Yesterday was the Memorial Day holiday\nso we loafed around the trailer. We made a short foray to buy diesel.\nWe started to dismantle our stuff for travel because we are departing\nfrom Waiiaka RV Park and the Yreka area tomorrow. We were mostly\nslugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tToday we gathered up the remainer of\nour stuff, collapsed the slide-out rooms and hooked the trailer to\nthe truck to continue our northward progress. Waiiaka RV Park was a\ngreat place to set up our temporary home and the area around Yreka\nwas quite beautiful so we regret leaving that locale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe drove about a half mile from the\npark and turned onto the on-ramp for I-5. While Yreka may only be at\na 2500′ elevation, the mountains and passes around it are\nsubstantially taller. Right off the bat, I-5 starts climbing to cross\na 3100′ pass, the last in California. We then crossed into Oregon and\nstarted climbing again to cross a 4100′ pass before starting a long,\nseven percent down grade into Ashland. Today was not one of our\nendurance drives \u2013 I think we went about 35 miles from Yreka to\nAshland’s Creekside Campground south of the city. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe space assigned to us was a bit\nskinny but our main problem was one of configuration. If we parked\nfar enough from the trees on one side of the trailer, a big truck rim\nrepurposed as a fire ring was underneath our trailer and in the way\nof the rear stabilizer jacks. If we moved closer to the trees, our\nbottom step was into the fire ring, bad news for hobbling old goats\nlike me. The trees were also then in the way of our slide-outs.\nBummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We eventually contacted the desk and they sent over a guy named Gary, who suggested a simple solution: Gary would dig the truck rim\/fireplace out of the ground and struggle to move it out of our way, fill the resulting hole with dirt and bring over a bucket of decomposed granite gravel to smooth out the site. He even raked it flat. We wiggled the trailer about such that the trees would fit between our slide-outs and we could get into the trailer without having to walk on coals. An excellent solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tOur RV space has full hookups and\ncable TV, which is fortunate because the whole park is shaded by\nmature hardwood trees and satellite antenna operation is right out.\nWe arrived so early today, because of the very short run from Yreka,\nthat we had time to wander into nearby Medford where Peggy’s niece\nChristy, her hubby Ben and their two great kids, Jacob and Travis,\nlive in a very nice house. We hobnobbed for quite a while and drank\nsome Mimosas before sending Jake out to pick up Mexican food for\ndinner. I am terribly spoiled with superb Mexican food because our\nreal house is right near the Mexican border and we travel to Mexico\neach year; both places have spoiled me. We are a long way from Mexico\nso the best I can say about the one try at local Mexican food is that\nit is okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tPeggy’s relatives are much younger\nthan us so we bailed out of their place before dark because those\nunfortunates still have to work in the morning. Hahahahaha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday was the Memorial Day holiday so we loafed around the trailer. We made a short foray to buy diesel. We started to dismantle our stuff for travel because we are departing from Waiiaka RV Park and the Yreka area … Continue reading