Thurs Day 5

Thurs Jan 15 Day 5  Still lots of fog or mist all the way to Bakersfield

Temp went down to 39 F last night but was up to 43 by 9:30 AM and doesn’t feel as cold as at home.  We have a long way to go so I wanted an early start today. Finally got away out Willows Walmart at  9:45.  Down I-5 to Lodi, (south of Sacramento), where we pulled into a Flying J for gas & lunch at their Subway.  Off hwy at 38945 @ 11:45, gas finished at 12:00 (48 gallons) & away at 12:20 and on over to Hwy 99 to Bakersfield.  The hwy is in terrible shape with lots of construction road narrowing.  On one such narrowing I was beside a semi rig and the road suddenly had cement barriers right up to & on the side lines making it really narrow.  Of course there was a bang as my passenger side mirror connected with something on the truck.  It didn’t break the glass or anything, just pushed it in so I couldn’t see out of it and Sheila couldn’t straighten it from inside.  It was a while before we found a wide spot to pull over so I could go outside & straighten the mirror out.  There was a mark on the outside of the mirror frame but other wise no damage.  So far the score is: me 2, Sheila 0. (Sheila says she’s not going to drive anymore so we can keep it that way!)  We arrived Orange Grove RV and are parked in the orange trees, I already picked a half dozen from the tree beside us. In at 39200 miles @ 4:50 PM. 

The latest “problem” to surface is our hot water heater, again, It started to make a clunking noise if the hot tap was turned on full.  OK if you turn it on slowly but then it decided to not give me any hot water at all, turn on the tap & nothing comes out.  The cold works just fine. I will have to have it looked at tomorrow.

Distance -  374 miles, on road time 5 hrs 30 mins