Day 21 – Friday : Tacoma to SEATACPJ is due home late at night. I hear the Cummins turn up, but stay in my bed.
The morning allows us to catch up with PJ. We get a tour around his camper to see some of the modifications performed when it was rebuilt. Putting in an advanced remote-control extractor fan, using marine hatches and a nice new counter top. The quality of the refurbishment work South End RV have done on the camper is evident.
Rather than have breakfast at the house PJ suggested we come with him for his regular Friday morning breakfast with his friends at a local diner. Well, we certainly weren’t turning down that offer.
They are a great bunch of guys and talk ranges from UFOs to, strangely enough, Sea Monkeys.
After a lovely extended breakfast it is time to take the camper on its last journey before being reborn anew. PJ wisely suggests we top up with diesel to avoid condensation forming in the tank – a side-effect of PJ’s many years of knowledge of the problems associated with boats that sit unused for months on end.
Then on to South End RV at Lakewood, following PJ. I back the camper into their workshop and bid it farewell. PJ will have the fun job of dropping by intermittently to see how they are getting on stripping it down.
There is already a camper in there undergoing work:
It feels strange sitting in PJ’s car – like we are missing something – oh yes, a camper.
Marcie has gone out on an appointment, so PJ generously drives us to the Crowne Plaza at SEATAC. Traffic is getting heavy and I know he will have a pretty unpleasant return trip after dropping us off. We had a great time with PJ and Marcie, but as with this trip, all good things come to an end.
However, we have the luxury of a night in a spacious hotel room, and the lesser luxury of a fattening meal at Denny’s next door. Plus we have most of tomorrow before getting on our plane home.
