High Life.........
Setting comfortably at Jamie's place. Great getting hugs from everyone, the boys were showing off as they were racing their bicycles up and down the drive way,
Yes we made it, but not with out another experience that will be filed under "road rash".

Road Rash.........
Just peaked the "Dead Mans Pass" about 20 miles east of Pendleton Oregon, when all hell broke loose. I thought that I had been feeling an unusual vibration since leaving Baker City this morn. It kept getting worse until it got to the point that I had made the decision to pull over and was just commenting to Sue and mom that something was not right, when it sounded like an explosion. Quickly lost all propulsion to the motor home, was still running but no forward momentum. Was able to pull off the freeway to safety, jumped out to check what I knew were going to be damages and quickly noted a hiss and the smell of propane. Hastened Sue and mom out of the RV and had them stand at a safe distance. Looked under and saw that the drive shaft was disintegrated with transmission fluid running onto the ground. Right away thought for sure that we had lost the tranny. Cleared the area and got road side assistance on the phone. After about 45 minutes finally had a tow truck on the way. Propane was still leaking (sound and smell) but there was a wind blowing so gained the courage to venture close enough to unhook the tow vehicle (Vue) so that mom and Sue could drive ahead and get to a more comfortable spot (later found it to be the "Wild Horse" casino) with the tow truck still 1 1/2 hours from arriving. After their departure, had a chance to look closer at the damage and did not see as much fluid as I had initially thought was running from the system. If the transmission had blown there would be gallons of fluid but this was mere cups. So after further looking and recalling the event had decided that it may not be as bad as originally suspected. I think that since leaving on the morning jont, I had been feeling a universal joint starting to go out. The fact that we climbed the pass at 55-60 MPH was all the system could take and finally had to give.  The little bit of fluid was what came out of the back of the unit after the drive shaft tore itself in half. Was able to also get to the closure valve on the propane tank to shut that down.
Motor home is now setting in Pendleton at "Woodpecker Truck" waiting for an inspection so that repairs can be determined with nothing happening until Monday (this being Friday and no work on the weekend). A quick look by the mechanics had them agreeing with my final analysis.
After transferring items from the Vue to the motorhome and visa versa, we drove on into Washington to enjoy the grandkids and wait for the Monday phone call that will give us the diagnosis.

Not really to upset about this set back. After hearing stories from other RV'ers understand that this is part of the journey. Everyone encounters situations that you work through and continue forward with the adventure. In fact there was a second motor home (much newer than ours) in the truck compound that had been towed in the day prior. It had simply quit running and they were trying to figure out why. Those folks were still staying in the unit while it was being worked on. I am a wondering why so soon for us, but maybe all of our bad luck will be kicking us at the front of the trip and will be used up quick so that all the good luck will follow for months and then there will be more "High Life" than "Road Rash".

Sue was asking me what I might write tonight, my quick reply was to simply put......."The End", but this still just the beginning.