Adventure for the Long Run

Day 15: Saturday, July 13 I went out for a run this morning and thought I had found a relatively flat spot to run, but there were some hills going out, which at least meant there were downhills coming back. I ran some loops in the small neighborhood by the campground and at the end, I had a puppy trailing me. I didn’t see where he had come from, but he was right behind me and wanted my attention. I stopped to pet him and he definitely looked like someone’s pet, but didn’t have a collar. I tried to coax him into running back where we had come from instead of exiting the neighborhood onto the main road, but he continued to follow me. I ran down toward the campground and he was still behind me until he saw a lady with her two dogs. He got scared and ran up a driveway and then turned himself around to go back toward the neighborhood. I really hope he went back to where he lives and got there safely! I was really prepared to have him follow me to the RV and having to explain to Sean ...

Day 13: Thursday, July 11, 2019 We woke up around 6:00, got ready quickly, had a quick breakfast and Sean did his tear-down tasks to close up the RV. We pulled out of the RV park by 6:50 am. We had about a 6-hour drive for the day so Sean wanted to get an early start and get ahead of the heat. We stopped around noon for some gas and lunch then kept going on our journey. When we crossed into the state of Washington, Sean completed his goal of visiting all 50 US states—yahoo!!! We stopped at Walmart for groceries, then made our way to the Harmony Lakeside RV Park by 3:30 pm. The kids and I got a few things set up and then walked down to check out the lake while Sean set the RV up. Barrett and I had an epic game of soccer! I gave him a run for his money, but he beat me by one goal, 5-4! We cooked and ate dinner, did some research on Mt. Rainier for the next day, and got to bed at a decent hour so we could be ready to head to Mt. Rainier early in t...