Crater Lake National Park

We spent two days in Crescent Oregon at a very nice RV park (except there was no Internet). But we did get our satellite dish to work for our Directv so we weren't roughing it too bad.
The first day we took a drive up to the Salt Creek Falls. It is the second tallest water fall in Oregon at 289 feet.

The next day we went to Crater Lake National Park and it was definitely a worthy trip. The lake is huge and very beautiful.

SPECIAL NOTE: We had no Internet for the entire trip through Oregon> RV parks say they have wi fi but they really do not!!! So there will be a few blogs in a row so we can catch up.

First Night Out

We left about 9:00 am this morning and within two miles of getting on the 50 freeway headed toward Sacramento a flock of geese decided to walk across the freeway. Needless to say there was carnage on the freeway and everyone came to a screeching halt. Geesh. Dead geese everywhere. Thank god no pictures on that one. We got to the McLoud RV Park about 3:00 pm and the set-up went very well. Except for our $2,500 satellite dish that is supposed to fin=d the satellites all by itself.  It didn't Turns out that there were some very big trees that blocked the path. So, we are really roughing it tonight. We only have the cable TV provided by the RV Park and we can't even DVR that!

So, we got here in time to do some sight seeing. We went to the McCloud River up the road where there are three waterfalls that are popular with the locals and the tourists. Very nice and here are some pictures from our day.

Saturday, July 8, 2017

The Trip Begins

Tomorrow, Sunday, July 9th we will be starting our two month trip across the United States and back. We are all packed up and ready to go. Here is a map that shows our route both across the United States to South Carolina and then all the way back to Shingle Springs. As you can see, there will be many stops along the way. The numbers simply identify the various stops. We will be staying multiple days at many of these stops.

Sunday, July 2, 2017

A week to go before we take off on our trip across the country. I was just sitting in the back yard and a surprise friend came to visit. Who needs to travel to the mountains and across the country to see wildlife? We can find it right in the back of Jeannie's back yard. A young male deer with two prongs.

Saturday, July 1, 2017 
Pre-Trip Installation

Today the new fender flares for the truck showed up and I decided that I was up to installing them. I had watched a video on how to install the fender flares and thought that it looked pretty straight forward. LOL

Perseverance won the day and I finally, after four hours figured out to do it. The results are quite nice and now the rocks from the tires will be contained. Plus, it looks pretty cool.

Our Day to Pick Up our New Jayco Eagle HT

After waiting because out truck bed was too high for the lower end of the fifth wheel nose the dealer decided that we needed to raise the trailer 4 inches. This involved "flipping" the rear springs and had to be done by an outside vendor. Good news is that we didn't have to pay for this $4,000 fix. The dealer determined that it was their fault that the salesman didn't notice this height discrepancy for the Ram truck because of the two inch lift.

So, we waited an extra two weeks to have the trailer lifted.

Here we are at the dealership getting ready to transfer all of our "stuff" from the toy hauler to the new fifth wheel and getting it "hitched up" for the first time.

Taking Flight in our Eagle is our blog that will chronicle new adventures with our fifth wheel trailer. We will start from the beginning with our trip from Shingle Springs to Manteca to pick up our new trailer and have the fifth wheel hitch installed on our truck. This blog is intended to be shared with family and friends as we travel across the United States in the coming months.