FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN.
Day 86 – 32 degrees again this morning & a little icy out when Rob took his walk. No clouds, sunny, beautiful day. We heard this morning that there are now huge fires in Ventura, and due to the annual Santa Ana winds, they are out of control. This is crazy.
Day 85 – Beginning of Week 13. Frost on the old pumpkin this morning, 32 degrees, 8 a.m., sunny, not a cloud in the sky. The girls still lovin’ the sun on the dashboard. Rob took a walk to the beach, wanted to see how close to the campsite it was. Just a short trail thru some woods & there it was. Roads to the Day Use Area were still closed. He found that the parking lot area for Lake Cleone was partially underwater, and it was part mud, part ice to get on the boardwalk which circles the Lake.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARY! WE HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC DAY! SEE YOU SOON. (We’ll let you know the exact dates as soon as we know when we’ll get there. It’s hard to say right now since we’re making our way very slowly south, but a guess would be last few days in Dec. or first few days in Jan., somewhere in that range. We can’t wait to see everyone!)
Day 84 – We were up at 7:45 a.m., raining lightly (rained all night), 39 degrees. It seems like a good day to change campgrounds, having adequately covered most of this area, but we sure would like to go to that restaurant again! Last night there was another camper here & someone in one of the cabins, but no one close to us. This is such a beautiful Park; people are missing out on this one. We’ve decided to go to the coast & north, above Fort Bragg, to MacKerricher State Park. There will be more people, certainly, but there’s so much to do in that area.
46 miles
Day 83 – 36 degrees this morning, cloudy, 8:20 a.m. The sun filtered through the clouds briefly around 10:30; we were waiting to take our hike until it warmed up some. Had lunch & left for the Day Use Area & the beginning of the Big Hendy Trail at 12:40 p.m., 54 degrees, partly cloudy.
Day 82 – We slept very well last night; it helped to have made a decision (and to see that the temperature in the house was up to 50 degrees this morning). This morning at the campground, 38 degrees once again, 7:30 a.m.
Day 81 – No one here, we have the whole campground to ourselves. Planning to hang out & enjoy the Park today, but NO. The previous fix of our furnace at home didn’t last. Temperatures were in the low 40’s again in the house this morning. 8 a.m. this morning and 38 degrees when we got up. We had no cell signal to call the energy company, so we promptly left to drive to a location for the phone call.
R.I.P., MAURICE HINCHEY. THANK YOU!
Day 80 – Sadly, our Congressman for 20 years, Maurice Hinchey, passed away last week; the funeral is today. Maurice always did the right thing for us, putting the people first; it certainly hasn’t been the same since he retired around 4 years ago. He is missed, for sure.
79 miles
Day 79 – 38 degrees this morning at 7:30 a.m. Brrrrr. We hung around the RV until after lunch. The kitties enjoyed that & we had things to do. Like dealing with this furnace issue at home.
THE FURNACE, CAMPGROUNDS, OCEAN, FORESTS, & A WINERY….OH MY.
Day 78 – Beginning of Week 12. The rain continued thru the night. Rob got up at 5:30 a.m. to deal with the furnace problem at home – yes, that’s right, it stopped working again yesterday afternoon. With the time difference between the east & west coasts, he needed to get in contact with the energy company early. At least we don’t have to drive an hour round-trip to get a signal! They’ll be coming out to the house again today, a technician & someone to evaluate us for new equipment. We have oil right now. Do we stay with that, or maybe switch to propane? It’d stopped raining & was 40 degrees when I got up at 7:30.
Day 77 – The very rambunctious cats woke us up this morning, leaping on us from various places in the bedroom. 7:30 a.m., 59 degrees, raining. It rained most of the night; I’d left the roof vent in the bathroom wide open & the whole bathroom was quite wet. Ooops.