Another Easy Driving Day As We Reach California

We rolled into California at 10am on Friday morning and were greeted by blue skies and sunshine which has been quite rare on our trip so far.  We both said “this is more like it”!  Our joy with the weather was short-lived however as we soon drove into more clouds and rain. One of the landmarks we always look forward to seeing upon arriving in California is Mt. Shasta but not yesterday as the top two-thirds of the mountain were covered in clouds.

It was Seafood Buffet night at the Rolling Hills Casino

By the time we were approaching Redding it was raining pretty hard. Looking at our Garmin it looked like we’d be arriving at the Rolling Hills Casino’s RV Park by 1:30pm. We’d decided earlier to drive a bit further so our trip on Saturday down to the Orange Grove RV Park in Bakersfield would be a bit shorter. However, with the rain and some fog we opted to cut our day short and pulled into Rolling Hills at 1:30 to spend a nice, restful afternoon. Of course, the rain stopped right after that.

I opted for the Prime Rib instead of cracking crab claws

The part of California we’ve seen so far is showing no signs of the extreme drought we witnessed last year. The rivers are roaring and there is standing water in the fields, ditches and drainage canals. We saw an Olive Tree orchard near Corning that was totally flooded. I’m looking forward to seeing what it’s like as we get south of Sacramento into central California where the long drought has been the most devastating. According to weather reports Desert Hot Springs is supposed to be sunny and hot when we arrive on Sunday!

After saying that we weren’t going to go to the Rolling Hills Buffet this year, we again relented when we found out Friday night was their famous Seafood Buffet. Paulette loves seafood so we couldn’t pass it up as it’s about the only buffet we actually go to all year. I passed on most of the seafood opting for the Prime Rib and BBQ Ribs instead.

Another day of travel with our new Roam Mobility Liberty Hotspot proved successful again. Driving along I-5 our connection varied between 4G in cities and large towns to 3G in smaller locations and in the mountains in a few places we couldn’t get a signal at all.  We had similar issues with Verizon in the mountains too.

So far, the Roam Mobility service has worked well.  The big test for us will be once we arrive in the Palm Springs area.  According to the coverage charts I looked at the Roam Mobility 4G service is rated at excellent for the entire Coachella Valley.  That doesn’t surprise me too much as there are cell towers everywhere.  If we get good reception in Palm Springs then this experiment will be a success as far as I’m concerned.

Thanks for visiting!