...Go

Why is it that there is so much left to do at the last minute? But after 2 days of frantically doing the "Ready, Set" stuff we were able to do the "Go" at 11:15 Wednesday morning. For those who do not know the area or don't have a map, we went southwest out of Grants Pass on hiway 199 into California. Just north of Crescent City we hit hiway 101 and have followed it all the way (except for a little bit in San Francisco). We didn't make it as far as we thought we might the first night. It was getting dark and we were tired so we pulled off when we saw a sign indicating an RV Park. It was in Myers Flat along the south fork of the Eel River. We were the only ones in the park. Very quiet.

The next day we made it to Santa Rosa and stayed in the Sonoma County Fairgrounds RV Park. It is simply a big gravel lot with spaces and hookups. The next morning, we visited the Charles Schultz/Peanuts Museum. It is located there because that is where he lived last, had a studio, an ice skating rink, and a cafe.

All of this was in cool but sunny weather. A giant cold front was moving down from Alaska and slowly overtaking us. (There was a dusting in snow in Grants Pass today. We got out just in time!). As we entered San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge, the clouds were beginning to move in. I decided to "go straight" through town on hiway 1 (for most of the way it is 19th Street) instead of jostling the traffic on the Freeway. It was really very easy. Straight through town, a short drive on I-280 into South San Francisco, exit at Hickey Street, go downhill and right into Treasure Island RV Park. We stayed there two nights.

Saturday we rode BART (a commuter train system) over to the east bay to visit our friends George and Edie. George and I were in the Navy together and later he and Joyce were in the same church when she attended school in San Francisco. We had a great lunch and visit, then rode BART back. It goes under the bay in giant tubes that were constructed and then sunk to be in the right place. I have always wanted to ride the system, so here was my chance. It was about an hour ride each way. My reaction: a very efficient method of transportation, but noisy. The wheels, rails, motors, something make a zillion different high pitched sounds.

This morning we left about 10:00 and headed south on hiway 101. We had to do our own church because there wasn't one around we could walk to. I didn't drop the trailer so we couldn't drive to one. This wasn't my first choice but we have not missed attending church very many times in the last two years. We are now at Avila Hot Springs "Resort" in San Luis Obispo. It is mostly little manufactured home-type cabins; the RV park part of it is about 6 small dirt spaces, hard to get into. In fact, the whole place is hard to get an RV into. We'll probably stay here two nights and soak in the hot mineral waters.

Speaking of hot, it ain't!!! Instead of having temps in the 70s we now have temps in the low 50s. This cold front is supposed to last most of the week -- with no predictions after that. Thus we are welcomed to "sunny" southern California. Oh well, grandkids will warm it up.

Pictures? For some reason (probably my internet connection here) I can't upload pictures. I'll try again when we get to LA so check about Wednesday.