Day 64 Thursday April 20

Up early, (for us), and out 7 Feathers Casino at 9:00 AM @ 46816 miles.  It is slightly overcast but no rain - - yet.  Rest stop @ 46957 miles, 11:20 to 11:30 to change drivers, (Sheila driving).  Rest stop for lunch and change drivers before driving in & through Portland 12:10 – 12:45 @ 46998 miles. Into WA 1:20 & @ 1:35 the rain started.  It varied from downpour to sprinkles and kept changing most of the afternoon. Into Pilot gas @ 3:05 @ 47123, (219 to MT), filled tank & out 3:15 Sheila driving. I went to lie down in the back & after a while there were a cpl of bumps and then the engine turned off at about 4:25.  Sheila had gotten confused in the thick traffic and was unsure where the 405 Seattle bypass was so when she saw a sign saying tourist information she turned off the 5 freeway.  Fortunately she stopped within a cpl blocks.  I took over and she had stopped where I could easily make a left & get back to the freeway, (the GPS was still showing where to go, though Sheila hadn’t realized it was on.)  So we are again off and away north on the I–5. I came to the 405 Seattle bypass & decided to try it as it was by now well into rush hour. It was slow going until I decided that we qualified for the HOV lane and then made great time for several miles until the HOV lane became a toll express way. The regular lanes still moved reasonably well, (slow but always moving), with occasional stops.  We rejoined I-5 and it moved at speed all the way to Tulalip Casino. We pulled into the RV parking area at 6:20 PM @ 47228. We went into the casino but no cheap food options or 5 cent video poker machines, so back to the RV to cook ourselves a nice dinner. 

Distance covered 412 miles - - 8 hrs 10 min on the road – the whole trip from leaving 7 Feathers to arriving Tulalip was 9 hrs 20 min