Traveling North through California

May 15th, 2016

I managed to watch Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in the final of the Rome Masters before we left today.  Thankfully he managed to win in two straight sets!!!!

We arrived at Flag City RV Resort in Lodi, California mid afternoon for an overnight stay.  This was a convenient stop near to the I5 for us.

Here's a picture of Ryan on his ship somewhere out in the ocean.

May 16th, 2016

It was LeeAnn's last choir performance for Middle school.  Hard to believe she is going to High school in the fall.

Today, we were heading over the mountains on our way to Aurora RV Park in Nice, California for another one night stay.   We tried calling to reserve a spot but there was no answer, so we took a chance and just showed up.  The manager was away but a lady there told us what spot to go in and said we could pay later.

It's a nice little park on the lake and we have partial lake views, very relaxing.  

Lily resting after a hard day. She likes her view!!!

Our view from Lily

View to the left

We went for a stroll to admire the scenery.  Just as we got to the lakeside, two air boats took  off over the lake. I didn't realize how noisy those things are.

Bird having a rest

This boat's just waiting for someone to go for a ride!!!

BBQ area

Fish Tank

                         

Spot the wasp (bee)

Always manage to find a flag, yay!!!

Ducks out for a stroll

 We kept a look out for the manager's return but didn't see him.  After dinner Bryan went looking for him and he was mowing grass, so he stopped and we paid for our one night.

May 17th, 2016

Bryan got up very early especially to get some sunrise pictures, so here they are.  I stayed safely tucked up in bed but I get to see the beauty thanks to him.  Love you handsome hubby of mine. xxx

I could just go to sleep looking at this picture, it's so relaxing

The boat's still waiting!!!

Jump, don't jump - Decisions, Decisions

Jumped!!

What an awesome place to relax briefly before setting off again.  We're really covering some miles in an attempt to catch up with where we were supposed to be in our plans.  We're getting there.

Off to Richardson Grove RV Park near Garberville, Ca. for a two night stay, yippee!!!! As we are going further north the people seem to be getting nicer and nicer and more trusting!!!  The couple at Aurora were very laid back to the extent that we probably could have stayed the night for free.  Of course, this wasn't an option for us and Bryan couldn't relax until he had paid them, hence why he went looking for them.  Here at Richardson, the card machine wasn't working and so they told us just to come back and pay later, which we did.  

They gave us some very helpful tourist information and told us what things especially to see.  We are close to the "Avenue of the Giants" and they pointed out some things to look for there.  We won't go there until we get to our next campground which is actually on the "Avenue".

We went for a walk across the road to the gift store to look around and go and look at the One Log House.  We didn't get an outside picture but if you look at the link you will see it.  Here's some inside pictures.  A little house in a log and it's on wheels. 

A cartoon on the "Log House"

Here's a picture of the campground office from the back of our motorhome.

Some visitors trying to "suss" us out.

Tomorrow, we are going to visit a lighthouse and see the ocean.  Can't wait!!!!