The Orcas Island Adventure

[kingfisher24]

on the countdown to jumping off…Oct 2nd at latest….

the piece of the puzzle is getting my airstream back from camper clinic 2 in buda…tomorrow…been there for a month…just minor stuff…but i guess they are swamped….

but tomorrow the stream will be in the driveway for loading and preparation for liftoff next wednesday

So goodbye to the house in Elgin, Texas and adios lone star state……...

[tsunami]

Originally Posted by kingfisher24

on the countdown to jumping off…Oct 2nd at latest….

the piece of the puzzle is getting my airstream back from camper clinic 2 in buda…tomorrow…been there for a month…just minor stuff…but i guess they are swamped….

but tomorrow the stream will be in the driveway for loading and preparation for liftoff next wednesday

So goodbye to the house in Elgin, Texas and adios lone star state……...

Don't for get to change your location in your profile to Washington state.

[Lily&Me]

I like what he has now.


Maggie

[kingfisher24]

after 68.5 years of mesquite…prickly pear…jack rabbits before they were extinct along with…….

"wanna go home with the armadillo…good country music from austin to abiiene…..and the hottest, driest summers (and winters) that you've ever seen……and the orcas lsland homesick blues….

vaya con dios….tejas

"all in good time my little pretty…….

were not in kansas anymore

Geronimo

[kingfisher24]

picked up the stream from camper clinic after a month stay for wheel bearing pack, brake check, new shower door, fantastic fan cover, ac check, roof leak fixed…we'll see….

and mostly a born new to me reconditioned hen sly hitch to replace the 18yearold on that was one previously….

put new michellin LTX MS2 tires on the tow and it feels like were on greased skids as we tool down the highway…..

if i can just get out of texas
without getting killed or caught
up the road to orcas island
and some land i ain't bought…..

the stream…last time in the hole in elgin texas

[Goal15]

Olga wants you stop by HER town when you get to Orcas


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[kingfisher24]

Olga is a beautiful little hamlet on the island of orcas…there is a house there that we are considering renting for the winter

can't wait to get and explore the entire san juan chain of islands...

[kingfisher24]

again. tonight is the last night to sleep in a bed in a house in texas…..forever

tomorrow all HER stuff, i have none that is not in the trailer or truck, will be put in a PODS storage unit , hauled away to await its final destination.

the remainder of the furniture will stay with the house as buyer wanted it and well…..C'est la vie

the first time we did this…sold house and hit the road…in search of …

Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"


The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"

and each and every place we traveled was paradise and where we wanted to
be….until the next one arrived…


and during this time we realized….hey we can't be everywhere…struck by the obvious we punted….but had circled washington enough to know that somewhere there was where we wanted to be….and then the Islands came into our view…..

so now homeless again….in search for eldorado…in the straits of juan de fuca….

October 1st a trip from elgin, texas to abilene state park…..then the next day, like an aviator i will break the surly bonds of the great state of tejas with the intent of never returning…..

a texas longhorn in the rear view mirror…vaya con dios

[Lily&Me]

Travel safe,


Maggie

[Hittenstiehl]

Thanks for taking us all on this adventure with you, were looking forward to it.

[kingfisher24]

packed up..packed out….pod picked up….house sold……driving out the driveway…headed west to abiliene, texas…abiliene state park…right now…last night in texas…..

and just for me an October heat wave (94 degrees in abiliene town….great…)

but tomorrow….blast off…out the state….roswell new mexico to visit relatives that left me here so many years ago…….bottomless lakes state park……
then on the santa fe striking a glancing blow to the balloon festival……

parks in santa fe mostly booked up this weekend for the festival in ABQ…
snagged one at the trailer ranch…so will be there friday night and eat at JAMBO's in Santa Fe… anyone been there….african homestyle cuisine……in santa fe….

[Lily&Me]

Yeeeee--haa!!

Riding off, into the Orcas Island sunset.

Good for you two.


Maggie

[kingfisher24]

Nothing quite like Tejas in the rearview mirror…..crossed it just a few hours ago…now parked at bottomless lakes state park near roswell...:


much cooler…i never want to see much above 70 degees again, ever….

rollin in to the trailer ranch in santa fe tomorrow…...

[Hittenstiehl]

Safe travels and adventures thx for the ride.

[loriinwa]

LOL - just came upon this thread and I had to laugh, cause I am pushing the hubby to move me back to Texas. I have lived here 12 years now and every September - June I whine about the cold and damp and dark ...well, from October to May it's more dark than light! Safe travels and welcome...but consider investing in a SAD light for the depression that sets in after a while. Oh, and make sure you always have a sweater and a jacket with a hood, cause it rarely gets warm around here (and I don't consider anything below 85 degrees to be warm ;-)). Change is always good, so enjoy your damp adventure here is the beautiful PNW!

[jmcarter]

Lori, I've had the same thoughts. Visit the PNW July-Sept. and you think, my gosh why would anyone want to live elsewhere. After a few winters or commutes through the Seattle-Bellevue megalopolis or setting up your life around a ferry schedule and it can wear pretty thin. I have a picture of the family during one 4th of July picnic as we sit around a table along Chuckanut Drive.....in our parkas, freezing our hindquarters off. But it all has its charms and the scenery and ocean/evergreen smell is absolutely intoxicating. Can't wait to get back there with our Airstream, should arrive July 5th and will be properly vacated mid-Sept.

[kingfisher24]

Weather (not whether!) and When to Visit The San Juan Islands get less rainfall than Seattle due to their location in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains to the southwest. Summertime high temperatures are around 70 ° while average winter lows are in the high 30s. Snow is infrequent. As true anywhere in the Pacific NW, bring layered clothing even in the summer as it can be chilly at night or if you go out on a boat (the average ocean water temperature is about 45 degrees). The spring and especially summer and early fall months are the best seasons to visit the islands; the weather is better, the days are much longer (this is a very high latitude), with plenty of daylight hours to explore.

so there are some differences in climate of the islands vs lower in the sound…rainfall is about half of that that seattle gets….the darkness and daylight length is just what it is….

and so we have been studying and trying to prepare for the changes in climate, extreme from texas…..and while true being there in the summer months makes one believe that paradise awaits…but, i think we are being realistic and going to rent a place for the winter and see how the living is…..if not I GOT WHEELS

BUT 68 YEARS OF TEXAS is enough for several lifetimes…and somewhere else is in the plan…..

Geronimo

[Smartstream]

I enjoy all the naysayers complaining about the Seattle weather. The rain shadow around the Sequim area of the North Olympic Peninsula is so different it's hard for people to comprehend. We have been here for 15 years and have never regretted it. If I get cold I put a sweater or jacket on. If I get hot I can only take so much off and beyond that I suffer. As to the darkness I find it very easy to keep my mind and hands occupied enough to not notice.

The only thing I would be concerned about your plan would be living on an island. That would be a bit restrictive for my taste. We pay a price for living in a rural community for shopping and medical and those things associated with city life. To me that cost goes up even more on the San Juan Islands. Only you can decide if you can live with that.

Have a safe trip and if you would like to come by and chat about aluminum and rivets give me a yell.

[Panama Red]

We have just the opposite here in Florida. People come visit in Nov - Feb, and think, "Man! This weather is AWESOME!!!" Then they move here, and March through October hits, with August being slightly warmer than the biblical lake of fire...

But, being from Texas, you know what I mean, only you're a bit drier than we are.

Enjoy your move. I have a very good friend from Florida that lives in Seattle, and he loves it! It's all in your head!

-Red

[kingfisher24]

that santa fe would be a nice place to live,,,/.……NO MORE….ROLLING IN HERE TODAY I THOUGHT I WAS IN AUSTIN TEXAS……

thick with traffic/people/wrecks…….no way jose

i have a theory…any interstate with a 5 in its name is to be avoided…

IH 35--25--

can't wait to get outa here tomorrow…we still like new mexico state parks….and anywhere else away from the cities

give me the dark, dank, wet pacific northwest