After the busy Saturday we decide to spend Sunday - our last
for now at Lake of The
Springs - at home. We get up late and Vicky spends most of the
day working on her 20 hour class - finally finishing it and passing the
test. She's now an expert on Trusts and
Estates, not something we get a lot of in our offices. Since qualifying myself a couple of years ago
I still haven't had a trust return to do!
But she needs to complete this class to increase her certification
level.
For me, a quiet day working on the family accounts, and
sorting through some papers. Tomorrow we
have a short drive up to Snowflower Resort in the Sierra Nevada,
which we had originally planned to visit a month or more ago. It was closed due to a forest fire (not
there, but very close) so we had to rearrange our trip. So now we're looking forward to a few days in
the High Sierras.
Monday. I'll confess
I was worried that this journey would have some steep hills and challenge the
RV. I need to stop worrying! Only 68 miles and the first 36 of these
retrace our route to Grass Valley. Other than an area with road construction
that's a very easy drive. The 4 miles
from Grass Valley
to Nevada City
is freeway, so no problem there except we don't get to see what Nevada
City looks like.
But CA Route 20 East from Nevada
City is not only an easy drive but
beautiful. You gain elevation from 2000
to over 5000ft, constantly surrounded by pine forests. Nothing worse than a couple of 30mph curves,
and beautiful weather made this a delightful trip. At lower elevations we see some maple trees
which are yet to turn brown, but towards the top it's all evergreens. Just before we reach I-80 the views open up
and we can marvel at some high peaks.
I-80 turns up before our directions said it should, so we
don't know which way to go. Of course I
make the wrong decision but it's only 3 miles to the next exit which has easy
on-off. Only a mile or two down the
freeway and we turn off to find Snowflower.
What a delight! Some reviews had
said our only choice in a large RV would be an area they call The Cliffs, which
is essentially a large parking lot.
This is where we end up staying, but we get a corner spot
surrounded by trees, with squirrels climbing up them. It's a paved area, very quiet and we're happy
with it. We do drive around the rest of
the campground and find some areas with more trees and also lake views, but the
roads are narrow with overhanging trees so we decide we've made the right
decision.
Highs in the 80s with lows in the high 50s at night and more
sun forecast for the next couple of days.
The park is practically empty at the moment so this should be a quiet,
relaxing few days in the mountains. This
is why we took to the road. Need to
remember this when things go wrong!
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