Category: Campsite

Goodyear, AZ – Wednesday February 20, 2019

Home set up for five weeks.

This winter I changed out the sun shade which hangs off the awning for afternoon shade. The first shade had to be installed into the awning tube each time we used it. The new one has a small section which installs on the tube (about 2 inches) than the rest of the shade attaches to this small piece with a zipper. This way I attach the shade by myself.

I washed the pickup here at the park and took the tow bar off the pickup. I spent quite a bit of time getting the really small rocks out of the side window tracks, we drove through a lot of road sand getting here and need to get the sand out so the windows don’t get scratched. I also need to get some WD-40 to wash out the padlocks I use on tow bars. There is some sand inside two of the locks.

Goodyear, AZ – Monday February 18, 2019

We made it to Goodyear, AZ for month of baseball. The weather is cold but that is alright. Friday is supposed to be a record low high of 51, going back to 1897. I need to unhook the water tonight (Tuesday) because tonight’s low is 30 degrees.

We’re here the sun was out today and we will enjoy what we get.

We are in the same site as the last two years, 386.

Got the new sun shade set up yesterday but it was to windy today when I took this picture to have the awning out. I’ll show it when the weather improves.

Redlands, CA – Saturday February 16, 2019

Long day 618 miles.

Highway CA-37 opened traveling east about 7:30 this morning so that is the way we traveled over to I-5. When we go to the rest stop north of LA where we planned to spend the night it was closed. You’d think they could have put a sign at the previous rest stop saying this one is closed, it is closed for 6 months.

Not really knowing anything about the area we continued south looking for a place to spend the night. The next rest stop we pulled in fixed dinner and were settling in for the night when I looked at the weather report. We are at the top of “The Grapevine” Lebec, CA with snow coming.

First Campsite pictures

Snow on the ridge above us

Here is the weather report.

This was not going to be a good place to stay and I was not looking forward to driving into LA at night but as they say, “It is what it is”.

This is Lebec weather report this afternoon.

And good thing we didn’t go to Bakersfield and high desert.

Today’s drive

Where we spent the night.

Travel time 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m

On The Road to Spring Training – Wednesday February 13, 2019

After shoveling snow yesterday and this morning we are on our way south.

To get the Motorhome out from behind the house I shoveled snow out of the street for a couple of hours on Tuesday and an hour this morning. It was 34 degrees last night, if it had been 36 all night enough snow would have melted and I wouldn’t have had to shovel snow this morning. This was the largest February snow fall since 1923. We had a foot on the ground. Tanya has two feet plus more tonight.

Campsite

It’s a Rest Stop night.

Portland is supposed to get some freezing rain late tonight and in the morning so I wanted to stop early to ensure we got a spot for the night. Looking at the weather report I think we are far enough south to miss the ice.

Current plan is to go out to the coast to Reedsport and south along the coast. The Siskiyou’s do not look like a friendly place.

Update:

7:00 pm 2/13

Red Bluff, CA – Rest Stop Sunday November 11, 2018

This morning we could see a little smoke in the air. When we got out of the high desert it was really smoky and in Stockton visibility was a mile. From Sacramento north the smoke seemed to holding at a layer above 1000 feet. Crystal clean at ground level.

We stopped at the Olive Pit in Corning and decided to stay here where it is going to get down to 40 degrees rather then 22 degrees at Weed.

We were on the road at 5:30 a.m. this morning and got here at 4:15 p.m. had some pretty good cross winds for a three hours this afternoon.

The drive:

Don’t know what the new yellow line is for, when we get to the big house and I don’t have to watch data usage I’ll spend some time and figure it out.

Campsite:

Boron, CA – Rest Stop – Saturday November 10, 2018

We have stayed at this Rest Stop several times going both north and south.

California is having another terrible time with fires.

This is the 4:00 pm sun though the smoke from the LA fires. As the sun got lower it got redder.

Our original plan was for a long day’s drive (478) north to Corning, CA and then to Medford, OR. With the fire east of Chico burning the whole town of Paradise 7000 homes we will drive to Weed tomorrow 600 miles. The goal is to be on the road by 5:30 a.m.