We had a great visit with Stacy and family. We stayed at the Elks. We had good 30amp service but had to move to dump and get water. But that was okay. It was just down the street from the hospital that Stacy works at, so she was able to come by every day after work for a little while. We went bowling on Friday night (been a long time and we did awful). Saturday and Sunday were spent have good dinners and playing a lot of Rumicube. Spent a lot of time getting to know granddaughter Ciera’s boyfriend Robin. Here they are making Chicken Enchiladas.
After dumping our holding tanks, we left Bakersfield this morning and stopped at the Flying J on Merced Ave to fill up and have some breakfast. Good thing we did! We finally arrived at our destination, Yosemite Lake Thousand Trails park, at 4 pm. What a ride! We started up highway 99 and that was fine. Our gps told us to take 41 from Fresno. We did and it was a good road. We went through Coarsegold (a very nice small town) and then made a right turn onto highway 41 out of Oakhurst. That’s where the fun began.
We started to climb slowly. At first it didn’t seem to bad, we climbed and then came down 6 and 7% grades. I don’t think we traveled more than 25 mph for over 65 miles. This was one of the hairpin turns.
We finally got to the little town of Coulterville and stopped to ask directions. We must have talked to the lady in the post office for 15 or 20 minutes and she instructed us to watch for a fork in the road and go to the left. We came to a fork in the road and went left. Wrong fork in the road. It was like a one lane road and then turned to dirt! Finally met someone coming the other way in a truck and we honked and he stopped. Talked to him another 15 minutes!! We stayed on that road and finally ended up back on the right road. We learned that GPS’s only work when you have a good satellite signal. Up here in the mountains there is none!!
Oh well, we have arrived and it is peaceful and quite. Tomorrow we will take a ride into Groveland. I should be able to find a McDonald’s with wi fi and I will be able to post this.
Update....no McDonalds in Groveland. We found out we have an oil leak so we stopped at a repair shop and found its the oil pan gasket. We will get that fixed on Monday and will be spending the morning at the coffee shop. Free WiFi.
After dumping our holding tanks, we left Bakersfield this morning and stopped at the Flying J on Merced Ave to fill up and have some breakfast. Good thing we did! We finally arrived at our destination, Yosemite Lake Thousand Trails park, at 4 pm. What a ride! We started up highway 99 and that was fine. Our gps told us to take 41 from Fresno. We did and it was a good road. We went through Coarsegold (a very nice small town) and then made a right turn onto highway 41 out of Oakhurst. That’s where the fun began.
We started to climb slowly. At first it didn’t seem to bad, we climbed and then came down 6 and 7% grades. I don’t think we traveled more than 25 mph for over 65 miles. This was one of the hairpin turns.
We finally got to the little town of Coulterville and stopped to ask directions. We must have talked to the lady in the post office for 15 or 20 minutes and she instructed us to watch for a fork in the road and go to the left. We came to a fork in the road and went left. Wrong fork in the road. It was like a one lane road and then turned to dirt! Finally met someone coming the other way in a truck and we honked and he stopped. Talked to him another 15 minutes!! We stayed on that road and finally ended up back on the right road. We learned that GPS’s only work when you have a good satellite signal. Up here in the mountains there is none!!
Oh well, we have arrived and it is peaceful and quite. Tomorrow we will take a ride into Groveland. I should be able to find a McDonald’s with wi fi and I will be able to post this.
Update....no McDonalds in Groveland. We found out we have an oil leak so we stopped at a repair shop and found its the oil pan gasket. We will get that fixed on Monday and will be spending the morning at the coffee shop. Free WiFi.
Ah the ups and downs and ins and outs of life in an RV. Keeps you awake through your life, though.
ReplyDeleteI really do not like those kind of travel days. My nerves don't hold up very well. Sure glad you made it eventually and hopefully you can relax a bit now. Good luck with the repair on Monday.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Isn't that the road that the Mountain West book says not recommended for RVs? At least you're safe and that's what counts most. We saw that bowling alley. It's been a long time since we've been too but I bet it'd be fun to go again. I have a couple bowling balls someplace still , I think.
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