This has not been our best day. We left Orange, CA heading north on I-5. The traffic passing by L.A., even at 10:00 AM, was horrific. Almost the first thing that happened was that another vehicle hit our right hand mirror with its mirror and popped out both of our mirrors. They were just hanging there and the traffic was too dense to get out and check on them or fix them. We were now blind on the right side. We had to travel a good 30 miles that way until we could pull over and Gary could pop them back into their holders. Thank goodness, the side camera wasn't broken.
Then we hit the wind and one hill that went down so steeply that trucks could only travel 35 mph. That was probably when the Check Engine light went on. When we stopped next we called our repair support and they thought it had to do with the emissions system, so we could keep driving.
At the rest stop both dogs came out of the weeds with seeds/stickers stuck all over their fur. These things had stickers on them that looked similar to a fan shape. Once they stuck on, they had to be pulled off in the same direction. They got all over Gary, all over me and we are still finding them on the dogs and in the rug and beds. Dudley is below, zonked out after his ordeal.
Better news.
Today was Macy's 6th birthday. We phoned her first thing this morning to wish her a happy day with Mom and Dad at Disneyland.
We saw an interesting sight about an hour south of Coalinga, miles and miles of trees covered with netting. I imagine it was to keep birds off, but I'm not sure.
We are in Coalinga, CA now at the Sommerville Almond Tree RV Park. It has the long pull-through space that we need and good places to walk the pups. A bonus is the smell of the place. We are across the street from a large orange grove and the blossoms are wonderful. There is another perfume here, as well. I guess it may be from the almond trees although I don't see any traditional looking flowers. It is delightful.
Two more nights in California and then we will hit Oregon.
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