RATING: ♦♦♦♦♦
The route for the Summer 2019 season covered 2,000 miles, which was even longer than the 1,400 miles we did in Spring 2019. We started at the Winnebago Service Center in Central Oregon, traveled up to Washington to visit Becky’s brother Dennis and his wife Laura, and then returned to Southern California for more repairs at Redlands Truck and RV Center.
Along the way, we visited Portland and the Columbia River Gorge, Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula, Los Angeles and Hollywood, five Thousand Trails RV parks (Seaside, South Jetty twice, Chehalis, Lake Minden, and Soledad Canyon), three SKP RV parks (Evergreen Coho, Timber Valley, and Park Sierra), and four+ National Parks (Mount St Helens, Olympic, Lewis and Clark, Yosemite, and Sequoia).
In many ways, this was the most scenic season we’ve experienced so far. We thoroughly enjoyed the Oregon Coast and the Western Sierras, and hope to visit again.
Unfortunately, the season ended as it began, marred by expensive repairs. We spent $3,000 to replace the refrigerator cooling unit in September after spending $8,269 to replace our leveling jacks in July. So far this year, we’ve been in the shop seven times for a total of 19 days and many thousands of dollars. The biggest advantage of the nomadic life is the level of freedom it allows. But the high cost of repairs, in both time and money, seriously threatens that freedom.