ABOVE, AT THE CAMPGROUND IN STOCKTON (OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO) THERE WAS A HUGE PARTY WITH MUSIC INTO THE NIGHT... RIGHT NEXT TO OUR RV COACH! ALSO TOOK OUT A BOAT FROM THE MARINA ALSO LOCATED AT THE CAMPGROUND, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME BOATING, A SNAKE CROSSED OUT PATHS IN THE WATER! KINDA CRAY-CRAY CONSIDERING ALL THE YEARS BOATING AND KAYAKING IN FLORIDA AND IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE THIS OUTING.
STOCKTON -WEST VILLAGE MARINA RV PARK
ONE NIGHT 43RD ANNIVERSARY TRIP TO SAN FRANSISCO, DINNER VIP TREATMENT AT THE 'FOREIGN CINEMA' RESTAURANT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE AIRBNB WE STAYED AT FOR OVERNIGHT.
AFTER ALL THE TRIPS TO SAN FRAN, WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY WALK HALF WAY ACROSS THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE...
MADE IT TO THE PACIFIC COAST TODAY 5.14.2026
BELOW, DARWIN CHILL-AXIN IN THE AIRBNB...
BELOW IS PART OF THE HUGE GOLDEN GATE PARK WE SPENT TIME WALKING THROUGH.
BELOW, WE SEE A LARGE VARIETY OF SELF DRIVING CARS IN CALIFORNIA...
SACRAMENTO... MICKY STAR RATED 'ELLAS' FOR LUNCH...
TO OUR SURPRISE, THERE WERE A LARGE BUNCH OF SEA LIONS IN THE FRESH WATER RIVER RUNNING THROUGH DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO!!
WE DID THE TOUR OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN SACRAMENTO... VERY NICE PLACE, LEARNED A LOT INCLUDING FACT THAT 'EUREKA' IS CALIFORNIA STATE MOTTO, AND IT MEANS... "I FOUND IT" REFERRING TO GOLD DURING THE GOLD RUSH....
INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE OF THE OL' FASHIONED MOUNTED POLICE USING A MODERN SMART PHONE.
REDDING.... DID SOME HIKING IN THE WHISKEYTOWN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA TO THE BRANDY CREEK FALLS TRAIL....
AT OUR CAMPGROUND, THERE WAS A CURIOUS PEACOCK WHO CAME TO VISIT DARWIN AT THE DOOR OF OUR RV....
ABOVE IS THE 'FAMOUS' SUN DIAL BRIDGE... IN REDDING, CA... AND BELOW IS A FEW SHOTS OF DEAR THAT WERE AROUND THAT BRIDGE VICINITY.
FORTUNATE TO SEE SOME EAGLES ON OUR HIKE TO BRANDY CREEK FALLS, AND ABOVE WAS ABLE TO GET A SHOT OF ONE SEEMINGLY GAZING AT AN AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD....
MOUNT SHASTA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SEEN ON THE WAY TO OREGON WHERE OREGANO IS PRODUCED.... (not- psyche, MADE YOU THINK THOUGH!)
WAY COOL PICTURE BY ACCIDENT OF THIS EAGLE WITH SNOW PEAKS IN THE BACKGROUND, BEING PHOTO BOMBED BY A BUNCH OF DRAGON FLIES.
KLAMATH FALLS RV PARK ...AKA RJ JOURNEY, IS A BIZARRE PARK AS IT DOES HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE LAKE IN THE DISTANCE, HOWEVER.... 2 ISSUES. FIRST OFF, 90% OF THE SITES HERE WERE BUILT WITH THE WRONG ORIENTATION. BY THIS, I MEAN THAT TYPICALLY YOU PARK THE RV WITH THE 'LIVING SIDE' OF RIG (ENTRANCE DOOR OF RIG) IS FACING THE 'SITE YOU ARE THERE TO APPRECIATE' THE SITE YOU LIKELY PAID EXTRA FOR TO STAY AT THIS PARK. SADLY, MOST ALL SITES HERE DESIGNED THE OPPOSITE, WITH YOUR LIVING SIDE FACED AWAY FROM LAKE! SECOND- SITE WE HAD WAS RIGHT NEXT TO A HIGHWAY (CLOSEST WE'D EVER OVERNIGHTED TO A HIGHWAY) AND RIGHT NEXT TO THAT HIGHWAY WERE RAILROAD TRACKS SUPPORTING FREQUENT LONG TRAINS THAT PAST BY AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT!!
HAD A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE BADGER RUN WILDLIFE CENTER. WE SAW FACE TO FACE- A ONE EYED GROUND SQUIRREL , MANY RAPTORS, POSSUM, TURTLES...
QUITE UNUSUAL- THEY HAD A SET OF DIFFERENT WINGS BELONGING TO VARIOUS RAPTORS AS WELL AS SETS OF THEIR FEET COMPLETE WITH CLAWS TO EXAMINE!
BELOW, WE VENTURED SOUTH OF KLAMATH FALLS BACK INTO CALIFORNIA TO EXPLORE THE LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. OF COURSE, ABOVE GROUND WE VIEWED THE FIELDS OF LAVA, BUT THE BIG DRAW HERE ARE THE MANY UNLIT UNDERGROUND LAVA TUBE REMNANT CAVES YOU CAN HIKE THROUGH ALONE! THE RANGERS THERE AT THE INFO OFFICE LEND OUT FREE FLASHLIGHTS AND A MAP, AND YOU ARE GOOD TO GO ON YOUR OWN!!! WE DID NOT MEET NOR SEE ANYONE FOR THE FIRST 2 CAVES WE LOOKED AT. ITS ABSOLUTE PITCH BLACK IF YOU SHUT OFF YOUR FLASHLIGHT WHILE IN THE CAVE. GREAT DAY HERE. ON THE RIDE TO GET HERE, HAD TO PASS THROUGH THE TULE LAKE PRESERVE AREA WHERE WE WITNESSED BY FAR THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF BOTH BIRDS (DUCKS MAINLY) AND FLYING INSECTS (MIDGES MAINLY) THAT WE'D EVER SEEN ON OUR LIVES!
CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK OREGON, BELOW. THIS HAD BEEN ON OUR LIST OF PLACES TO SEE BACK IN 2007 WHEN WE PASSED THROUGH OREGON ON THE WAY TO ALASKA, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE TIME THEN. WE HAS PLANNED TO MAKE MULTIPLE VISITS TO THIS PARK WHILE IN THE AREA FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK- BUT MOTHER NATURE HAD OTHER PLANS. LUCKILY WE HAD BEEN PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER FORECASTS TO PLAN THE BEST DAY(S) TO GO HERE FOR BEST VISIBILITY AND AS IT TURN OUT, ONLY THE VERY FIRST DAY TO KLAMATH FALLS WAS A KEEPER. THE REST OF THE WEEK - YUCK. IN FACT, WHEN WE WENT TO NEXT RV PARK- COLLIER MEMORIAL STATE PARK, WE EXPERIENCED WEATHER ALERT DAYS, TO THE TUNE OF THE ELECTRICITY BEING KNOCKED OUT FOR MOST OF OUR STAY THERE...OH YES, AND THREE TREES FELL DURING A STORM...LIKE 50-100 FOOT FROM OUR RV.
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