Washington State.

Chehalis, Washington

The slides on our motor home have vinyl toppers that roll up on a tube and cover the tops of the slides when they are out. These protect against excessive water and debris building up on top of the slides. Ours were wearing out and in places you could see right through them. At times over this long trip I was worried that I may have to cut them off they were getting so ragged.

We checked into a couple of places to price what it would cost to replace them and were surprised at the prices they were charging, especially for the easy installation. We were thinking we could do it ourselves but we lacked tall enough ladders. I had one ladder but that wasn’t going to be enough.

Barb had researched the install process and we found a place in Vancouver, Washington that would supply the material. Their material was also much better than what was supplied by the original manufacturers. We ordered two new slide toppers from Tough Toppers in Vancouver, WA, and picked them up on the way through. In fact they were such nice people he agreed to carry them with them and meet us in the evening on a weekend! So far I highly recommend these people and their product, just by looking at it I can say these are much better that what A&E Awnings supplies.

Once we picked them up we headed a little more north and camped out at a Wal-Mart in Chehalis for the night. The weather was thankfully starting to clear as well.

Bellingham, WA.

One of our favorite little towns is right here at the top of the state. When we were young and living in Vancouver, BC we used to come down to this area and it always brings back fond memories.

The reason why we stopped was because I had a ton of car parts shipped (for my old pickup truck that I’m fixing up) and waiting for me just inside the border. I had bought them the week before and had them shipped here and needed to pick them before crossing the border.

We stopped at Sumas where we had them delivered and then got into the line up for the Canadian border crossing. A few minutes later we were done, back into Canada!