I left Tri City in Southern Oregon on Monday May 17th and drove to Corning, California. The roads conditions were excellent except that there was a lot of going up and down. Just when I thought the climbs were done, there was another one. It was an exhausting day on the road. I stayed one night in Corning and didn’t bother to unhook the trailer. I headed out the next day for Fresno. I try to keep the driving to 4 hours and I chart my route using the AAA website. They do not take into account the many rest stops and the reduced driving speed when towing a trailer so I usually end up being in the truck for 6 hours. The highways in California are in terrible shape. I spent the trip fooling around with the trailer brake settings as I tried to get a smoother ride but with no luck. I get to Fresno around 3pm and using OnStar I find the RV park. I had not made reservations like every other time as I was only going to stay one night. When I pull into the RV Park, the sign on the office door said ‘NO VACANCY”. Damn, now what??? I drove through the park to get turned around and although there were lots of big motor homes and 5th wheels, the park was seedy to say the least so there being no vacancy was a good thing.
On to PLAN B which turned out to be a much better plan. I had the number for an RV park in Three Rivers and yes they had space for me. So I got OnStar to plot the route and off I went. Now the thing with the turn by turn directions is that the route on the odometer shows the distance to the next turn. So every turn would give a new distance. At one point I was sure that I had to be going backwards.
I ended up on a 2 lane highway that wound around the hills until I came around a turn and I was in Paradise!!! There was a beautiful lake surrounded by hills. It looks just like Penticton and the sun was glisten off the lake and I was in heaven. The area is Three Rivers and it is a very small town.
Thank God for On Star or I would never have found the RV Park. It was great – pull through space with lots of room on either side. A short walk to the river and the swimming hole. So after 8 hours I had found a wonderful place to hang out for a few days. I even went to the Sequoia National Park and saw the world’s biggest tree (not the tallest or the biggest in circumference but the biggest in mass).
I actually took pictures this time so I will let them tell the story of this wonderful week on the road.
Off to Needles, California for the next week and then THE GRAND CANYON!!!!!!!!
On to PLAN B which turned out to be a much better plan. I had the number for an RV park in Three Rivers and yes they had space for me. So I got OnStar to plot the route and off I went. Now the thing with the turn by turn directions is that the route on the odometer shows the distance to the next turn. So every turn would give a new distance. At one point I was sure that I had to be going backwards.
I ended up on a 2 lane highway that wound around the hills until I came around a turn and I was in Paradise!!! There was a beautiful lake surrounded by hills. It looks just like Penticton and the sun was glisten off the lake and I was in heaven. The area is Three Rivers and it is a very small town.
Thank God for On Star or I would never have found the RV Park. It was great – pull through space with lots of room on either side. A short walk to the river and the swimming hole. So after 8 hours I had found a wonderful place to hang out for a few days. I even went to the Sequoia National Park and saw the world’s biggest tree (not the tallest or the biggest in circumference but the biggest in mass).
I actually took pictures this time so I will let them tell the story of this wonderful week on the road.
Off to Needles, California for the next week and then THE GRAND CANYON!!!!!!!!
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