Lebanon or Bust!

It was just after 9:00 AM when we parked in front of the Portland RV Storage warehouse, where Sadie lives, when we are not aboard. Lucien had her all ready to go. I hopped in and brought the old girl home so we can prepare for a jaunt down the Willamette (say "Will Am Ette") Valley to Lebanon.

Jill went shopping for a few last minute items. Apparently, the shopping was good today. She was gone for a good, long time. She did well, though, and we have added some new accessories, including a wall mounted paper towel dispenser, an over-the-door hook on which to hang a dish towel, a combination salt/pepper shaker, a double 12V outlet (so we can run the GPS and the Tire Pressure Monitor System simultaneously), and a clear plastic angle extension for the sewer hose, so we can monitor the progress of flushing the holding tanks.

But the most exciting new addition is our brand new, berry-colored Travasak. This amounts to a fancy sleeping bag. It is the size of a queen bed and has high thread-count sheets that are attached inside with Velcro. One side (top) has double the insulation of the other, so by turning the "bag" over, you can change from winter to summer configuration. I assembled ours with a standard double electric blanket between the upper (winter) side and the upper sheet. We usually don't leave the furnace on at night, so having an electric blanket in winter keeps us oh-so-toasty.

The reason for getting the Travasak is that Sadie, while she has a queen bed that is supposedly a "walk around," leaves us very little room for getting around the bed for purposes of making it up. With the Travasak, we will be able simply to zip up the sides and smooth out the bed. We can't wait to sleep in it tomorrow night in Lebanon.