We started our vacation on Friday evening. The travel time from Oregon to Utah will take 17hours, so we devided the travel to 2 days. Tge first night must spend on the side of the road, so I called renegate camping.
The beauty having a travel trailer is to stop anywhere you can where it feels safe, and you have your bed and bathroom ready anytime.
We stop at Burns - OR to get gas and Subway for dinner. We kept going till Jantura, a little town before we hit Freeway 84 East. On the side of the road, there were spot that safe to park and make a camp. There were 2 other travellers have been there before us, so we just blending in with the crowd.
After the trailer parked and unhooked from the car, we are ready to call the day! It was a little bit weird to sleep on the side of the road, but after a while Im used to the highway noises. In the middle of the night I heard 2 more travellers joining the crowd...
Early in the morning Jack got up and made road breakfast (coffee and bagel) we eat, using the bathroom, refresh ourself and get back to road, continuing the drive to Dead Horse Point State Park - Utah, where we gonna spend 4 nights.
Renegate camping is awesome, its FREE and FUN!!
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Our camping destination was Bend Bull Campground, on the other side of this location. When we get there the campground was FULL and the campers doesnt look inviting.
We were so disappointed and then turned back to the main road heading to this Wyeth CG. Gosh, we found the best site with a trailer pull out, so easy to park our Airstream.
I learn how to use our new Airstream in this trip. We got more essential stuff from Jerry's RV on South 97 Hwy - Bend, such as: my green grassy outdoor rug, plastic blocks for the wheels and the yellow plastic chocks.
Stuff that we need on the next trip :
Dish from REI
Kitchen gadgets : peeler, splater screen
More Grey Mats
Drawer liners
Pop-up trash can
Our dinner menu is foil meal cooked in the oven. Jack had a hard time to turn on the oven but thank to manual that always become the best reference.
We learnt that the oven temperature is not standard, need to crank on higher than the household oven. Took a longer time to cook our foil meal. Our meal turn to be tasty and we enjoyed them on our dining table.
Using the oven doesn't make the inside temperature hot at all. It cooled down fast.
Wyeth CG only have 4 sites with boat ramp and fishing spots. Hoodoo Management provided the campground with 1 toilet facility but no water. Taking a trailer is the best way to camp here.
Our first in the trailer was awesome. I don't need to walk in the dark to use toilet. Bed is so comfy and I spent long time reading book on my iPad.
We slept like sleeping beauty, got up after 8 am. Jack made me a cup of coffee, Gold Coast Blend Starbucks. So good to start my day with a great cup of coffee and homemade shortbread from local bakery here in Bend.
One day before this trip I went to Newport Market to get some quality groceries. This morning it's the time to cook up those Applewood bacon, potato and eggs for brunch. The trailer's stove worked great, meals cooked with love by my lovely husband.
I had 2 great lazy days in Wyeth CG. Slept a lot, spent time reading and just hanging out with Jack, without doing any cardio activities. This is what I really need after long working hours last week.
Hhhmm.... what's for next week?
Nggak terasa sudah 8 tahun kami menikah. Panjang juga perjalanan kita berdua, banyak sekali suka dan dukanya. Lucunya aku ngutak-ngatik laptop sehari sebelum hari anniversary, aku dapatin “notes” terselubung di komputer yang isinya tumpahan perasaan (off course dalam bahasa Indonesia..hehehe) waktu saat-saat berantem ditahun-tahun lalu. Isi notes penuh dengan daftar “kekurangan” dan “kelebihan” suami yang saat itu ditulis dalam kondisi marah dan sangat emosional. Ya pastilah banyakan daftar “kekurangan” nya.
Kutelusuri satu persatu list tersebut dan ku edit dengan kepala dingin. Aku terkejut melihat berkurangnya “kekurangan” dan bertambahnya “kelebihan”. Terima kasih Tuhan atas berkat yang Kau berikan dalam pernikahan ini.
8 tahun memang belum waktu yang lama untuk saling mengenal 2 pribadi dan budaya yang berbeda. Tapi aku bersyukur bahwa masih diberi kesempatan untuk tetap menerima segala kekurangan masing-masing.
Kita berdua merayakan anniversary ini secara sederhana saja, sama seperti kehidupan sehari-hari kita yang memang nggak berlebihan tetapi berkecukupan! Dia berikan aku surprise dengan mengirimkan bunga ke tempat kerja. Malamnya kita pergi makan malam di local restoran dekat rumah.
Happy 8th anniversary honey, I am happy to be married to my best friend!

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