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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Meeting up with Homies After the Factory tour

 

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 Outdoor RV tour

Human… are you awake?  Can you hear my purr box?  Can I paw your muzzle?  Are you awake yet?

It was a quiet night outside of the Outdoor RV factory.  Rudy always likes looking out the front door, but there wasn’t much to see for him. My walk took me around the neighborhood.  On one side of the street is a whole lot of agriculture.  I am not sure what the crop is, maybe sugar beets.  The other side of the street is industry.  It is a rural road so it is good for walking.  It is cool and breezy. 

I finish my wandering then head back to Artie.  We headed for the factory tour.  No photos are allowed.  There are 3 other couples and they all own an Outdoor RV.  We are the only scofflaws, and since Arctic Fox is in the same family, we are still ok!

It was interesting walking through the assembly line.  From a blank chassis, to flooring, to cabinets, to walls and the roof and sliders.  You can see the quality and the craftsmanship throughout the rigs.  They really are made well.  The tour took a little more than 2 hours and left us totally impressed.  But… do we want one….  They already have modifications slated for the rig that we liked so if we go that route, it is going to be a long time off, and we might be done by then!

Afterwards, we got on the road.  Our friends Kathy and Brian will be near the town of John Day, and we will be heading right that way, so we figured we might as well meet up. 

We leave La Grande heading west on hwy. 244.  It is a mountain road, with rocky crags and lots of pines.  Of course, there are streams too.  Up and down, round and round.  It is about a 35-40 mph road. At times, the road opens up to beautiful agriculture, then the mountains creep in.  Then the road opens up to cattle ranches, then the mountains creep in.  When we get to hwy. 395, we turn south.  More scenic eye candy.  Nice rolling hills, lots of pines, and just plain pretty country.  It starts to rain for the last 10 miles.  Big, fat rain drops!  It rains!

At the John Day hwy (26), we turn west.  It is still a rural road with agriculture.  The rain subsides and we make our way to the Fish House Inn and RV park, where our homies are waiting.  Time to catch up…

It is raining, with lightening and thunder.  Love it!

We drove only about 125 miles, but it took nearly 3 hours.

We are in our 6th week, and we haven’t killed each other!

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