Hokay. About time I posted in this thread. I don't have a full picture of our rig; I'll rectify that in the next couple of weeks (more on that later).
Back in May, we trekked down to Borrego Springs (Anza Borrego State Park) and stayed at the Palm Canyon Hotel and RV Resort. It was the week before Memorial Day weekend and in general, it's supposed to be kinda of hot in the desert. In fact the 'season' is October to April. The resort's restaurant was already closed. However, we had a cool spring in SoCal. In fact it was quite windy and cool. Three and half thousand feet above the desert is Ranchita - fecking 40 degrees and raining. It's snowing on Mount Palomar. WTF?
Guess who didn't bring their rain gear OR their Gerbings? Not like we don't have the room.... Gaah. We are sooooooo lame.
So here's a picture of the weather from our spot in the desert. This is looking west up Montezuma grade (a very fun piece of asphalt - County road S22)
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loginAnd here we are all cozy and shit with the bikes, waiting to see if the weather improves.
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loginWe did manage to get out and go to Palm Desert for lunch (
https://www.grill-a-burger.com/) and then up the Granny Knot (CA HWY 74), south on 371 through Anza to CA 79 through Warner Springs to S2 and S22. And yes, freezing my a$$ through Ranchita, CA. Also known for a Yeti statue outside the general store.
Looking back from whence we came....
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Hopefully in a couple weeks, I'll get a full picture of the rig. M.Brane is a member of the Caltrans climbing team... What?! Caltrans has a climbing team?! Why yes. All volunteer but get paid extra. If you follow Mike Rowe's 'Someone's Gotta Do It', he did a segment on what these guys do. In any case, all team members need to take a refresher course up at the CalTrans yard in Kingvale, CA. This yard is along I-80 and is hopping in the winter - 24/7 with snow plows, etc. Gotta keep that interstate commerce going. But in the summer, it is used as a training center.
We'll be staying in Truckee and then after M.Brane's course, we'll pull up stakes and head up to Redding for about 8 days. M.Brane's offspring is playing football for Shasta College so we'll be visiting with him and exploring the beautiful roads of NorCal with Mountain Gate RV Park as our base camp.
Stay tuned.