Lebanon, Waterloo OR

Wednesday 6 July

Yay - we didn’t need the duvet on last night!!  It was still cool in the am but we don’t care ‘cos we are on a mission this morning.  We have an appt. at Ray Jackman Repairs so we get onto it early and are there by 10 am as planned.  What awesome people, Steven and Ray could not have done more for us.  They went over and above the call of duty and even sorted out for us where we could go to get the ball joint which needs fixing/replacing/re-machined to save us a couple of grand!  Ray also loaned Kim his pair of overalls while they were replacing the hydraulic bits and adjusting the brakes.  What an awesome company and fabulous helpful people!! 

Steve and Ray working hard!

We go back to the Waterloo Campground as it was a lovely setting, only 3 miles away and we don’t need to book.  The afternoon is about 28C – luvin’ summer again!  We go for a bike ride, walk down to the river where we see lots of kids, big kids too, in blow-up apparatus floating down the river through the rapids but bailing before the waterfall - we haven’t actually seen the waterfall yet but the signs promise it is looming!

We get back to camp have a cold drink around our picnic table, a read in the sun, dinner (delicious sweet corn again, yum) and another day is done and dusted with good results.

Our plan tomorrow is to drive down to Junction City which apparently is the RV repair capital of the world!  Want to buy some gas struts for the storage underneath, an exhaust extension etc.  We also need to make an appointment in to have the ball joint/drag link repaired next week when we are down in Eugene.