We left Clearlake behind us and headed towards Sacramento. It's been over three years since we've actually had to be in an urban setting, so we are a little apprehensive. But we arrived yesterday and it's time to put the retirement setting aside and get down to business. We are here for a wedding and have to stay put for a month, at least....ugh! Fortunately we were able to secure one of the best sites in the park so that's a huge plus....my posts will be sparse for the next few weeks as I'll be fairly busy. Got fitted for a tux today...boy are they expensive to rent!....I'll post whenever possible and for sure when we hit the road again. We are not sure where we will be going yet, but it looks like we will head east toward Reno and Salt Lake City. We've talked about Albuquerque for the balloon festival but it's pretty expensive so we may simply head south towards Zion, Las Vegas and Lake Powell.....
Here's a picture out our front window from our site in ClearLake. We really enjoyed our stay at this park despite the condition of the lake. It was relaxing and gave us a chance to catch up on some things like reading, laundry and washing the coach....
Many of you have heard of the massive fire that burned along Hwy 20 in this area a few weeks ago. These pictures were taken just a few miles east of the Hwy 20, Hwy 53 interchange.
As you can see, the devastation was pretty complete. There was no sign of greenery or life anywhere along this long stretch of highway. It was pretty sad to see the destruction. A couple of bright spots were the two farm houses we saw still standing, untouched, in the middle of all this. The fire department must have worked their magic for those two families. Kudos to the hard workers who fight these infernos.
We arrived at our destination safe and sound. Since all sites are first come, first serve, you never know what kind of site you'll end up with. Sometimes, we will take one site for a few days, then move to a nicer site if one opens up but usually we pick the best one left and simply stay put....
That said, you can see by the pictures here and below, we lucked out to a pretty nice site. Lots of grass on both sides of the coach. We were promised the lawns would be mowed tomorrow in preparation for the Labor Day weekend.
This side of the coach shows how much room we had. Nice playground for Jasmine.
We had the kids over for a BBQ. My daughter brought along her boyfriend and their two dogs to play with Jasmine. Josh came with his mom and her boyfriend. After burgers and trimmings it was time for them to burn off some energy.
We finished off our site by putting up the "skeeter" and bug screen so the table would be safe from critters. There is so much to do with so little time. We will see how it goes for the next few weeks.....
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