Our Trip South Day Part #2

Thursday

Got gone and on the road around 9:30 a.m. on a nasty rainy day. On this leg of the trip we will be "boondocking". After a stop at Camping World in Fife for a few supplies we trekked south on a rather uneventful trip through Washington and into Oregon. As expected we had NW rain the whole way. We stopped at a rest area in central Oregon for dinner and continued on to Canyonville, OR where stopped about 7:00 p.m. The rest stop is an awesome find,a nearly new spot operated by the Seven Feathers Casino. This is a great partnership between the state and tribes. The rest area is up the hill from the freeway away from the casino activities. It is clean and quiet and uses solar poower which for me is a plus.


We did have a couple minor setbacks; the generator started malfunctioning again and the our furnace decided to quit (brrrr). We will get those looked at later.


Friday

Got up and going around 8:00 a.m. The weather was cool and the sun was out. We had great weather through the mountains with breathtaking views of wildlife including eagles and deer. As Shasta came into view all covered in snow with the sun shining on it I knew we were in for a good trip. Our trip through Northern CA was uneventful, however as a history buff I enjoyed seeing the "State of Jackson" signs. Do your research.

We rolled into The Flying J in Lodi, CA for the night around 5:00 p.m. I decided to tinker with the furnace and generator for a while. The older disabled vet parked next to us had lots of helpful advice, but it still didn't work. on a side note, the gent appeared to be homeless living in his rv in truck stops. I will reserve my political comments about our country failing vets for a different blog. I should add that he seemed to be doing ok, maybe it was a choice.

Saturday

I woke up about 5:00 a.m. so I got up and got us ready to roll while Chrystal slept. Since the generator was stillon the blink I loaded up with a giant cup o' joe from Flying J and got on the road around 6:00 a.m. It is a spectacular day not a cloud in the sky. When the sun came up across the valley it was a huge orange ball of fire in the sky. Our day was so relaxing we made several stops including long stops for breakfast and lunch. Our lunch stop was at great little fruit stand where we enjoyed samples before making our purchase. Coming through LA was a traffic nightmare, but we arrived at our RV park around 4:00 a.m. Anaheim Resort RV Park is a great spot, clean quiet and friendly. We could see the Disneyland fireworks from our RV spot.

Tomorrow we go see Mickey.