Week 1 coming to a close

Blog update 4/15/17
Hey y'all, I hope this update finds you well. Right now We are in Forks, WA, and for the last 4 days we have been camping at the Quileute Indian Resort/RV Park on the Pacific Ocean. As I write this it is pouring down rain, and has been off and on for the last 4 days. Not really surprising though, we are just right down the road from the Hoh Rainforest. We packed everything up at the resort this morning and moved down the road to Forks,Wa for a night or two since they have a church here in town.

So here's how things have gone on our adventure so far..... day 1 (Sunday the 9th) we boondocked in Clarkston,Wa Walmart. No problems, and we even got to visit with some family that lives there. Amber did 2 wicked awesome murals on the bus, they are so awesome! Thanks again Amber, we LOVE them! We had a Good night with no issues.

The next day we drove about 400 or so miles to Auburn and boondocked at the Walmart there (with the managers "don't tell me your doing it, because we don't allow that here" approval) needless to say less than 30minutes later some high-speed rent-a-cop told us to leave. It was around 10:30pm when we had to leave. We were bummed because we were supposed to meet some family there the next morning, and we haven't seen them in over 2yrs. But God will get us together when we are supposed to be together.

Now wouldn't you know it but I was wicked tired (we all were, but I'm the driver) and my back was killing me from bottoming out on several huge pot-holes ( sometimes ya just gotta love air-ride seats) and there was not a single RV park, rest stop, or truck stop that was accessible from Hwy 5 in Auburn, all the way through Tacoma, and 30 some-odd miles further West on Hwy 16 ( the way we were headed anyway ) until we happened to see a Winco sign in Bremerton, Wa at about midnight! Now normally they would not allow overnight parking, but I guess TJ and I looked wicked tired, because the manager said ok, but we had to be gone in the morning. Praise the Lord for His provisions! The next morning at exactly 8am, he came out and said that it was time to head out. No worries, I was rested and ready to drive!

We fired up and headed out, destination: "Port Angeles, Wa and then we will see". When we got to Port Angeles, it was still only around 1pm, and La Push is only a 2hr or so drive away, so we got some supplies from Walmart and headed out.

So the local Indian tribe out here in La Push set up a wicked nice resort right on the beach. They have a regular hotel/motel building, as well as detached cabins, tent spots and full hook-up RV spaces. The RV spots are $27/night plus 13%tax until the end of May when tourist season starts, then they sky-rocket to around $70/night! Needless to say, we won't be here then! Now $27/night isn't bad if you think of hotel room rates..... it's actually quite cheap. But..... do some math and $27/night for 30 night is HORRIBLE!!!!! So once we find a spot to hang out for a while, it will not be at over $800/month space rent! Ya it's beautiful here, but not that beautiful! They have showers ($3/6minutes) and flush toilets, as well as porta-pots scattered here and there. The store that they have is pretty well stocked, and the prices aren't bad compared to other resort-type places.... a 1 liter Brisk tea is 99cents just like in Kooskia, Lewiston, and Auburn, though I imagine a price hike around May or so.... but that's just smart business.

Well, that's all for now, I'm not sure when I'll be able to put this update on the line, there's zero wifi here, and we don't know about the next place yet, but other than posting updates about our lives/travels, no internet is perfectly acceptable to me. I do imagine some people don't stay here simply because of that reason, which is a shame, because it's beautiful here.

God Bless y'all, please keep us in your prayers.

P.S.   We have our first major bummer/downer.....the humidity and rain here is affecting our paint job (like some of you said) and the paint is starting to "slip", meaning we are going to loose all the signatures and the wicked cool murals Amber drew.... Major bummer! I will load this update and pictures once we have a way to do it..... we have to buy a laptop for that, and Walmart has some decent deals right now, but we just have to get to one! So pictures have to wait.... Sorry!