We started the day with a drive up the Sandy River which is a very scenic road with roadside waterfalls, very narrow bridges, big stands of old-growth timber and dramatic cliffs alongside the road and river. Then, we were pleased to eat breakfast today in one of my favorite restaurants in the world, Dean’s, in Clackamas. Dean’s has what I consider the best chicken-fried steak breakfast in the land with a plate stacked with two pretty big steaks, 3 eggs, a generous serving of hash browns and a separate plate with English Muffins. It is now and has been in the past the best $9.25 breakfast extant in my opinion. Dean’s is a tiny place inside what used to be a house with barely enough parking that does not take credit cards or debit cards but they take checks and like cash. It was fabulous.
After that we drove back towards our park in Troutdale, stopping at the local Camping World to get important stuff like toilet paper and tank disinfectant. The RV toilet paper at Camping World is far superior to products we have obtained elsewhere. Sometimes the alternative TP dissolves when in contact with anything other than air, resulting in disastrous failure when put into use. From there we headed home and were making campground reservations on the computer when Peggy went outside and noted a substantial amount of water emanating from our external water piping. Upon investigation, I found that the plastic case for my auxiliary external water filter had broken for reasons unknown. Fortunately, we are near the Camping World so I can make a second visit to Camping World and get a replacement unit. I wish the thing would have crapped out a bit earlier so I could have acquired the filter on my first visit today.
The problem is minimal and the repair will be easy. This is really the first thing that has suffered a strange failure, other than my ancient body, in our 23 months of travel so I guess I really can’t complain much. I’ll dump waste tanks today, fill up the on-board water and get ready for transit to Washington tomorrow.
Another of Peggy’s nephews, Adam, stopped by the trailer for a beer this evening. It was cool.
For a picture of Dean’s fine breakfast, click here