We drove our coach 217 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Plymouth, Washington to Athol, Idaho.

The map route, heading northeast:

Since we didn’t have a sewer hookup at Plymouth Park Campground, we used the campground dump station on the way out:

Leaving the campground:

A stowaway spider inside:

Skoolie:

Bikers:

Bridge:

Exit towards Spokane:

Paladin:

Passing Coyote Run RV Park, where we stayed one night on the way home from Yellowstone last year:

US-395:

Exit to a rest area:

Rest area:

Paladin:

Back on US-395:

I-90:

Sprague Lake:

Petro truck stop:

Some interesting (but gloomy) architecture in Spokane, Washington:

Paladin again:

Welcome to Idaho:

Farragut exit:

Farragut State Park:

Checking in:

Paladin on the dash, driving to the campground:

We drove our coach 231 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Kelso, Washington to Plymouth, Washington, with a stop in Woodland to get a new couch and cabinets installed (more on that later).

The first leg map route, heading south:

The second leg map route, heading south then east:

Since the first leg was less than half an hour, and we weren’t sure of the situation on arrival, we drove separately, i.e. without hooking up the truck to the coach:

After the installation, we continued down I-5:

A rest area stop:

RV passing:

The I-205 bridge over the Colombia River:

Entering Portland:

Welcome to Oregon:

Driving along the Colombia Gorge:

Paladin asleep in his safe space:

A tunnel… not a huge amount of clearance there:

Gorge:

Another rest area:

Wind turbines and a barge:

Dam:

Paladin sleeping:

Wind turbines (and dirty window):

Irrigation:

I-82 bridge, crossing back into Washington:

Welcome to Washington:

Rail bridge:

Plymouth Park entrance:

Approaching our site:

Little did we know of what was in store for us!

We drove our coach 215 miles, about 4 hours of driving, from Concrete, Washington to Kelso, Washington.

The map route, heading south:

Paladin looking a little concerned in the steps:

Rail bridge:

Do you think they’d wash a 40-foot motorhome?

Historic train:

Entering I-5:

Bridge:

Paladin:

Rest area exit:

A nice rest area dump station:

Pink car:

Bridges:

Trains:

Seattle Space Needle:

Seattle:

Seattle Convention Center:

Seaplane:

Paladin on the back of my chair:

Seattle traffic:

Green car:

Tacoma Dome:

Paladin:

Another rest area:

Lunch:

Paladin:

Gee Cee’s Truck Stop, a nice fuel option on I-5:

Kelso exit:

Arriving at the RV park:

We drove our coach 187 miles, about 5 hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Concrete, Washington.

The map route, heading north (exact start omitted for privacy):

A narrow road:

Paladin on the dash, unusual for him when driving:

On the dash in front of Jenn isn’t acceptable, though:

Freeway:

Joining I-5:

A bridge over I-5 in Olympia, the state capitol:

Paladin on the back of my chair:

On the dash again; he seems to be getting more comfortable with seeing the traffic outside:

While driving through Tacoma, a semi truck got too close to us and clipped our mirror with theirs, shattering the upper mirror glass:

Tacoma Dome:

We stopped at a rest area for lunch:

The SeaTac northbound rest area is rather nice, with a dump station and separate RV parking:

I got out to inspect the shattered mirror; more on this in a future post (I should be able to replace just the glass):

Lunch for us and my Pokémon buddy:

(My trainer code is 5198 7224 2799 if you play; my referral code is BT9H6KRBC, if you don’t but want to start.)

Paladin on my lap:

Boeing Field:

Seattle:

The freeway goes under downtown buildings:

Paladin on my lap:

And sleeping on the back of my chair:

We stopped at another rest area, and used their dump station:

There was a handy map of rest areas and dump stations:

Our exit:

Paladin on the floor between us:

Highway:

Our destination: