It was about 6 hours on the road today, with one stop for gas and to fix a quick lunch. Molly did a bit better with the long journey, and spent most of the time in the back bedroom watching videos and skype/chatting with her friends.
The trip was fairly uneventful except for the last couple miles, where the GPS took us down a couple hills. One that was 16% grade, and the second was 19%. As a reminder, I’m in a 35 foot RV, towing a car, going a mile or so downhill at 16-19% grade. That was by far the longest mile so far, but keeping it slow, low gears, and we came out OK. It was narrow beach homes type streets too. I’m sure there were several people in the area waiting to see if it would work out.
So, we made it all in one piece, and got parked here in the San Francisco RV Resort. This is an Encore resort, and they have about 80 others in the west coast states and Arizona. I’m sure we’ll stay at another one at some point. The views here can not be beat. They have completely maximized the space to get the most people in here as possible. Some of the slide outs are just inches from either concrete bumpers that divides spaces, or to other sliders. There’s no way any awnings are coming out. There are some premium sites that are pull in / back in, and right on the cliff edge, with great views out over the ocean. Those sites are of course higher priced, and they seem to have about an extra foot or two between the spaces. They also have some newer equipment for making the hookups. I looked around, and it just seems the sites we are at have not been updated. The sewer’s are open and not covered, and the threads are trashed and I can’t get the drain to stay. I had to have Diane stand on the drain outlet while we dumped after arrival (we didn’t hook up for the single night at Buellton). She had a little fear of being involved in one of those toilet moments like in the movie RV. No such luck for her. All went well.
Diane has the next two days all planned out for our tour of San Francisco. We’ll be seeing a couple sites, possibly the “Full House” row of houses from the TV series intro. Molly is a big fan of the show. Also, some cable car rides, a museum of sorts or two, a cross of the Golden Gate bride, and a couple other things I’m sure.
Francie has been doing OK. There was some substantial meowing before, but that has subsided. She tried to get herself stuck behind a cabinet drawer, but that was fairly easy to fix. She still seems unsure of the whole thing, but also seems to enjoy having so many windows to look out
That’s it for now.