In California

Wow.  What a busy day and a half.  We took off early yesterday.  We both woke up early and there was no reason to wait.  the weather was fine, not great.  Bob was feeling great.  So we moved along at a pretty good clip.  we were worried about crossing Mt. Ashland.  when we got to Ashland it wasn't even 2 pm, and the sky was clear and the roads were dry.  So we headed over the mountain and had a very easy trip across.

The question then was where to stop.  the first rest area over the Klamath river was nice enough, but it was high and there was lots of snow.  So we headed for the one in Weed.  MISTAKE.  we got there and there was a sign that said no overnight camping.  So we headed for the Pilot gas station in Weed.  It was almost dark and Bob was getting very tired.  I explained our problem to the very nice manager there.  He asked to see our rig and then said we could park right in front of the "no overnight parking" sign as long as we were gone by 7am. So we parked there.

There was a Mexican restaurant right at the end of the parking lot so we decided to go get a hot dinner there.  We took off and walked about 25 feet and Bob said that he could not make it.  (I didn't realize that we were at an altitude of almost 4000 feet.  so Bob went back to the rv and I went and got take out.  When I got back bob did not look so good.  The cold had gotten to him as well as the altitude.  We put out our thermometer.  It was cold.  when we went to bed it was 23 degrees outside.  so we turned on the thermostat of the heater and I played with it to keep the temp around 65 degrees inside and hoped that would be good enough to keep everything from freezing. 

All would have been good except that we were parked on a hill and Bob had a hard time sleeping because he kept rolling onto his broken rib.  Not a good sleep, but we woke up and all was fine.  It was 20 degrees.  I made coffee.  We had sweet rolls for breakfast.  and we took off at 6 am, in the dark and cold.

There was ice on the highway, but very little traffic, so we moved quickly.  We stopped for a hot breakfast in Red Bluff.  We are now stopped at a rest area outside of Sacramento.  Bob was very sleepy so he is taking a nap.  when he gets up I will make lunch and then we will head off again. 

All in all this is turning into a good trip.  Bob is doing better than he or I had hoped - better every day.  Tonight we will have to decide whether to go through LA, or head east at Bakersfield.  It all depends on the winds.  Ah, the fun of traveling.