Today we hung out close to the trailer. We dumped the waste tanks, Peggy cleaned the awning and we ate very well since yesterday’s shopping nightmare is now paying off with the refrigerator and cupboards of the affluent. Tomorrow we will reluctantly leave this place and continue south.

The Redding area is very pretty, the weather has been superb and the surrounding countryside is gorgeous with amazing colorful vegetation, majestic rock and volcano formations, spectacular waterfalls and rivers, beautiful lakes and abundant wildlife. This October, however, it is bone-dry and even the most insignificant error with open flame coupled with some breeze or a volcanic eruption will result in a fiery holocaust that could consume everything in this stunning region. We hope it rains soon. Time to go. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, for arsonists.