Underway!!!

Dec. 27
We left in a big splash this morning. After days of snow, snow, snow we had rain when we woke up. The chains on the Van tires got us out of our driveway, and the main road was passable.
We met our friends at Tim Hortons just after 8 a.m. and off we went "slush slush" to the border!
The U.S. border guard had his suspicions:
"where are you going?"
Not sure....
"for how long?"
a few weeks.....
"how much cash do you have with you?"
Well, Ryan had $13 and mom had a couple of CAD in her wallet......that wasn't really what he was after either.
and...You're camping??? In THIS????

At the rest stops we felt a little out of place too - we're not quite a truck or RV but we aren't really just a passenger vehicle either! Nothing conventional about us homeschoolers is there?
By 5:30 ish p.m. we are at the Washington/Oregon border, at Wallmart (where else?) and Megan decides she does not want to ever sleep in a parkinglot there. So much for free camping there. Off to Eugene, Oregon.
Wonder Mexican restaurant there called Mucho Gusto, had a great snack around 8:30 p.m.
Finally at 10:30 we are in Roseburg and found a motel, so everyone's happy. And they have WiFi here!
There is not a lot of snow here, minimal on the side of the roads, and it is considerably warmer here too.

Oh yes, Ryan spilled some smoked salmon on mom's seat. We tried to clean it with handlotion. Try to imagine the smell.....