We're on our Way

First night, Costco parking lot.

We're off to California.  We lucked out weatherwise, bare and dry roads all the way and beautiful snowy peaks all around us.  In fact, it was so beautiful around Chilliwack, we wondered when the last time was that we drove through the lower mainland without rainclouds covering them up.

We did some last minute shopping in Chilliwack, then parked at Costco for the night a stone's throw from the Sumas border crossing.  It was a cold night but we slept undisturbed.

The next morning we had a grouchy customs' officer, but he let us in and we high-tailed down the I-5 to Eugene, Oregon.

I'd heard of a mall that lets you park in their lot right on the river's edge and next to a bike trail that runs along the riverside.

So we were able to go for a walk along the river

before eating supper at a nearby Indian restaurant.
Unfortunately, just as we were turning in, security stopped by to tell us they weren't letting people park overnight anymore so off we went in the dark to find another spot.

We found another Walmart where we had an undisturbed sleep, only to wake up in the morning parked next to a sign that said "no overnight parking."

So we are thankful to their security for presumably letting us sleep on.  We have to revise our Walmart sleeping strategy from now on.

Weather continues bright and sunny.