Chuck and Carla

Tuesday 1st July
On Tueday morning we packed up from the Hegerman RV Vilage and travelled on to our final stop for this trip. Chuck and Carla! We can look back now and know how wonderful these people are, but as we approached their house we did wonder what might be about  to happen.
We had met Chuck and Carla in the parking lot at the overlook to the Grand Coulee Dam, where they had made he offer for us to stay with them before we put the rig into storage. They were total strangers and we had only talked for about 20 minutes.That was over a month ago, and here we were bowling up to their front door to camp on their front drive. Worse than that, we also wanted to use their carpet shampooer and then wash the rig! What a cheek! What if they disliked us? What if we disliked them!

 But our fears were groundless, as we turned into their drive they threw open the front door and welcome us with warmth and smiles. They just couldn't have been more helpful and welcoming. They have a lovely house and garden, which they showed us round. They have a little canal at the bottom of the garden, the house is amongst fields, this year mint is the crop and whenever the breeze come from the North the air had a lovely minty smell. They have a big swing and a teepee.
Chuck is a mechanic and has a huge workshop with a beautiful 1986 Marathon coach, very luxurious (pics after our next visit). Also a bright yellow Cobra replica kit car, that he took both Sally and me for a ride in. Very low, very responsive, very nice.

 So we spent the next three days cleaning the truck and the trailer, Chuck helped with the washing of them and even polished out some of the scratches in the paintwork - Thank you Chuck.
Chuck and Carla love to cook and fed us royally, we managed to return a little of their hospitality by taking them for a meal in a Basque restaurant, which was great fun for us, though I don't think sheep enjoy being there!
We were not the only visitors to Chuck and Carla's home, while we were there a swarm of bees took up temporary residence in the garden, which was very interesting. Their garden is also home to a hawk and at least one family of those delightful California Quail.

 We spent July 4th with them, the highlight, apart from Chuck's BBQ Steak, being watching the fireworks that all their neighbours were setting off.
All too soon we found ourselves hitching the trailer up to take it to the storage we had arranged in Boise and after saying fond farewells we were off on our journey back home.