So Here's The Deal...

    We left the RV park at the Napa County Fairgrounds at a little after 11am yesterday (Wednesday) morning and traveled 215 miles south, to Coalinga where we had spent the night on our way up to Napa last week. It's not much of an RV park - although it's very convenient, being just off I-5. The sites are very closely spaced, separated by a patch of dirt (now mud, due to the recent rain). Hey, some RV parks are destinations, others are conveniently located, no-frills overnight parking spaces. This is the latter. It did, however, offer up a beautiful sunset...

     Earlier that day, lunch came in the form of ham sandwiches in an I-5 rest area. When we stopped to refuel a little later on, we noticed this big, beautiful rainbow to the southeast.

     Neither of us was terribly hungry at the end of the day so I cut up and cooked some chicken we had thawed and had it over romaine lettuce for supper. 

     Suzanne had a couple of calls this morning but was done by 9am, so we were able to get a fairly early start on our 300+ mile day. Rather than retrace our steps in reverse for the return trip we opted to leave I-5 in Bakersfield, where we took SR58 east to SR247 to Yucca Valley, then SR62 to I-10 east to Indio. Here's a shot of our road atlas if'n yer interested...

     Kinda looked like this on Google...

       SR247 from Barstow to Yucca valley was a fun road. A little desolate, but fun...

      We called Indian Wells RV park from the road and reserved a site for thirty days. There's really no reason for us to be home any time soon and the long-term weather forecast for the Coachella Valley seemed a lot more appealing to us than that of Northern Virginia. We arrived at IW at 4:20pm where we maneuvered into site #51. It's a back-in site, which is fine. In fact, the back-in sites here offer a bit more side to side room than the pull-thrus.  It is, however, a little short for our 43 feet. The coach just fits lengthwise. The problem is finding a place to park the car. I parked it perpendicular to the coach, snugging it right up against the front end. It sticks out into the road but there are other cars parked in front of other coaches hanging out just as far. I think it's gonna be fine.

     The thirty day rate here at IW is $1247.00 plus electric... a pretty reasonable rent for these parts. It is, after all, the high season. 

    We're pretty stoked about spending the next 30 days in the warm desert southwest. It's going to seem a little strange being in the same spot for such an extended period of time though. 

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