Day 41 - Travel Day Portland, Oregon to Warrenton, Oregon

We had an unusual start to the day today.  First of all, Phil held the last travel briefing/driver’s meeting of the trip at 9:00 a.m. this morning.  Additionally, the day was overcast and gloomy.  Where did our beautiful sunny days go?

Grey skies

our last travel briefing :(

We left the campground at Portland to grey skies, with some “unmeasurable” precipitation hovering around us.  However, the scenery was beautiful along the way in spite of it.  Our trip was relatively short, only 120 miles today.  We drove past sloughs filled with lilly pads, then through the town of Longview, Washington.  Beautifully planned for industrial purposes, it is very picturesque, with its own Sacagawea River and Sacagawea Lake through the center of town.  

Sacagawea River in Longview

Lilly pads

The rest of the way was through some of the greenest corridors with lush, green forests, on both sides of the road and an abundance of lovely ferns growing everywhere, along with many, many stands of berry bushes.  You know you are in the Pacific Northwest!  Rainforest!  You could also begin to see blue skies and SUN!

Many stopped in Hunter for lunch and reported back to the rest of us that the meal was very good and large portions.  We arrived at our campground, Kampers West RV Park, in Warrenton, Washington by mid afternoon.    

Crossing the Astoria Megler Bridge (which is 4.1 miles long) was a bit of a challenge due to construction.  It went well though and soon we were arriving at the campground.

Bridge across the Columbia River

After getting settled in, we held our last craft class of the trip in the ample meeting room here at the RV park.  There were several ladies working on various projects.

Carole, Lula, Bettye, Donna, Annita, June, Madi
Carolyn, Faye and Ava working on crafts

Social hour

Immediately following (and coinciding with) our craft class, came the socializers.  It was social hour.  A good group of folks gathered to chat and visit this afternoon.

After a break for dinner, we were once again back in the meeting room for our promised ice cream social.  Our Wagonmasters spoiled us all again with some extra calories to keep our energy levels up for our busy day tomorrow.  

Yum!  One more scoop, please

June and John are enjoying theirs

As are the rest of the group!

Spence and Madi Schaaf, Tailgunners #2