HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Day 113 – It’s a new year & the beginning of Week 17, Trip #3, for us. It looks more clear today; the water in the reservoir looks more blue & there seems to be less brown in the air today. This is good! We lived in the smog for many years & I guess you just get used to it. But having been away from it for so long, it’s really amazing when we encountered it again. 43 degrees this morning at 8 a.m., sunny & mostly clear.
HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE EVERYONE! LET’S ALL BE CAREFUL OUT THERE, IF DRIVING TONIGHT!
Day 112 – Rob put the bubbly in the fridge this morning. Grin. It was 42 degrees and partly cloudy. So far, not totally clear out, but not that brownish haze either. As I write this, Rob is already out taking bird pictures. There’s a lot of beautiful magpies in the bushes near the RV eating red berries. They are large and noisy (like a jay), black & white with brilliant blue/green tails (if the sun catches them in the right light). We’ve already seen hawks overhead. It’s gonna be a good day. Rob hasn’t gotten a picture of the magpies yet, but he did come back with other pictures this morning.
A CHANGE OF PLANS.
Day 111 – 36 degrees and partly sunny this morning. The Sopranos family group set up their chairs overlooking the river right by our “back yard”. The dog squealed & barked & got yelled at. And Simon Cowell joined them with his fishing rod. No, really, some guy who we swear was the spitting image of Simon Cowell walked through our back yard with his fishing rod towards James Gandolfini & crew. By 10 a.m. it was noisy enough that we’d decided to pack up & leave town. We’d booked this site for 3 nights with the intention of staying another three if the birding was good. We’d only stayed two nights so far, but Rob had done some research and found a promising area south and east of here: A large reservoir with several campgrounds near the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge which has three Refuge drives and numerous hiking paths. The reservoir itself has hiking & biking trails & kayaking opportunities. We decided to go ahead & move on. The prospects for peace & quiet at the current campground did not look good.
128 miles