Marc, Bev and our Australian Kelpie

Marc, Bev and our Australian Kelpie

Friday, November 5, 2010

Junction City, Oregon and to Corning, California (approx 6 hrs) - over Grant's Pass, 2000 ft, the Siskyou 4300 ft and Anderson pass at 1300 ft) ... no rain, no snow.
Between Yreka & Weed - looking at gorgeous Mt Shasta
 Left Corning (the olive capital of America) after spending the night in back of the Rolling Hills casino.  It is very quiet, off the highway with full hookups for $20.  Left at 9:00 - with approx a 6 hour drive to Chowchilla.

"Any idea when we might be pulling over?"
From Sacramento to Chowchilla - Highway 99 is ROUGH!   Full of patchwork, convoys of trucks and & the occasional impatient driver with a stiff middle finger!   They like to merge into our lane, cut us off and proceed to go under the freeway speed limit of 55 mph (for truck lanes) & then get mad at us as we merge into their rearview mirror.  Cars have a 70 mph limit but if they need to exit, they often need to be in 'our' lane, sandwiched between truck & coach.
HEAVY air in Chowchilla (we have a weekly rate which includes two golf passes per day & an electric or gas cart if you wish).   A daily pass for non RV people or non members is approx $75.  Super humid and about 85 - 90 F (30-32 C).   Apparently the temperature this time of year is usually in the 60's.   I found it extremely difficult to deal with today & had to wrap a cold, wet towel around my neck on hole 13 in order to deal with the overheating & not ending up with heat stroke.  I guess I worried the two guys we were golfing with and Marc but it all turned out fine - even with my face the color of a beet.   A huge change from the 15 C (50 F) we left only one week ago.   And, it is usually very windy here this time of year. . . .not so much this past couple of days.
Marc enjoying the relaxation factor
A large group of  California travellers came through the past couple of days & left silently again today, with hardly anyone in the RV Park.   Still, no one is enjoying the hot tub in the evenings except Marc (apparently it is too hot for most).   A few people have enjoyed the cool pool today after these warm temperatures.

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