Seattle/San Felipe R/T

[dogre]

We recently returned from our winter voyage (Chelan, WA to San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico) which included the rally at Quartzsite.

The only danger we faced was drinking Dave M's moonshine at the rally and attempting to breath the air while driving thru Mexicali while passing by a "police investigation" site 200 yards into Mexico. Once you get thru town the air clears up and life is good. We parked on the beach at Pete's Camp a few of miles north of San Felipe (120 miles south of the border). Pete's Camp has 79 beachside campsites. The crowd was three of us campers. I dislike crowds so this worked out well but the locals are really hurting. Be brave and go to San Felipe. They need the money!

Coming north we tried to outrun rain along the 1/101 highway along the California/Oregon/Washington coast. It didn't work. Eventually snow caught up with us on the Oregon coast . We kept going north and visited a buddy in Quinault (rainforest), WA while waiting for the snow to quit in the Cascades. Of course it snowed there too.. We eventually crept to Snohomish, WA and waited for WA Hwy 2 to open. We snuck thru during a 4 hour opening of Stevens Pass. 57 days, 4590 miles. Average of 13 MPG with a V6 in our overweighted '91 Itasca Spirit.

What a winter!

Dave Oglevie

Chelan, WA

[waiter]

Dave, Sounds like a neat trip. Can you post border procedures, a map and a couple photos.

This could be a nice 1 week get-away from the Ohio Winter. (I'M TIRED OF WINTER)

[bajadulce]

Sounds like a fun trip dogre. Should have spent another 57 days "down there" before heading back north to this year's crazy winter. Still raining here in Santa Cruz, CA in May!

Waiter:

One week trip from Ohio to SanFelipe? Hope you catch all green lights or sprout some wings! Slow down you "jet-setter"!