Road Trip, Days 2 and 3

October 26-27, 2012

Day 2 of the road trip was mostly uneventful.   We put in another 10 hours of driving before stopping at a rest stop in Sun Valley, Arizona.  We were next to noisy semis like at Walmart last night, but we were both so exhausted that we slept great.   It was cold overnight, but we managed with extra layers and some use of the furnace.    The next morning we made our coffee and indulged in watching a show before we got on the road.    I must admit, although I thought we could do fine without an inverter, I am greatly enjoying using it!

Day 3 of the road trip went mostly smooth.   We had a couple of hiccups with the GPS, which made for short bits of anxiety as far as getting the rig going the right way again.   We thought we’d be at the campground (BLM) around 5:30, but we were late as usual.   This meant we were trying to find it in the dark.   It was scary not being able to see down dirt roads to evaluate if the rig would fit.   I decided to pull the plug on the BLM and we went back about 5 miles to pull into a National Forest campground: Paradise Cove (near Lake Isabella).    This campground Suuuuuuuuuuucks!   I can only assume it was named ironically.  Tight corners on the loops.  And some idiot decided to line the ENTIRE roadsides with concrete bumpers.   This meant there was NO wiggle room off the shoulder.   Parking in the dark and the concrete barriers made this one of the toughest parking jobs yet.    Missy and I almost got divorced; there was extreme snippiness going on.    But we finally got it parked.   (Luckily the entire campground was empty.   Only the camp hosts were witnesses to our fighting and prolonged parking job).  We unloaded the generator, ate dinner and went to bed.

Random Stuff from the Trip:

-In Kansas (I think), we passed the Agriculture Hall of Fame.   Missy and I both immediately added “getting inducted” to our bucket lists.   We need to research how to get in there.

-In Arizona, we passed a sign for “bulk water”.    I don’t know why, but this amused us.   Might have been the road weariness setting in.

-We alternated between listening to an audio-book and listening to tunes, both from the cell phone.    We were seriously annoyed that the app we downloaded to run both had a problem with the audio-book.  Every time it switched tracks, it would jump around to random other spots in the book.   We felt mighty stupid when we finally realized what it was…the shuffle setting was left on.   D’oh!    Missy just figured it out when we got over the California border.