Potable Water? Meh.

Today has been an interesting day.

To start, we flew up the coast, though we never truly left the ground. The views were gorgeous and the times we stopped revealed amazing scenery and yielded fun experiences.

We reached Portland in good time, and went in search of a dump station. Much ado later, we were able to dump at a local municipal plant.

We ran through a Costco for dinner (hot dogs) and to pick up a special item, which they didn't have. So, after finding that another Costco did have it, we went there. Mission accomplished.

At that point, we were ready to call it a day. So we went to a Love's travel center to fill up on fresh water, and stay for the night; little did we know what we had in store.

First, this particular Love's does not allow overnight parking. Second, their water isn't potable... No big deal, there is a Chevron a little back down the road, and a TA travel center besides, surely one of them will have what we need.

What followed was an hour of searching and besides one: "I've never heard anyone say it wasn't potable." and a: "They told me it wasn't potable, but I've been using it anyways. I'm not dead yet, eh?" we did not find any water for our tanks, despite visiting three gas stations, two truck stops, a Camping World, an RV park, and Googling all the surrounding rest stops. (I should say that there was a rest stop, forty miles south-east of us, which did claim to have drinking water... we were not inclined to take that drive after dark.)

Thus, all our wanderings were for not, and we were left with the distinct impression that everyone in Portland drinks suspect water, or water that is actually perfectly fine, but no one is willing to legally claim it is potable. Thus, when pressed, they will say something along the lines of: "I doubt they still used pipes with lead in them when this place was built, what? Twenty years ago? They knew better by then, right?"

*Sigh*

So, here we sit with our fresh tank at 4%, hoping the dawn will bring an outpouring of drinkable water.

That is all for now. May your water be truly drinkable, and your quests meet with better success than ours.