Travel Day

The big unknown when traveling south this time of year is weather in the Siskiyous.  In the past, the forecasts have allowed for a reasonable expectation of a single day trip.  This year, as with last, the caravan would include two motor coaches pulling trailers and a 3^rd truck with another – we decided to have a head start, this time.

We left Sherwood yesterday at 6pm with aspirations of reaching Medford.  After a stop for food and impromptu tour of Roseburg, we eventually stopped for the night at Grants Pass.

Some of the crew stayed in a hotel while the rest of us stayed in the Walmart parking lot – a first for me.  Not to mis-understand, I’ve slept in (and near) many parking lots, but never when the owner was encouraging it.

Over the Mountain and Through the Woods

Interestingly (to me anyway), is that our first nature break of day two was at the unusually nice mountain rest area where Kirk Knestis and I had stealthily camped on our trip to the first two Renault Cup races of 1985.  We had slept in sleeping bags next to the Klamath River – we would have slept in the race car / tow vehicle / race trailer, except that all of our tools, spares and camping gear were in there.  We awakened to ice formed in our hair and no prospects for a decent meal – racing is so much fun…

History had repeated itself very compassionately, today.  This morning, after a night of flawless temperature control via the coach’s heating system, Carrie made us bagels with cream cheese and we stopped on the way out of town for some espresso – this is much more civilized, and Will assures me is further proof of the existence of God.  I am inclined to agree.

Continuing south, making the traditional stop at the Redding In-and-Out Burger, we eventually reached Willows early this afternoon to embark on another small town touring mission to fill the propane tank in Miatacage One.  Meanwhile, Miatacage Two, with the spare car, and the truck with the race car, started set-up at the track.

Testing has just ended for the day and we’re settling into our home for the next 3 days.

Let the fun begin!

Ken, Will and Kevin

Moving the Command Center into Position

Bunkmates last night - we'll never know for sure what happened in there...

Preparing to Prepare for Battle