Monday I was in the desert outside of Yuma and by Friday afternoon I was in Willits, California. Because of COVID-19 I decided it would be good to go "home". Home is where my long time friends are and it seemed like a good idea to hunker down among friends in a small northern California town. I'm parked at my friends horse ranch, safe and sound.
Snow above the Grapevine, interstate 5.
The trip north was interesting. Lots of truck traffic but car traffic greatly reduced. I came north on i5 and because my fuel gage doesn't work I stopped to fill my gas tank about every 150 miles, that's about 1/3 of gas used. I just didn't want to take a chance of getting into a bind of having to look for gas when I was in desperate need. I usually stay a night at the Morongo Casino in the Palm Springs area but they were closed and had all their parking lots closed off so no over-night RV parking there. Down the street from the casino is a small farmers market type grocery store. I went in and asked them if it was ok to spend the night in their parking lot and the supervisor on duty said yes that was fine. Spending the night in places like that means I don't really sleep, just little cat naps all strung together, not very restful. I was up and driving by 7am and scooted around the Los Angeles area and onto i5. Normally I only drive about 3 or 4 hours a day. By then my back is tired of sitting but because this was going to be a fast trip I drove 7 hours for 2 days in a row. My second night I spent at the ELKs lodge in Los Banos, parked on the street because their parking lot is very small. I didn't have any trouble on the street, just the street sweeper going by at about 4am. Drove from Los Banos to Willits, getting here at about 1pm. My friend had my spot all mowed and ready for me. And the kitties are very happy to be out of the rv.
Look, we had fog and 34º last night.
So I'm ok and off the road, safe, for awhile. I hope all my friends and readers are safe and that all of us come out of this healthy.
Evelyn, Bubba and Missie💖
