Patterson, CA to Redding, CA

Day 2 found us up at 6 and on the road by 7:30.   I slept soundly (ear plugs are the best thing!) and felt well rested.   We had little to do to prepare for the road - unhook electricity/water bring in the slides and we are good to go.  We didn't unhook the car because we had a pull through site and not much in Patterson we needed to see.

Here we be at our spot in Patterson, CA!  Not much at this campsite to write home about for sure. 

Stopped at a Pilot Truck Stop for gas - after pulling into the end pump and getting filled up we realized there were two pumps specifically for RV's at the other side of the station.   Something we didn't know Pilot did but we will look for them in the future.

We arrived in Redding about 1pm and set up with no issues.  We have a sewer hook up here so we will be dumping tomorrow.    Gary tired - had some high wind areas today and that requires both hands on the wheel - so he napped when we arrived. Gary used the cruise control so we were sailing about 62MPH.  Figured out the TV.  There is an antenna booster switch near the front passenger seat.  We now know that it must be off when we are trying to use cable and turned on when we are using our antenna!   Whew glad we figured that out - tonight is the Bachelorette!!!  We are using our headsets effectively for set up - no yelling at each other!

Nothing much to see on this leg of the trip - lots of agriculture and very brown, barren lands.

Last night we had a bit of a struggle with the night time roller shade on our door.  So a screwdriver or two came in handy and we were able to pull it out and wind it by hand then replace it.   It was in a difficult spot to get to but working together we did it!

Tomorrow's location is Tumalo State Park in Bend Oregon!    It's a back-in site (fun times) with FHU.
It's about 289 miles away.