We spent a couple of nights in Eureka to visit some of Roxie's family and some friends of ours.

Here is our rig at the Eureka KOA:

The trailer uses a 50amp cord to hookup and that thing is like an anaconda.  Especially when it is cold and it was.

The friends we visited were Bob and Phyllis who accompanied us to the Balloon Fiesta and we met them at Casini Ranch.  Here they are:

It was sure good to see them again and visit for a bit.

The two nights ended and it was time to get on the road again.  We were going to stop at Sacramento for two nights again, this time to see Roxie's sister.  The route was US101 south to CA20 east then I5 south.  Shortly south of Eureka as the Avenue of the Giants that goes through the Redwoods.  We decided to drive through them for a while.  We were here a while back also.

After Sacramento we had the unenviable task of driving home.  Something was have done for countless years.  It is really the worst part of any trip, driving over roads you have done for YEARS!  We stopped in Fresno to show Aaron our trailer and his girlfriend took the nice picture of us:

One last word about California roads:  THEY SUCK!

I estimate we did 1800 miles on this trip, around 1000 with the trailer.  The towing and handling was great just a bit more weight was noticed.  Unscientific MPG numbers seem to be about 15mpg with the trailer on flat ground.  I can take that.

Thanks for reading.

We are off on our adventure with the new Airstream.  We are tired of the cold temperatures so we were weighing the options.  One was to visit a relative in Klamath Falls but that is higher altitude and forecast for cold and maybe wet.  Go down I5 and get in California ASAP?  Pretty much the same forecast.

We decided to head over to the coast and use the ocean as a great equalizer.  Rarely does the central coast of Oregon get to the freezing level.  We took state route 18 from Newberg to the coast.

We camped at Beverly Beach State Park and paid $22 for a full hookup spot.  A good deal in any book.  We ate in Newport that night and did a WalMart run.  The second night was much better since the climate was much temparate.  It didn't get near freezing in the night and our 'old' heater cooked us!  The new heater did not impress so it will be returned.

About 30 minutes after we woke up the next day it started raining.  That was great for the temperature but not so great for breaking down camp.  Luckily I have one of these:

(or a minor variation of it)

We got on the road with a destination of Eureka, CA (Roxie has family there).  It is about 320 miles but they are slow miles all on US 101 and through many towns.

We got here about 5:30 and are spending two nights.

Unfortunately on the way we had a few more issues with the trailer. 

The sliding mirrors on the wardrobe came loose and broke one of the latches.  These are the same doors that I had to repair the first night because a roller came off but the technicians were supposed to check my work.

The major issue was a corner of the counter top (Corian) broke off.  We didn't have any idea as to why but figured it out later.  It appears that Airstream failed to secure the cabinet under the counter but DID secure the counter.  This allowed the counter top to stay put but the cabinet worked out and the corner of it broke the counter top.

Now we get to take the trailer to our 'local' Airstream dealer to get it fixed (which is only 2-3 hours away!).

We are going to take a down day since we have been going for the last 5 days or so.