June 22: Departures and Arrivals.

Today we bid farewell to Washington, and said hello to the great state of Oregon.

We spent the morning at Matt's house, relaxing, and talking, and just hanging out. And making daisy crowns to put on the dog. He loved that.

Then it was time to pack up and head out.

Matt took us to Mountain High Hamburgers for lunch, and then we all drove over to Easton state park for a view of the lake.

We took some pictures, sat and talked for a bit, then said our goodbyes.

First thing on the to-do list was gas and groceries. We pulled into the gas station to fill up and check our tire pressure before we hit the road, but didn't really know what we were doing with the air machine....

We winged it. I filled them until I thought it looked good, and we decided that was going to have to do.

Safeway was next, and we grabbed some foodstuffs. You know, bread, apples, grapes, lunch meat. That kind of stuff.

On our way back out to the car, I saw there was a stuffed dog laying on the windshield....

Matt had some to the Safeway as well and was sitting in the parking lot on his phone when we pulled in. The stuffed dog was none other than the famous Hank the Ikea Dog. (@hank_the_ikea_dog on Instaram. Go follow him.)

So Matt helped us load up the van, then drove us back to the gas station to check our tire pressure for us (since he knew what he was doing). With another farewell wish, he left Hank in our care, and we drove to Oregon.

Fun fact about Oregon; they pump your gas for you. Say what? You thought that was only a thing that happened back in the olden days, eh? Nope! All the gas stations we saw had signs saying "No Self Service". Well okay then.

We pulled into our desired campground somewhere abouts 8:45 and found nearly every site to be full. No beuno. 

But just as we were pulling out to try and find another place, we spotted a park ranger. When asked if there were any available campsites, she pointed us to the closest empty one and said that (despite the bright red "RESERVED" tag) it was open.

$24, and ten minutes later, we had a campsite, and a tent set up.