Catching Up

Today we are in Willits at the KOA. We wish there was another place to stay; prices are high and we even had to pay an extra $15 for arriving an hour and a half early! Or, as the lady in the office said we"could wait in the Safeway parking lot!" I do understand the early arrival policy up to a point, but the amount seems exorbitant!

This "castle" was on the back part of the KOA; we had never walked back there before.

Of course we had to have a picture of us on this swing!

Last night we were in Williams, CA, at the Almond Grove RV Park. It is mostly a park for permanent residents with seven or eight spaces for RVers. When we arrived there was a note on the office door to call for a space. I had called ahead so I knew that was going to be the case. Much later I called again to find out the owner was at the hospital with his wife who was being treated for a broken elbow. I only wanted to find out the wifi code, so felt a little guilty. He came by in the morning (today) and gave it to Cary while I was washing my hair. I guess the heat got to me yesterday--I went to bed about 6:30 and slept until nearly 6:30 this morning. Eureka and Crescent City will not come soon enough!

While Cary was putting fuel in the tank I was observing these guys doing something with the signs on the marquis that has to be pretty high to be seen from the highway. I watched one of the men crawl through that opening on the left. Look carefully and you can see him inside the sign. The man in front is slicing the sign to take it down. I never gave this any thought. As big as the fuel tank is, we didn't get to see what he was going to do after all the letters came down.

p.s. I just edited the entry from Patterson, so go back and take a look!

As we were leaving Williams, just turning onto Highway 20, we pulled over to watch a crop duster. As we did, an SUV pulling a utility trailer passed us. I am glad he did. We followed him for awhile, watching him weave all over the road, crossing the center line, going onto the shoulder, back and forth. I called 911, was connected to the highway department to give a description. At one point he seemed to stop, but he pulled back out and continued the same erratic movements. When he did stop later, we were nearly hit by an 18-wheeler who was behind us as two motorcycles and a car passed us while we went around the trailer sticking out in the road. I wasn't able to get a plate number, but the guy resembled one of the homeless people you see--grizzled gray beard and hair, slightly intoxicated or stoned--no business driving. I hope he stayed put and that the patrol located him.