MONDAY
12-20-2021
LEAVE NEVADA
Up at 6AM.
I took the red bed cover off to wash.
I made lattes. Hubby made eggs and fed the dogs. He let them out for potty.
I paid payroll early because of Xmas.
I massaged Hubby's back-it was hurting.
Hubby went to the shop with the RV and straightened the steering wheel. I pulled the RV out while he moved his Dually in to the street.
I went to get my nails done in the FMF at 9:20AM after begging Andy to give me some time. He was very busy. I tipped him & his mom.
I stopped down to the shop and picked up my phone that I left in the RV.
I got home and started making breakfast bake. Got that in the oven and Hubby came home.
Hubby started loading the RV.
Finished the breakfast bake. I put away all the 3 loads of laundry. Remade the bed.
Helped Hubby load RV. Went to get the mail.
Order parts from KWT.
My back is hurting and Hubby has hurt his again. I tried to massage it to make it feel better.
TUESDAY
12-21-2021
WEDNESDAY
12-22-2021
ARRIVE IN SEATTLE
I am exhausted from the trip to Seattle and having had the COVID vaccine booster before we left. I go into the front room of KR & Spencer's house to sleep. I cover up with a blanket. KR later brings me a heated blanket. I pass out and lose hours...feel odd when I finally wake up.
KR & Spencer go to play Trivia at a Bar while Hubby stays home with me & the dogs.
Beebo is having problems breathing. He seems really out of it, but he manages tail wags all the time when Grammy & Grampy are near. I kiss his ear and he growls. I love that damn little dog.
LOLA VISITS US IN FRONT ROOM WHERE I AM SLEEPING
THURSDAY
12-23-2021
DAY WE PUT BEEBO DOWN
BURLESQUE SHOW LAND OF THE SWEETS AT THE TRIPLE DOOR
THE BURLESQUE NUTCRACKER
FRIDAY
12-24-2021
CHRISTMAS EVE
We go to Pike Place Market and walk around. IT RAINS A LOT. We get Ginger Beer and sit to eat Chowder in Bread Bowls. Mine was Seared Scallop bread bowl and I loved it. So warm and the bread bowl was made of sourdough.
We walk thru Pike Place. Most people are already getting ready to leave. Packing up things. I did not find anything Christmasy to buy.
Kids stop to get popcorn, but I have an attack of diarrhea and Hubby takes me over to the nearest Bar that has a bathroom. He buys a beer and I go potty. Kids meet us there.
Then we go to the huge Starbucks main building. Spencer takes us inside to get specialty food & drinks that are not offered anywhere else. We sit for a while in the building, sip on lattes that Spencer purchased for us, and then leave.
STARBUCKS BUILDING
We go to the Cannabis shop that the kids prefer on the way home. I left my ID in the car. So had to go get it. We find no gummies that we like and leave. The store is kinda creepy.
We return to their house and then we watch Xmas shows.
DOGS NAPPING AT KR'S HOUSE
Hubby and I go to bed later.
SATURDAY
12-25-2021
XMAS DAY
KR makes pull apart cinnamon rolls - Monkey Bread. It is delicious. But Hubby said she threw out the rest while he wanted to snack on it all day.
KR announces that they 'DO NOT SNACK ALL DAY' which disappoints us as we need to eat! She makes a roast stew. It was good, but disappointing. She promised us Snickerdoodle & Eggnog cookies. I had brought stuff with me to make Soda Cracker cookies. But I did not suggest doing anything.
Spencer plays Santa and passes out the presents.
We play games all day. Then we watch Xmas shows.
TATER IN HIS XMAS SCARF AT KR'S HOUSE
WILSON IN XMAS SCARF AT KR'S HOUSE
We walk the dogs one more time before we go to bed. The lights on the whole street are very pretty.
KR & SPENCER'S HOUSE AT NIGHT WITH XMAS LIGHTS
SUNDAY
12-26-2021
LEAVING SEATTLE
Got up at 7:30AM. It was cold outside.
Hubby walked dogs while I fixed lattes in the RV.
Gave the dogs some ham and left-over breakfast sandwiches.
We found that there had been significant snowfall last night. Hubby quickly got a ladder and cleaned off the slide-outs so that we could close them.
Finally, at 8AM, I texted KR & Spencer because there was no lights on inside the house. Hubby then knocked on the door and Spencer opened the door for us. We asked if they could move the car so we could leave. The snow was already getting heavier.
We brought the dogs inside the house to be warm.
KR yelled at us again as usual - accusing us of being RUDE and waking them up early to "expect us to move our cars for you". I was shocked & speechless, but Hubby tried to deflect and said we needed to get going because of the WINTER STORM. Spencer got his phone and said "they did not know about a Winter Storm". WTF. WHY is this kid such a brat? This hurt me so deeply again. I don't know why she keeps attacking us like this when we bend over backwards for her. Money, Housing, Support. Nothing is ever enough. We need to step back again and eliminate this toxic behavior from our lives.
So they got dressed. Spencer moved the car. We finally said goodbyes after staying for another 30 minutes as the weather got worse. This put us in the WORST OF THE STORM ALL THE WAY HOME. If we had left earlier, the trip would not have been so bad.
We finally got on the road at 9AM.
Travel was awful on the Interstate as Seattle does not have much snow removal equipment.
We stopped for fuel in XXXXXX.
We drove on and Tacoma was not bad at all - no traffic back-ups.
We took the State Highway 22 to Highway 20. Traffic was backed up as people were crawling thru only a couple inches of snow on the road with blowing snow. What should have taken us 2 hours ended up taking 4 hours. When we got to Sisters, Oregon it got better and cars got off the road. We got to Bend, Oregon at about 5PM. It was dark.
Instead of staying at the Campground we stayed at before, The RV was froze. Water lines froze, Hubby was scared to put the slide-outs. Thinking that they would get snow on them and melt inside the RV.
So we stayed at a LaQuinta Inn and then ate at the Shari's right across the street. We left the dogs in the RV with it running to keep them warm.
TIRED DOGS AT HOTEL
Had a wonderful warm meal. There was only 1 waitress on staff and she was run ragged. So we gave her a $100 tip. She cried and was speechless.
We went to the hotel room and got warm for the night. Snow still falling.
There was a latte stand right next to the hotel and Hubby said he would visit it the next day.
Gave the dogs some leftover food from the restaurant.
We both took showers before bed.
Went to bed early. We were both exhausted from the travel.
MONDAY
12-27-2021
Up early because we wanted to start when the sun was up to avoid the cold.
Hubby had walked the dogs. I got dressed. Hubby had stopped to get lattes but they were crap tasting. I threw mine out.
We got ready and loaded the dogs into the RV.
Hubby went to get me another latte (white coffee) but it was awful, too.
We went over to Fred Meyer across the street to get fuel.
We stopped at McDonalds and got breakfast sandwiches for the puppies.
Then we took State Highway 20 out of Bend, Oregon.
Drove from Bend, Oregon to Burns. Not such a bad road. Not very many people on road.
We stopped several times at the side of the road to walk the dogs.
Stopped in Burns, Oregon and got lattes at a small stand. I walked the dogs while Hubby ordered. It was SO COLD.
VERY deserted from State Highway 78 out of Burns then south on State Highway 95 to Winnemucca. This was the most challenging drive as it was high mountains with lots of bends in the highway. Hubby did not have to pass anybody. There was literally NOBODY else on this stretch of road.
So we got into Winnemucca and fueled up again.
We walked the dogs.
Then got on the Interstate 80. West of Winnemucca was closed as Reno had 17 feet of snow and had closed the Intersstate.
The Interstate was cleared in some areas and snow covered in others. IT CONTINUED TO SNOW THE WHOLE TRIP.
We got off in Battle Mountain at 4PM as it was time to fuel up again. Hubby found a place. Then we looked for a place to camp in the RV. But Hubby was again concerned about parking it and snow piling up.
So we stopped at the Super 8 and got a room for the night. We could see the RV parked from next to our room.
We ordered pizza from Mama's Pizza & Deli in town. They delivered about 1 hour later.
We both took showers again. IT WAS SO COLD IN THE ROOM!
Took the last of the marijuana and went to bed.
TUESDAY
12-28-2021
Early start in the morning.
I brought the latte machine into the hotel room and made lattes for us. It was nice to warm up.
Hubby took the dogs for a walk, but Tater saw another dog and pulled out of Hubby's hands. Hubby dropped the lattes. I had to pick up everything as Hubby went to calm down the dog and the woman that was walking the dog. Tater just wants to play when he sees other dogs.
Hubby left the door open and I had to shut it as we pulled out of the hotel parking lot.
We pulled over and Hubby went to get breakfast sandwiches for the dogs at the McDonalds next door to the hotel.
Got on Interstate 80 again and drove east towards Elko. Just past Carlin we went thru a huge tunnel next to the Humboldt River.
SCARY TUNNEL EAST OF CARLIN, NV
Then got directions from our neighbors - Dawn & Garry to find out how to get home from there. We drove to Wells. Got off and fueled up at the Flying J Travel Center. I went potty as the pipes & waterline in the RV was frozen.
Walked the dogs while Hubby put Diesel in the RV.
We then took 93 South. It was still snowing.
Lots of little towns that were cute to drive thru.
Still snowing and snow covered roads.
Drove into Ely and stopped to get more fuel at Love's Travel Stop. It seemed colder here than any other place. Blowing wind. Travel stop was not very well cleaned out of snow. People struggling to get cars moved in the snow.
Then we drove south again thru the mountains. VERY pretty.
NEAR PIOCHE, NV
Drove into Caliente and it was beautiful. We stopped to walk the dogs at the park. As we were driving thru the town, we saw LOTS of deer eating grass in the yards. It was amazing.
Continued to drive south. Drove into another SEVERE SNOW STORM just 1 hour out of Mesquite. I almost cried because it was just too much!
We finally turned at Coyote Springs, NV and took State Highway 168 into Moapa. Got on the Interstate 5 at Moapa and drove north to Mesquite.
I was never so happy to see home!
Hubby wanted to drive to Las Vegas to get the snow and slop off the RV. But I told him it was too late and he would be gone a minimum of 3 hours. So he just parked it and we unloaded what we need that night.
It smelled delicious when we got in the house - like the Evergreen Glade fresheners that I had left. The kitties needed their litter done again. There was mail on the counter. Betty had picked up the mail & taken care of the cats for us. We got her wine from a Winery in Seattle.
Let the dogs out immediately. Gave them treats.
I took some Melatonin and marijuana and went to bed early. It was so very nice to sleep in our bed again.
ROAD TRIP MILES = 1277
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