RV Trips South : Trip South 2017

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Day 1: Monday, January 23, 2017 Valley of the Rogue State Park, Gold Hill, OR

Loading lots more stuff in the new 36 foot Bounder, with slides and so much storage we could not fill it! I had taken most of my stuff up to Jim’s the previous week. Snow in the Siskiyou’s caused us to postpone our departure date from Friday until Monday. Jim drove down and parked at the Safeway near my house. I drove my car over with food in the cooler and some other last minute odds and ends, then drove back home and rode my bike to Safeway to load it on the motorhome! We were on the road by 11 am, heading south down I5.

We always like this park, got a nice pull-through so we did not have to unhitch Suzi. After a delicious dinner and a peaceful night, we were ready to head south.

First dinner of the trip!

Jim;s office with hiis new short wave radio!

Sunshine and snow through the Siskiyous

Linda driving the MH. Pretty scary!

Made it through the Siskiyous! Mt. Shasta ahead

Lots of water in Shasta Lake this year!

Day 2,3: Tuesday, Wednesday, January 23, 25 Redding RV Resort, Redding, CA

We went for a walk after breakfast, stopped in Central Point for gas, then headed south, driving through the snowy Siskiyou’s with sunshine and clear roads. Lake Shasta at Bridge Bay was looking good! Our usual park, Park Marina RV Park, is flooded by the Sacramento River and is closed, so we found another spot. We drove down to the Diestelhorst Bridge and rose the bike path loop up to Keswick Dam, then east again, rode over the Sundial Bridge and south to Park Marina to see what it looked like! We had chicken fajitas salad for dinner.

Wednesday morning we went looking for faucets for the kitchen sink, and Jim replaced ours, which was leaking. We met my brother Bill for lunch at Puerto Vallarta, had some great Mexican food. We got the good news that he is getting a new wheelchair van. It is up in Central Point, where we got gas on Tuesday. It was so nice to see my bro.

Our campsite at Redding RV Park. Nice view of the mountains.

Brother Buzz at Puerto Vallarta for lunch

Where we usually camp at Park Marina!

Looking south at Park Marina

Day 4: Thursday, January 26 Turtle Beach RV Resort, Manteca, CA

We continued with sunshine driving south on I5. Linda drove the behemoth part of the way on Monday and also on Thursday. The steering is very touchy and requires continuous correction. Also, the 8 foot width takes up a lot of space in the driving lane! We found a spot in this pretty park, which is an RPI so only costs us $10 a night! We went on a bike ride along the dike roads nearby, saw some herons in a rookery. We thought the dike roads were a little smoother than last year, and rode about 10 miles. The San Joaquin River is high, right along the dike in some places and also flooding parts of the campground. California really needs water, so this is a good thing. There were lots of egrets fishing in the water that covered the lower parts of the campground!

Our campsite at Turtle Beach

Egrets in the campground!

Smooth riding on the dike.

San Joaquin River flooded up to dike!

The farmland side of the dike.

Jim in his motor home office

Day 5: Friday, January 27 Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area, Buttonwillow, CA

We had a nice pull through right by the lake in this Kern County Park. We had dinner, then Linda went for a walk after dark on the bike path here, down through the park, with water on both sides, very peaceful. Jim got some great sunrise pictures in the morning.