Today was a travel day. We departed Sandy Riverside RV in Troutdale and headed a few miles west on I-84 before turning north on I-205, over the Columbia River and into the state of Washington. Not many miles north, we merged with I-5 and continued north along the Washington side of the Columbia until we got to the Kelso area where the river turns west and the highway goes toward Canada.
Maybe 60 miles later, we turned east near Chehalis and pulled our outfit into the Chehalis Thousand Trails RV campground. We have been here a few times before. They had water problems last year which shut down large sections of the facility but they seem to be resolved and the staff is busy clearing brush and making the joint shipshape. We got a hilltop spot where my satellite dish works which is unique here as most spots are in signal-blocking timber.
We arrived early today so we had time to fool around after we got set up. Our choice was to drive over to the tiny town of Onalaska where we know of a tip-top restaurant called Lisa’s. Lisa’s is only open until 3:00 most days but we were in before 2:00, only to find out that they had just served the last of the sausage gravy that they use on the chicken fried steak. Happily, they also have other great things to eat so I settled for a double bacon cheeseburger with a small pyramid of fries. The burger was great but I’m not supposed to eat potatoes so I felt truly remorseful as I threw too many of them down the grocery hole. We got out of there for about $25, probably because I also got a shake.
There are lots of birds around our campsite. You can see a one of them, a tubby blue jay, if you click here