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July 11, 2023
2023 Santa Cruz The World is Out There
Start!
July 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
We store our trailer at The Toy Garage in Lake Stevens. It’s brand new and I saw it during a Gourmet Bicycle Club ride. We stock up the fridge, torque the bolts and hit the road. The strategy is “Stay away from Seattle and Portland” so we use the 405/167 bypasses as well as the 205 in Portland.Read more
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Oops
July 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We realize that Peggy’s Pink tote is at home!
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Back home!
July 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
We go and get Peggy’s Pink tote!
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McMinnville
July 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
After 1 or 2 wrong turns we made it here by 3:30 pm. A/C worked well and after a few anxious moments we figured out the warming fridge (it’s propane/electric absorption).
A delicious dinner of Chicken Marbella, cous cous, and salad and Fort George Magnetic Fields hazy IPA.Read more
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The heat of the central valley of Calif.
July 13, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
We made it to Fairfield by about 3:00 and took about an hour to land. The drive out of Ashland was a substantial series of up grades and then eventually we passed into California and the view had peeks of Mt. Shasta and then definitely it dominated for over an hour. Traffic was light until Lake Shasta, where local traffic picked up. We continued stopping at selected rest stops as the heat began to turn up. Olive was a champ. The north part of the Sacramento Valley was hotter at about 98 and cooled down a little to 94 in Fairfield. Site 60 was a little short, and exposed to afternoon sun. We had a burble with the leveling software as it indicated flat and then down on the drivers side by 1.75” which we did not see until after unhitching, so rehitched and leveled up. Be sure to stabilize be fore the awning goes out?? A/C is just making it a little comfortable.

Beginning to see why advice is to stay a day or three at any place. The pace of packing up, then traveling, then landing is tiring.Read more
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Seacliff RV Center at Aptos
July 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Fridge at 26 and Freezer at 5. I got up 6:30 after getting gas we got on freeway at9:17 arrived at noon to SeaCliff RV. There was rough surface driving through the 580. Hwy 17 was very winding and lots of fast little cars. Seacliff RV, As advertised mostly a parking lot with hookups. Fred parked us.Read more
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Seeing Dear Friends and Hanging out
July 15, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Days 5 and 6 at seaCliff. Took Olive to beach. Hard to manage for Loren but she had fun in the water. Tried out outside shower which worked great. Sat night Great time with college friends. Sunday Met Marty and Barb for breakfast burritos at Castelli’s sandwich shop. Ran fridge on propane for a while. Tried fridge on 3 snowflakes and then had it open for an extended time and it started blinking again. Turned up to four and it had resolved in under an hour. Late afternoon, took Olive to a dog park. Dinner out at Manuel’s.
Loren did laundry evening of 6th day at a very clean laundry room. 2$ wash & 2$ dry. Got laundry soap from the market across the street.Read more
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Back to Vacaville
July 17, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 99 °F
Day 7 woke up at 6:30 fridge at 34 and Freezer at -1, had set in four snowflakes. Loaded with extra ice (from cooler- 2 gallon ziplock bags and a couple frozen Tupperware’s of water. Easy morning as check out was noon. Started final clean up at 10:45 and were pulling out at 11:40.
Went south on 1 to 129 and cut over to 101 to avoid HWY 17. Quick stop at a Shell to use bathroom. Tough turn for Loren almost wiped out a sign.
Turned onto park at 3:10 and AC running with fridge turned on by 3:30. Fridge at 42 and freezer at 20. Found out hadn’t cleared shower gel or latched shower door. All ok but could have been a problem. Also forgot bungee on cabinet with glasses and they had fallen. Good all are plastic or metal! Aft door to trailer didn’t latch lock so appeared to have been held closed by outside handle/ bar.

Attempted propane and green light stayed on but temp rose. Went back to Electricity. Stayed between 46 and 48 with freezer dropping to high teens, snowflakes blinking until we went to bed. AM fridge at 32 and freezer at 4 no blinking flakes.Read more
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Seven Feathers RV at Canyonville
July 18, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Day 8 - 375 mile day. up at 5 pulled out at 6:10. Didn’t have to hitch. A few stops and on the way. Lunch in car. Pulled into Fueling station at 1:10. Filled up gas and DEF at Seven Feathers.
1:30 at spot. Turned on AC then fridge.
1:30 Fridge at 54 increased to 56 after we turned it on and Freezer at 33. (Freezer full of ice)
3:15. Fridge at 56 and freezer at 30.
5 pm. Fridge at 47 and Freezer at 20
6 pm 46 and 18 but opened to get dinner items
7 pm 44 and 15
8:17 42 and 12Read more
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Final Leg Home
July 19, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Day 9: 412 miles to go, up at 5 bagels with full fixings.
Fridge 26 and freezer -1 on 5 flakes
Bfast and pulled out at 6:22
Spot was level pull through and so no need to unhitch.
Put some frozen Tupperware in the fridge and we left with fridge at 30 and freezer at. 0

Got a couple miles and pulled off to close the tonneau.
Rest stop at 7:40 and then another at 8:50

Thru Portland in 205 by 10:15
Rest stop at 10:30. Walked dog and stretched. Back on road at 10:50

12:30 lunch stop. Back on road at 12:50
Horrible 2 hour crawl at Olympia (accident in early am that traffic never recovered from)
3:40 got to SeaTac rest stop. On road in about 10 mins Then 5 to the 405 . Horrible Bellevue Kirkland traffic. Also Hwy 9 very slow.
Landed at Garage at 6:05 pm
Unloaded and in car at 7:04 42 mins homeRead more
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Trip end
July 19, 2023