Seattle Mariners’ ballpark, T-Mobile Field.
But first, a stop at the team store for some swag:
T-Mobile Park home plate entrance:
The tour started at the club level:
Press boxes and suites:
Selfie:
Mariners history:
A look in a suite:
Ramp up to the 300 level:
Batting practice:
Home plate entrance chandelier:
Mariners hall of fame:
Bullpen:
An interesting tour of T-Mobile Park:
Baseball: Seattle Mariners vs New York Mets
While our coach was at home, we spent a couple of nights in a hotel in Seattle (across the road from the ballpark), to attend a couple of Seattle Mariners games vs the New York Mets, at the Mariners’ ballpark, T-Mobile Field (which I’ll always think of Safeco Field).
The first game was an evening one.
We went in early via the bullpen gate, and grabbed some nachos from Edgar’s Cantina:
The crowd out by the bullpens:
Out-of-town scoreboard:
Retired numbers:
Dave Niehaus, late voice of the Mariners:
The Walk-Off Market, where you can just pick things up and walk out, via Amazon technology:
Root Sports TV set:
Welcome to T-Mobile Park:
Later we got some clam strips from Ivar’s Seafood & Chowder:
Cal heading to the bullpen:
Cal info:
Heading back:
Catching:
Run scores:
Salmon run:
Exploring the ballpark:
Seattle skyline:
Retractable roof over train tracks:
Hit It Here Cafe:
Moose:
Mariners win:
As soon as most people left, flocks of seagulls swooped in to scavage the waste food:
We like it when the Mariners win.
Our Washington home
We stayed at our official domicile, aka Mom’s house, in Shelton, Washington.
It was good to be home! An opportunity to catch up on dentists, doctors, optometrists, etc, and of course with family.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-08-03
- Check out: 2024-08-25
- 22 nights
Weather:
- Partly cloudy, rain
- High temps ranging between 68-88°F, lows around 52-60°F
- Wind gusts to 20 MPH in the area, though much less when sheltered amongst trees
Noise:
- No road noise
- No train noise
- Occasional neighbor noise
Site:
- Front in, concrete in front, gravel in back
- Disconnected toad; parked next to coach
- Fairly level; high in front; used hydraulic leveling
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, located on house in front of coach, used extension cord
- 37 PSI water from the house
- No sewer hookup; used tote or macerator and hose to dump into house septic system
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 11-18 Mbps down, 9-11 Mbps up, 45-65 ms ping
- House Wi-Fi: 9-11 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 20 ms ping
- Verizon: 3-5 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 45-75 ms ping
- AT&T: 0.5 Mbps down, 0.01 Mbps up, 120 ms ping, negligible service
- T-Mobile: no service
Amenities:
- House
Our coach parked in front of the house:
We added an RV electrical outlet box on the house, so were able to have 50 amp power:
Starlink dish on a flagpole:
Nice to have full hookups at home. (I’ll have a blog post about the sewer options in a couple of weeks.)
Video: Quincy to Shelton, Washington motorhome travel timelapse
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 248 miles from Quincy, Washington to Shelton, Washington.
Travel from Quincy to Shelton, Washington
We drove our coach 248 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Quincy, Washington to Shelton, Washington.
Here’s a map showing our route, heading west (with exact destination omitted, for privacy):
An interactive map:
Columbia River:
Upside-down vehicle:
Eastern Washington hills:
Columbia River:
Vantage Bridge over Columbia River:
Rest area:
Truck with corn:
Wildlife bridge:
I-90 along Keechelus Lake:
Guye Peak:
Fuel stop:
Joining I-5 South:
Tacoma Dome:
Heading into Shelton:
Narrow bridge entering Shelton:
(Probably the last time we go this way; we found an easier route.)