We drove our coach 170 miles, about 3 hours of driving, from Athol, Idaho to Marion, Montana.

The map route, heading northeast then southeast:

Our coach:

Getting ready to hook up our truck:

We used the dump station on the way out of the campground, since we didn’t have a sewer:

Entering US-95:

Roadworks:

A barn:

Paladin not overly concerned:

Jenn changed the settings on the TV, and now the mirrored GPS is in color instead of grayscale. Yay!

Jenn driving:

US-95 bridge over Lake Pend Oreille:

A train station:

North of Lake Pend Oreille is a town called Ponderay, which is how the lake is pronounced:

A Pringles snack while driving down the road:

A seaplane:

Canada or Kalispell; hint, not going to Canada (yet; probably in a few years):

Entering Montana, and Mountain Time Zone:

A stream:

Kootenai River:

Car on a pole in Libby:

Bird on a pole:

Bees!

Middle Thompson Lake:

McGregor Lake:

Our destination for one night, McGregor Lakes RV Park:

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: