2019 trip south Day 4

Day 4 Jan 17

We ran our newish propane heater and it kept the RV nice & warm all night and it uses very little propane compared with the built in propane furnace. (From now on “Propane Heater” means the wall mounted one Les & I put in - no motors or blowers just convection heat - and “Propane Furnace” means the built in one in the RV).  We got up early enough to exit Red Bluff at 9:20 AM, at 51890 miles, a new record for us! The storm seems to have passed, the wind & rain have stopped. Driving from Red Bluff to the Sacramento area the hwy is straight & level & speed limit was 55 mph for vehicles that are towing so I just dialed that in & put it on cruise control and away we went.  We pulled into the Flying J at Hwy 12 & I 5 @ 12:30 and filled up at 52053 miles. Gas filling was 12:30 to 12:40 but we decided to do a Denny’s lunch.  They were short staffed & we didn’t get out till 2 PM, an hour & 20 minutes for lunch – too long when you are on the road. Food was really good and it was relaxing but put us way behind schedule. Sheila wanted to go to a campground with real showers so we skipped Modesto Elks, where I had originally planned to go, & headed for a Passport America place, (Viking RV), cpl hours or so down the road. When we got there at 4:50 & out at 5:00, they were a small, very full place with only one awkward back in spot, plus Sheila checked their showers & the shower room was colder than outside with one big common shower area that you would have to lock yourself into so we opted to go to the other PPA camp – Fun In the Sun, – which we had been to before and we knew was nice.  However we were now losing our daylight so when we got there at 5:50 it was dark.  Very friendly staff and we got a nice spot but did have to take a back-in so had to unhook.  But area was well lit, and we are far enough south that it wasn’t cold outside, so no problem unhooking. In at 52210 miles. They have WiFi so I can catch up on the blog. Today’s weather was fine for driving; some spritz of rain but otherwise just a mix of sun & cloud. Sheila says I should tell people that sometimes there are spelling and grammar mistakes in the blog and that I write “stream of conscious” style, - as I think, is how it comes out.  Sheila does sometimes proofread my entries and catches some errors, but not them all.  She is off in the shower while I blog. 

Covered 320 miles,    on the road too long – close to 7 hours, should have overruled Sheila & stopped at Modesto Elks around 2:30 to 3 PM