Thurs 16 April Day 95

 cool at night into low 50”s or less, slight overcast in AM,   nice & warm in Kelso

Sheila got up & went to the indoor pool for a water aerobics class offered 9:00 – 9:45 am Tues. & Thurs. mornings.   We will pull out when she returns & head for Kelso Elks and their RV Pk.  She said it was a good class for developing arm strength because the ladies were using Styrofoam dumbbells for most of the class.  She’d like to be able to continue it.  Sigh!

Out @ 40462 @ 10:55 & off to a Pilot stn for gas.  Off hwy 11:55 @ 40512.  The RV took 61.473 USG.  We bought a foot long Sub for a lunch break because we get a discount with our Pilot/Flying J charge card. Back out to hwy to Kelso at 12:20. Sheila took over driving out of the gas stop. She drove to a rest area where we had our Sub sandwich lunch from 1:25 to 2:05. Then I took over driving.  Around 3 PM we were approaching Portland & the traffic ground to an almost halt. It was 3 lanes of solid bumper to bumper crawling through Portland and didn’t clear until we were over the Columbia River Bridge into Washington.  Then the I 5 was clear & moving fast.  We arrived at Kelso Elks @ 5:25 @ 40711. There was only one other RV in the lot and they have 12 power/water/cable set ups.  We went into the lodge and discovered they were serving supper, so we had lasagna with salad, delicious green beans and dessert for $10.  I phoned Ken to tell him I would be at the 2e regional’s game on Sat., (Sheila’s not sure she’s coming), but that we wouldn’t make the Sunday game.

After that, Sheila went out for a walk around the neighborhood & discovered there’s a Safeway within easy walking distance.  We caught a BBT on TV but the Blacklist wouldn't come in so over to the Elks Lodge for their WiFi.

Distance - 249 miles - on road time - 5 hours 25 minutes - extra long due to traffic jamb we only averaged about 45 MPH