Blogging issues... back soon

Good evening, Campers! Silver Cliche’ here... night 3 at San Luis State Recreation Area, California outside of Santa Nella. I learned today that we are also close to Los Banos, California. I learned that because we went there to buy propane at Tractor Supply (I left thinking “You know, I really would like to have a tractor.”) and to resupply at Walmart. Anyway, I’m feeling ever closer to the Hispanic people and their language after 10 days in California. Soon they’ll be calling me “amigo”, I’m sure. “Hola mas amigo” I’ll reply. Anyway Los Banos... according to my deep knowledge of Spanish (ok... according to my use of Google Translate), Los Banos means “the bathrooms”. From time to time I “go off” about place names. I’m a huge proponent of clear, honest, “authentic” place names. But for crying out loud, people, you don’t have to name your town “the bathrooms”.

Anyway, I’ll be brief tonight because I already wasted an hour or two last night and another hour tonight trying to get Blogger to accept my videos and have nothing to show for it.

After tonight we have three more nights in California. Tomorrow we’ll be in Yosemite... specifically, we’ll be in Yosemite Valley very near the Ahwahnee, Yosemite National Park’s centerpiece Lodge, Half Dome and El Capitan. Then two nights staying in Harvest Host sites. We just joined Harvest Host last week to address some gaps and rough spots in the schedule. They are a subscription organization that connects RVers with self contained units with farms and vineyards willing to allow RVers to park overnight. On Monday night we will be at a grape and cherry farm outside of Sacramento. On Tuesday we’ll be at an organic lavender and loofa farm near Mount Shasta. I understand the lavender is in bloom at this time of year and it will be warm on Tuesday. I can’t imagine being downwind from a lavender field with the windows open. As for loofa, I thought it was a sponge... as in “from the ocean”. What the hell! They grow on organic farms in Northern California??? I haven’t been so surprised since I learned that our trip runs on fermented dinosaur juice. 

Then on Wednesday, or if we dilly dally Thursday, we head to Oregon and Crater Lake National Park. Here’s a summary of the criss crossing of California that gets us from Cal-Nev-Ari, Nevada to Fort Klamath, Oregon. 

I hope you’ll ride along with us!

Later...