Moving on Down the Road

Hard leaving Angela and Corey's.  Nice lazy days and great food as well as it being Christmas ! !   Weather was so cold and we were dry camping.  We are still freezing ! ! !   LOL.  Didn't know that Livermore actually has below freezing weather.  Someone did say that this is winter.... Staying at the Orange Grove RV Camp in Bakersfield. Have been here several times before without reservations, however, tonight they are full at 2:00pm in the afternoon. Luckily, we got one of the few overflow spaces.  Water and electricity will have to work ! !  Glad we have reservations from now on.  We have been basically dry camping for the past eleven days so are looking forward to full hookups and getting really warm.  I don't usually get cold ! !   Decided to pass on another week dry camping in the desert.  Was looking forward to seeing Darcy and Troy but will see them in February.  We really don't know how our propane lasts and not worth running out when so cold...  Hopefully will be warmer further south. Headed to Desert Hot Springs tomorrow.  Will be very near Ken's sister Vonnie. Be nice to see her too !  The sad news is that we heard that our neighbor Bob Jarvil died very unexpectedly last Tuesday.  RIP Bob.  

Corey & Angela's for Christmas

OMG, as good as yesterday traveling was, today was the opposite.  It POURED rain all night like we never see.  People at the Elks told us that Eureka already had about 30 inches for December.....  Rain didn't stop raining hard until Sacramento.  Then, of course, traffic made up for it.  We are very happy to be here for a while ! ! !   LOL   Did see a lot of elk roaming in the fields today. Amazing how many we saw...  

to Eureka, California

Boy, before we left this was the river this morning early....

Look carefully, the duck boxes are in the rive now....












Today was a long driving day, about nine hours.  We never do that.  We left home at 8:15 am and had a beautiful day driving along Highway 38 from Cottage Grove to Reedsport.  It was wide, muddy rivers, streams and lakes but the sun was shining the whole way.  We ended up at the Eureka, California Elks Club right at dark.  They still give two for one drinks as well as they had a private party tonight that had lots of leftover food soooooooooooooooo, we had free appetizers and prime rib bark.  Soooo good.  Now resting for another long day.  They tell us that rain is predicted but we are headed to I-5 and so we think it will be drier.  Corey was wishing that we would bring rain with us but I think it is staying home.  The river is really rising ! ! !   Sunset was beautiful. Never have seen so many people at all the pull outs and waysides.  Everyone was taking pictures but we were in a hurry to try and get to the Elks before dark, didn't work.  LOL.

Not a very good picture as we did not stop..




Tomorrow on to Corey's.  

On the Road Again December 2015

We are all ready to leave early in the morning... Tonight is the last Salem family Christmas dinner and we are all packed except for the refrigerator stuff.  Will be quick in the morning ! !  Heading for Christmas with Corey.  Been too many years !  THANKS to Alyssa for decorating the motorhome ! !  She did a great job!

Not unhappy that we are leaving the river right now....  higher than it has been in quite some time and BIG stuff coming down.  Wonder where it comes from??