Our Journey Begins

It is a very long drive from home to here. 1300 miles long. So far. Very. Long.

Going over the Siskiyous. Road was clear, thankfully, we crossed over between two storms

Now that we are finally at a place where we can stay for a few days, we can relax a bit and start enjoying ourselves. We are at Jojoba Hills SKP Park in Aguanga, CA near San Diego. It is a beautiful place and the people are so friendly. More about that, later.

         

Mt Shasta in the background of this rest area. Best view from a rest area I've seen yet!

Our road adventures so far have included figuring out how to keep important stuff from freezing in 18 degree weather (Portland area) with no hookups (also known as dry-camping or boondocking), dealing with the Winter sun shining in our eyes (baseball caps are wonderful!), mountain passes that go for hours (The Siskiyous), getting in and out of gas stations that are not configured for 38’ RVs pulling a truck, finding a place we had planned to stop unsuitable (up in the mountains and too cold) and having to add another night’s stop. All in all, a pretty good trip down.

Parking overnight in a casino parking lot.

In one day we went from wearing warm hats and wool socks, to AC and sandals—while driving past lingering snow near LA! People here enjoy telling us about their big snow that we just missed. I’m good with that! I prefer the 75 degree days and 40 degree nights we are having now.