The yesteryear ii days receive got been driving days, as well as we've covered a lot of mileage since leaving Desert Hot Springs. There was a rather dramatic sunset the lastly eventide nosotros were at that topographic point every bit the clouds moved inwards for to a greater extent than rain.
As nosotros were pulling out of the common on Th morning, a roadrunner ran across the route inwards front end of us. I alone caught him every bit he ran nether i of the RV's. It's non a non bad picture, but I wanted yous to come across him anyway.
They are large birds, nearly every bit large every bit a pocket-size chicken. Here's roughly other i I caught amongst my photographic idiot box camera when nosotros were visiting Palo Duro State Park inwards Texas a few years ago.
It was apparently a vivid sunny hateful solar daytime when nosotros saw that guy...but getting dorsum to SoCal, the pelting came down. It rained as well as rained as well as rained, as well as it was a downright terrible hateful solar daytime for driving.
It was interstate driving most of the day, but eventually, nosotros turned off to to a greater extent than tranquil scenery every bit nosotros entered the agricultural expanse inwards the San Joaquin valley. We saw a lot of citrus that day. I tried to capture roughly of the orangish trees, loaded amongst fruit, but my pictures were all a blur.
We spent the nighttime at a county campground. There was fourth dimension to instruct started on the 8th snowflake. Yes...the snowflake won out over manus quilting. I'll instruct dorsum to the manus quilting eventually, but the snowflakes receive got my pump for the fourth dimension being. I've stitched fifty-fifty to a greater extent than since taking the motion-picture exhibit below.
The kitties were tired after a long hateful solar daytime of driving. I don't intend they instruct much daytime napping on driving days. Sadie was curled upwards on her window perch. She was letting her tail hang over the side, similar Smitty does. Her tail is less impressive than his, but she keeps hoping.
Smitty was nearly laid upwards to bring together her, but he likes cooling his tum on the flooring first.
When nosotros left the campground yesterday morning, I was taken inwards yesteryear this pastoral scene on the hillside behind us.
It was roughly other hateful solar daytime of driving...this fourth dimension upwards CA99, which is a route listed on our "Roads Not To Travel" list. We drove due south on this route nearly 5 years ago, as well as it was so bumpy as well as rough, nosotros vowed never to produce it again. Still, years later, it was the fastest agency to accomplish our lastly destination, as well as so nosotros decided to give it roughly other chance. We noted all the places nosotros could bail off as well as instruct over to Interstate 5, but that turned out non to live necessary. The route is much improved since our previous trip, as well as nosotros stayed on our route the whole distance. It was improved plenty that nosotros took it off our listing of roads non to travel.
Along the way, nosotros caught only the tail terminate of the almond trees inwards bloom. They are generally leafed out already as well as their bloom petals tin live seen scattered on the soil beneath them.
The conditions was much amend from the hateful solar daytime before. Everything is terrifically green.
As nosotros approached our turn-off, nosotros saw this crop duster. We watched him cross the road, plough back, driblet his load...
And as well as so he pulled upwards only every bit he reached the route correct inwards front end of us.
He was dusting roughly sort of fruit tree. We also saw mustard inwards bloom.
And finally, we're dorsum into an expanse where nosotros tin come across roughly barns. It's been quite a piece since I've posted whatever barns.
Mainly, nosotros only saw broad opened upwards spaces.
Getting fifty-fifty closer to our lastly destination, nosotros saw these bovine beauties marching unmarried file across the hillside.
Our lastly plough off was here. Head 'em up...Move 'em out! Rollin', rollin', rollin... (And if you're likewise immature to empathize that reference, as well as so closed up.)
Okay, so we're hither inwards Angels Camp for the adjacent iv nights...three now. We're expecting pelting 100% of the time...heavy rain...which is sort of a bummer. I may receive got misspoken inwards an before postal service if I said nosotros were hither to see 3 ghost towns. They are non "ghost towns," they are golden rush era towns, as well as at that topographic point is a lot of history inwards this area. It volition hateful donning our pelting gear as well as doing roughly walking upwards as well as downward historic primary streets, as well as so the pelting is peculiarly unwelcome for this. Oh well. That's how it goes sometimes. But nosotros are intrepid Oregonians. Rain? What rain?
On our induce here, nosotros passed yesteryear the Mark Twain cabin only was nosotros crossed the boundary into Calaveras County. We didn't know it was here, but happened upon it yesteryear accident. This is genuinely a replica of the master cabin. The cabin burned inwards the belatedly 1800s, as well as alone the rock chimney as well as fireplace were left. This replica was built inwards its identify inwards the 1920's.
Okay...so the globe has gone a footling crazy since nosotros visited Whitewater Preserve. Maybe it started fifty-fifty before that, but the crazy seems to live accelerating every bit nosotros become along. We were finally able to grade 3 rolls of TP hither at the campground. We receive got plenty of TP to arrive all the agency home, but we're searching for something RV friendly. These rolls nosotros got belike aren't whatever amend than the ones nosotros already have. Also, I receive got plenty at home, as well as so TP is the to the lowest degree of my worries. Nevertheless, I uncovering myself every bit worried nearly earth panic every bit I am nearly the virus itself. And only lastly nighttime a Facebook friend wrote that a household unit of measurement fellow member of his had died from it.
So all of that to say we're beingness super, super careful. We launder our hands coming as well as going from world places as well as nosotros avoid touching things piece we're out. We're spreading napkins out when nosotros consume inwards a world venue inwards lodge to avoid touching the tables we're using, as well as we're avoiding touching whatever doors every bit nosotros overstep through. It's amazing how dextrous i tin live only using one's elbows. So, seriously, my friends...stay safe, as well as live well. I desire yous all hither amongst me when this passes. And it volition pass.
