We drove our coach 262 miles, about four hours of driving, from Welches, Oregon to La Grande, Oregon.

Here’s the map route, heading east:

Interactive map:

Preparing to toad up in the maintenance area:

Mount Hood:

Our tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) reported a high temperature on the front passenger-side tire, which was concerning, but resolved itself (they normally run at less than 99°F):

Columbia River:

A stop at a rest area:

Paladin was enjoying sitting on the stacked dining chairs:

Interesting overpass:

Dam:

Sternwheeler river boat:

Bridge:

Wind turbines:

Another dam:

Bridge:

Another rest area; we were amused by the motorhome towing a jet-ski:

We ran the generator so we could use the ACs, but got a wiring status error; when I looked at the generator later, I noticed that the breaker was off; no doubt from when we got it serviced recently; I’m glad it wasn’t an actual fault:

Solar farm:

A viewpoint stop:

A sharp corner onto a dirt road towards our destination:

Our destination:

We drove our coach 180+ miles, about three hours of driving, from our home base in Shelton, Washington to Buxton, Oregon.

Here’s the map route, heading south (exact origin omitted for privacy):

Interactive map, with potential stops:

We were “moochdocking” at our home base, with 15 amp electric, water, and no sewer. We had showers and most bathroom usage in the house, while sleeping in our coach. But our grey and black tanks still reached about half full over the two weeks we were there. We dumped them at our destination:

Paladin on passenger chair prior to departure; he would probably have preferred to stay there, but sorry, I need that chair:

When you come to a fork in the road, take it:

US-101 South:

Heading to I-5 South:

A motorhome towing a boat; we wondered if they had another vehicle to put the boat in the water, or had just bought it and were transporting it somewhere, or something:

We stopped at a Love’s for fuel, with an extra long truck and trailers going out the entrance:

80 gallons of diesel; our first fuel stop since Eugene:

Bridge:

Paladin wasn’t having a good time; sometimes he forgets about travel days:

I-5 and Columbia River:

Another bridge:

Nice day for a Classic Beetle convertible:

A pickup with oversized tires crossed the median barrier and got stuck, causing miles of slow traffic in both directions:

Rough concrete roads almost worthy of California in southern Washington:

Interstate bridge:

Entering Oregon:

Entering Portland:

Exit to west:

Fremont Bridge:

A glimpse of downtown Portland from the bridge:

Freeway tunnel:

Paladin hadn’t been using the steps, so I closed the step cover, and re-introduced him to his safe space next to the passenger chair; he was happier there:

Arriving at our destination, Stub Stewart State Park:

Untoading at the welcome center:

I followed our coach to our site:

I parked the truck by the bathroom, and took the path to our site:

Our site before parking:

Preparing to back into our site:

We drove our coach 116 miles, about two hours of driving, from Bakersfield, California to Paso Robles, California.

Here’s the map route, heading west:

An interactive map, with potential and actual stops:

Leaving the RV park:

Dam water!

Paladin enjoying the steps:

Big cow:

Fuel and lunch stop:

Paladin in the steps, with my feet up:

Interesting bridge:

Lots of pump jacks:

Solar farm:

Flowers and green hills:

Vineyard:

Paso Robles:

Resort entrance:

I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed our coach to our site:

We drove our coach 244 miles, about four hours of driving, from San Diego, California to Bakersfield, California.

Here’s the map route, heading northwest:

Interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Plane:

Plane taking off:

Church:

Paladin:

Lagoon:

U-pick strawberries:

Rest area:

An easy lunch, prefab charcuterie:

We were amused by the “Butts Only Box”:

Paladin:

Heavy traffic:

Paladin prefers looking out the small window in the door from the steps, so I’ve been leaving the step cover open, and using the footrest instead:

Great Balloon Park:

Discovery Cube:

Rocket:

Horrible roads in the LA area — concrete is not a good material for roads:

Cathedral:

More bad roads:

Green hills with flowers:

Fuel stop:

More flowers:

Bridge building:

Our destination:

We drove our coach 99 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange (Los Angeles), California to San Diego, California.

Here’s the map route, heading south:

An interactive map, showing our stops and potential stops:

Leaving the RV park; Jenn drove our coach around the block to the check-in area so we could toad up:

Honda Center:

Paladin on the steps; this has become one of his favorite places for travel days, so I’m happy to leave the step cover open for him:

Bright green hills:

I-5 freeway traffic:

The Pacific Ocean and yellow flowers:

A stop at a rest area to kill some time (since it was a relatively short drive) and have lunch:

Annoyingly, the truck parking was overrun with cars:

Back to heavy I-5 freeway traffic:

Heading to Chula Vista:

Checking in:

We had a back-in site, so I untoaded while Jenn checked in, then followed the coach to the site:

Our site before parking: