We continued our southern progress today, leaving the Lighthouse RV Park in the Sacramento River Delta town of Isleton and getting back out on the substandard paving demonstration section known as CA-12. About a dozen lumpy miles later, we turned south on I-5, the main north-south interstate through California. We continued on 5 until we were south of Stockton where we swung east on CA-120 to I-99 at Manteca where we again headed south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tI-99 runs parallel to I-5 from north\nof Sacramento down to the Bakersfield area but we prefer I-99 since\nit is less boring, passing through many farming communities. I-5\nmostly just passes through dead-flat farmland with nothing but more\nflat in the distance and an occasional glimpse of aqueducts of the\nCalifornia Water Project moving water from the Delta to thirsty\nSouthern California. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tAccording to our very shaky projection\nof about three hours of transit on I-99, we were flummoxed by some\npoor travelers whose $600,000 fancy and gigantic diesel pusher RV\ninconsiderately erupted in flames and backed up traffic for about\nfive or ten miles, adding about a half hour to our trip. Near the\ntown of Selma, a trucker who neglected to look in his mirror abruptly\ncareened his tractor and 53′ trailer into our lane while we were\noccupying the space he wanted, forcing us into the #1 lane, a lane we\nrarely use because California limits us to 55 mph and condemns us to\nthe ridicule and upraised middle digits of the motorists passing\nquickly on our left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe finally made it to Visalia where we\nturned east on CA-198 and headed toward the Sierra foothills\ncommunity of Lemon Cove. There we pulled into the Lemon Cove Village\nRV Park where we stayed as we passed through this area this last\nspring. When we were here back in late April or early May, our stay\nwas pleasant with no nightime noise, balmy weather and Sequoia and\nKing’s Canyon National Parks just a short drive up the hill into the\nSierras. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tLast time we were here, we were\nassigned a space where there were no substantial trees to the south,\na primary requirement to get satellite TV reception. This time,\ndespite the park being almost completely vacant, we were assigned one\nof the only spaces with tree to the south so we have a long piece of\ncable to reach our antenna which is set up in an adjacent RV space.\nWe also found some minor issues with the site electrical pedestal but\nwe quickly got around that. This evening, one of the very few\nneighbors decided that everybody in the park wanted to hear their\nloud music which, based on the way it sounded, was mostly solos for\nbass guitar, bass drum and tom-tom. The only recourse when\nencountering inconsiderate twits with loud music complaints is to get\nahold of park staff to have them enforce the anti-jerk rules.\nUnfortunately, two attempts to contact management were absolutely\nignored and, despite closing all our windows and doors, turning on\nthe air conditioning and turning up the volume on our TV so even the\ndeaf could hear it, we were still serenaded by the type of music that\nmakes people hate those making it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is unfortunate that the folks running the park let assholes run roughshod over their other customers because it is a very nice park with good access roads, lots of birds (although we currently can’t hear them), adequate spaces, full hookups and some WiFi. In addition, it is located in a good spot to stop on our long treks through Central California. Maybe we should look elsewhere next time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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