Goodbye Wyoming, Hello Oregon

Well our time in Wyoming has ended and it is tome to head west to see the ocean once again. We are going to Bandon, OR to work as volunteers at the Bandon Fish Hatchery for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Back to the RV living for the summer. We loaded up the RV and the Honda with all of our stuff planning for the drive west. The plan for the trip was a three day drive across Rt. 80 and 84 and then down the coast to Bandon. Of course, we had beautiful weather the entire time we were in Cheyenne, that of course ended the day we left. The weather on the departure day was blustery at best, but we took off. The roads were not too bad, as long as you drive like a reasonable human you would be fine. So after several hours of 35 mph driving we were sent off the interstate due to an accident ahead. So we camped out in a truck stop for a few hours. So finally we got out of there and we were ready to put some miles behind us. Well, we made it to the next exit and we were sent off again. This time the town (and by town, I mean an exit that 150 people live at) was filled with hundreds of trucks and it didn't look good. So we found a place to park and we went into a gas station to get an idea of what is going on. There was a 10 car pileup ahead and the road would likely be closed for the night. And the east bound 80 was closed as well, so we were stuck in this town for the night. Time to settle down and get some sleep. We knew it would be cool evening, but when we woke up at 4AM and it was 5 degrees, we were ready to go right now. We look and the road is open, so we started up and got heat back into us. The rest of the trip was uneventful. We got to see 3 new states for us. We had never been in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington so we were eager to see them all. We spent the night in ID near Bosie and the drive down the Columbia River along Rt. 84 was incredible. While we were driving down the river we crossed over to the Washington side and we got a view over the river as well.

We rolled into Bandon on Sunday afternoon and we work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and the rest of the week is ours for exploring. So we will have some areas to see and checkout. Here is a few photos of the Hatchery.