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| Creative bottle tree – Coho SKP |
My trip south from Chimacum was a delightful one to take. Instead of going around to the coastal 101 – thru Forks and downward – I went straight down 101 to Olympia, that cut off 150-200+ miles. It followed right along the inlet for miles. Blue, blue waters. Fishing boats idling in spot to shore birds diving, disappearing and re-surfacing and I was trying to concentrate on driving…but found myself constantly looking out over the waters. And the neat thing – no one else was out on the road that morning… I did not bother to take photos…I just enjoyed the ride. I wanted to get thru Portland before I stopped for the day… did that. I really had no target on where to stop for the night but found the roads exceptionally good after Portland and I just kept going. Traffic had lessened considerably as well. So found myself pulling in at 6p at Sutherlin to the Timber Valley SKP park. Not smart, but I wasn’t tired until the heat slammed into me when I got gas and again when I had to get out to register. Office was of course closed. They had 6 envelopes – 3 for boondocking and 3 for full hookups. My first impression – fogged by the 97ºF temps & exhaustion – was not too good. I parked in boon docking ($5.00/night) and the heat just flattened me and the boys.
Woke up in the wee hours of the morning – cold. Yes COLD!!!! Could not believe it. Temps had dropped a good 40º from when I arrived. Up and definitely awake… now what to do… figured I’d better have a good plan on where I would stay between now and the 15th. After much plotting and planning, I looked out my windows in the early morning to find wild turkeys hanging around us.
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| Wild turkeys – Timber Valley SKP |
Well, that did it. We would stay. Tucker and Norm had never seen turkeys before… not quite sure what to make of them either. So intently were they watching them, I knew I had instant entertainment.
Woven Trails 
Looking forward to it : )
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Hi Melinda,
I am such a chicken! I really wanted to meet you and had intended to visit you in Chimmacum after an appointment in Pt. Townsend a week ago Thursday. I bought a 23.5 TK a couple of months ago and have my house in Sequim on the market. Would have loved to meet a fellow lady LD owner…..but chickened out. I am not a weaver, sold my Loomcraft loom last year after dragging it around with me for 20 years. Some day I might get me a table top loom. Instead I am a knitter, and right now the two couches in Ladybug are piled high with all my “not-quite-finished” projects, which I will tackle first as soon as I am on the road. So happy travels and I hope I will meet you at some point in the future!
Ilse
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Lise – congrats on buying your Lazy Daze and welcome to the family! Next time, shed the chicken and come say Hello. I was in Sequim the day before I left – had to stop at Petco for cat food, etc. My nieces got Lavender Mocha's – now those are different! Nonetheless, I would loved to have met you. There are quite a few of us ladies out in our Lazy Daze's traveling. But so far, I'm the only weaver. I'm meeting two more ladies on Sunday. Met another right before I left Chimacum. So the next time you see a Lazy Daze – no matter who it is – go say Hello! Great group of people. You may contact me privately via wovenjourney at gmail dot com My house is still on the market too…tough to sell. Keep in touch.
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Hi Melinda – Actually there is another full-time RVer lady that's a weaver. Not in an LD, but she is blogging. Check her out at http://roadweaver.blogspot.com
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