Driving back to MD

I had wanted to take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, BC, Canada today. Even found a parking spot near the ferry terminal so I could go as a pedestrian and check out Victoria. Given that my RV's doors would not lock, I felt uneasy leaving it in a busy public parking lot the whole day. I called around, hoping to find a RAM dealership that could work on the van. No luck, everyone I called, as far as Tacoma, had no availability. I gave up the rest of my travel plan and decided to start driving home directly, scraping the itinerary for the return journey that had included the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, SD. In any case the weather was getting hot, and I was tired of being on the road. Went to a Panera Bread for breakfast, used their wifi to plot my new itinerary that involved a lot of driving. I spent the first night of my return trip parked next to my friend Judy's house in Tacoma, then left early the next morning.

Was anxious to get home to take the RV to my local dealership, so did not spend much time taking photos. But I did find an interesting rest area (photos above) in WA. Overnight on the road mostly at Cracker Barrel or Cabela parking lots. In MT, I passed the Lolo National Forest and saw signs for the Quartz Flat Campground. Since it was getting late and I needed a place to camp, I turned around and got a FCFS site. Cost me only $7.50 (with my senior pass); it was a quiet and safe place to spend the night.

Took 4 days of driving, was back in Bowie on July 2.