Well, we finally did it - hauled the 5th wheel down CA route 70 from Quincy to Chico and beyond. Boots' son/daughter-in-law drive it all the time and poo-pooed our hesitancy. The right side of the road for most of the way down is granite walls that had been blown to put the road way it. Ruthi swears that on some of the many many curves she could reach out and touch the stone. And, part of the way down there is a guard rail and steep decline to the beautiful river below!
Lucky for us the rain stopped as we drove out of Quincy and didn’t start again until almost at the bottom. The sun wasn’t out but it was very clear with high clouds.
Also, the traffic in both directions was very sparse this Sunday morning. Just before we got onto Interstate 5 North, we ate lunch and traded drivers (Boots does mountains, Ruthi cities).
We are currently camped in the mountains surrounding Lake Shasta. It’s a bit rustic, think “Deliverance” but it has a camp store with ice cream. How much else do we need? Our drive-thru site is level, electric power is clean, and our Verizon reception for the phones and “air” card is great. Best of all, we get Direct TV via our rear roof mounted dish which isn’t always possible in some of the more expensive sites we have been.
Since we are in the mountains, Boots will be driving out and into the heights on Interstate 5 into Oregon tomorrow.
We forgot to mention, that coming down the canyon we saw a sheriff's emergency vehicle on the sid eof the road and one of their helicoptors hovering over the river. The power company (PE&G, we think) manages the flow of water in the river so that kayakers can have a class 4 or 5 run down the river. At first, we thought there was an accident but then noticed people with cameras/lawn chairs and figured it was either an established race or training for the Sheriff's staff.
