It's cold out here!!!

Monday, December 15
Who’s turn is it to get up first to start the generator and turn the furnace on? The weather channel calls for cold, wet and windy condition all along the Pacific Coast. We make an attempt to fill the water tank at Brian and Mandy’s house, but their water line is frozen. Well, then we just keep on camping the way we have since Friday. Did you know, that as long as you have bottled water, a means to heat this water (when it is freezing) handy wipes and a toilet bowl, you can get by? We can clean the dishes, but the toilet bowl becomes our drain until we know for sure now harm will be done by draining grey water. (That’s RVers call water from the shower and sinks. Black water is from the toilet). We stop at Superstore for groceries and try wireless internet at Starbucks, but the computer is dead. Something is wrong with the cable connection. No Blog for another day. I bet everyone at home is anxiously waiting to hear from us.
We head south and leave Mount Baker behind us. At mid afternoon we cross the US border after the usual questions: Where do you live, where are you going, how long will you be gone, are you bringing any fruit with you? We pass the test and try very hard to be friendly to the grumpy customs officer. We must now start thinking Miles instead of Kilometers and need to realize that 30 degrees is the freezing point, not shorts weather. We let our Garmin tell us where to go and sail onto the I5. Yes I did say sailing, because the strong winds still rocks us back and forth like a boat, at times with a force of 100 km per hour.
We really did not want to see any more snow, but admit it looks pretty on those giant evergreens. We’ll just have to hang on to our winter clothes a few more days longer. The poor folks in Alberta will be wearing them until April.
Finally we see a rest stop with water that is NOT frozen. We flush the antifreeze from the lines and cheer as we see the pink liquid flowing out of the taps. As we start filling the water tank we realize the flow stops every 40 seconds. I jog a few laps around the rig and push the button every time I pass by the tap. We add just enough water for the night and park at a truck stop further down the road just before the sun sets.


There are trucks all around us. It’s still only 3-5 below freezing, so we dress warm as we go out for a walk to explore and get some fresh air. Unfortunately there is no wireless here either. This would be a perfect evening to work on the Blog.
















Instead we play Rummikub and listen to the Billy Halliday until Ramiro discovers that we have TV reception.