California Here We Come!

Tuesday was another cold and blistery day. We took a drive up to Carson City. Looked pretty much like any other urban sprawl city these days. On the way back saw a sign for Virgina City of wild west fame and took the turn off. Reminded me of a larger more touristy Madrid, NM. Lots of souvenir shops type of place. It was gosh darn cold up there to boot. Views were pretty and it was fun to run from shop to shop. Brrrr - I thought Nevada was hot.

Decided to stay another day in Fallon and explore the Lake Tahoe area instead of driving on US 50to San Francisco area that way. The weather finally turned warmer and no wind! I had always heard Lake Tahoe was beautiful but it took me by surprise just how beautiful it was, Truly worth seeing! We drove around the lake and still quite a bit of snow around the area. Only saw one park with camping open so it was good idea for us to stay in Fallon instead of trying to camp up there.

From Virginia City and Lake Tahoe

They take their snow removal seriously there!

From Virginia City and Lake Tahoe

Headed out on Thursday on I80. Saw signs that I80 was closed to wide loads past 9ft due to construction. Hmmm, will the Biff make it through? We decided it would. Gotta say it was pretty scary drive. We just made it, it was close on either side. California roads are tired and over used and have way too much traffic. It was not a pleasant drive to Berkeley.

Good news along the way! Matt heard that he was officially now Dr. Matthew Sheldon!

We were able to find a mobile home park not too far from where Matt lives that had some open sites. Pretty reasonable over the typical California RV park. Most of the folks live here as opposed to passing through like RV parks. California is such an odd mixed bag. On one hand you have so many darn people and constant traffic and then you find these little spots that are absolutely beautiful. In a very urban crowded area is little mobile home park lush with trees and flowers - one block from a major six lane highway. It does sound like the "Langoliers" coming - no its just the drone of million cars passing by.

Drove to Matt's house and wow! He has million dollar views of the San Frisco bay and Golden Gate Bridge ( oh make that two million dollars - that's how much the house next to him is on the market). So gotta wonder how him and his roommates landed that gem to rent. JLS