Cooling Off!!

         We've arrived at our first American destination; the Pine Village KOA in Leavenworth, Washington. It is now 37*C or 97*F ! We are not used to this heat. Dad is sitting in his chair reading and cooling his feet. We stopped first in Wenatchee and bought a fan to use inside of the trailer. Before we left, Dad bought an adapter so we could run electricity in the trailer. Needless to say,we'll be  running the fan all night.
           On the way out to Jasper, we were hit with a thunderstorm with some pretty good sized hail. The cost of a daily pass has nearly doubled since we were last there in 2011 up to $19.60. For the first time ever in our experience with the National Parks, we found them rude and totally disinterested; one couldn't even look at us in the eye. So disappointing. We left there before 7 am  to get a good start to southern BC.
             After we had driven  most of the day, Dad said we would find another way home. The hills were incredible, totally unexpected.Bromley Rock Provincial Campground was beside a small river that had some good looking rapids. People were tubing down it. It was right beside the highway but we zonked out and didn't hear the big logging and transport trucks at all. A woman came into the campground to ask us about the trailer. She has a 74 Boler that she is renovating. We talked for a while. An older couple pulled into a site opposite us with just a car. Now Dad was nice and said the woman was older than me[ hehe] and they slept in their car !! Yikes we couldn't have-- or if we did, we wouldn't have been able to move.
            We also took pics of the yellow tear drop trailer. We couldn't figure out how the family of 4 slept in that.
              When we crossed the border this am, we had to pull over and wait til a custom agent inspected the trailer and our coolers. We had used up all our wood the night before and truly had nothing in the coolers but water, peanut butter, cheese slices and jam ! No meat or fruit. so she sent us on our way quite quickly. While eating a breakfast sandwich in Omak, WA a couple came and spoke to us about the trailer, asking all sorts of questions. They had this tiny teardrop parked next to us.

It was about 1/4 the size of ours ! They had just been here in the Seattle area and had done the Oregon coast. They gave us a booklet  which we will look at later when our heads and eyes have cooled down. Everyone  in MacDonald's was on an ipad !

    When we arrived in Wenatchee, we had to do some grocery shopping and get gas[ $3.95/gal ]. We picked up a fan, some clothes, [quilt batting ! ] and then a few groceries and ice. We'll need to just shop for our evening meal each day as there is noway the coolers  would keep the meat cold.. Oh yes, we bought two small bottles of wine - a Chardonnay and a Sauvignon Blanc for $2.97 each !!! They are cooling as we speak.

     Dad has gone for a shower and then we'll decide what we are going to do tomorrow I'll have a shower after supper while Dad does the dishes at the shower house. [ he doesn't know that yet. :)