Lake of the Springs Resort is only 48
miles from Lake Minden,
through more fruit tree orchards and eventually up into the foothills of the
Sierras, but the trip is anything but relaxing for me.
We could easily have gone shopping on the way home from
Sacramento in the car yesterday but didn't, and Vicky wants to stock up on
groceries as well as frozen raw food for the cats, so instead of a tranquil
country drive we end up driving the RV, with
the car in tow, though the urban area of Yuba City. We find a spot to stop in the parking lot of
a grocery store and do the shopping. But
I'm not happy that the exit from the parking lot doesn't look easy to
negotiate, plus we then have to go in the "wrong" direction on CA20
(compared with our final destination) to get to Petco.
Vicky kindly volunteers to drive and gets us out, and close
to Petco, with no problem. However their
parking lot is nothing either of us wants to negotiate with the big rig. Fortunately we're able to park along a side
street and after a nice walk the length of a huge parking lot we get the cat
food. We also discover they have a
kitten adoption center and one tabby there does a good job of convincing us to
take him home. But after yesterday's
scene between Quill and the feral kitten, discretion becomes the better part of
valor and he stays at the store.
Vicky continues to drive through the increasingly
picturesque countryside with me relaying the directions from the lady in the cell
phone. We're less than 4 miles from the
destination when we lose cell phone service and I think we've missed a
turning. We drive up the road to find a
place to turn around, and find we didn't, in fact, miss the turning and soon
find ourselves at the RV resort.
This is one of the largest we've ever seen - hundreds of RV
and tent sites, surrounded by trees. We
were told by another camper to go to "Section X" which has full
hookups, but we soon come to Section I which boasts cell phone and internet reception,
so we check that out. It's a difficult
drive around for Vicky, with lots of sharp turns and low hanging trees, but we
soon find a nice spot. Unfortunately
it's a back-in.
We follow our usual procedure - me backing in and carefully
following Vicky's instructions.
Unfortunately RV's have 2 sides and Vicky can only see one, and from the
cockpit I can't see either at a low level.
We eventually get settled in, with only 2 mangled hubcaps but no other
apparent damage. As we set up we
discover that Cosette has escaped but get her back inside. She's soon out again, however. That's when we realize left the driver's window
open wide after opening it to receive Vicky's directions. Cosette likes to jump out. Fortunately she never goes far away, and we
get her back inside. Quill, bless her,
doesn't even try to get out.
This is when I look around and find we're in a secluded spot
with great views of the foothills. We
decide to take the car and explore the rest of the resort. As we're approaching the Lodge (a common
relaxation area including a dining room for breakfast on weekends) we see 2
deer quietly grazing and share some time with them. On leaving the Lodge we find a flock of wild
turkeys. We check out Section X. It does indeed have full hookups (our site
has water and electric but no sewer hookup) but there's no Verizon service
here, so we're in the best place. It
also has some pull through sites, but they're all taken. We see one site where the have a large red
carpet outside their door, and two deer are lying on the carpet, chewing the
cud! Adorable!
As we drive back to the RV we see another deer right next to
the car who makes no attempt to run away as we have a staring match. Later, as I'm grilling the pork for dinner, a
mother and baby walk right by us, and as we're sitting outside reading after
dark, Vicky sees more. "How do we
read in the dark?", you ask.
Answer: We both have Amazon
Kindle on our tablets and cell phones.
"How does Vicky see in the dark?", you ask. Beats me!
4 nights here, and lots of deer and hopefully other wildlife
around. A great ending to the day. Stay tuned.
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