Snow In April(!)

By Jim.

“The most important thing to pack on an RV trip is your flexibility.”

Here’s this morning’s Oregon DOT photo of Santiam Pass, which we were supposed to drive over on our way to Eugene.

Bad luck?  Nope, just the opposite.  While we were having a beer at a great brewpub in Bend last night with the Klinkes, Ralph showed me his TripCheck.com app, with real-time photos and weather reports from all the Oregon mountain passes.  That was good luck, because the weather app I’ve been using said nothing about snow in the pass today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll be in Bend until Saturday – lots of snow in the forecast today at the pass and maybe some more tomorrow, then it’s supposed to warm up enough for us to get going.  We’re lucky enough to be able to stay at this great RV park in Bend (our spot is on a pond, and the ducks are tormenting Roxy)

and move our appointment in Eugene (to get our new furniture installed) to Monday morning.  After that, we still plan to drive over to the Oregon coast and then down to California through the Redwood Forest and Mendocino County.  This little setback means we won’t make it to Lake Tahoe, but we WILL be in Yosemite next weekend!