Heading to the coast

Heading for the coast.

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Left Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP about 9:30. Drove to the Dos Reis County Park near Lathrop, just off I-5. Nice place. Perhaps 25 RV sites. Run by the County. This puts us about half way to the coast; our current destination. One strange rule. We were bluntly informed by the matron-in-charge, that dogs must only be on a hand-held 6’ lease. Can’t even tie them to our lawn chair on a 6’ leash. Hand held only!!. They charge $1/night/dog. Does that mean I don’t have to clean up after my dog since I’m paying extra? Oh well. It’s a convenient, one night stop.

Friday: Continued the drive. Had lunch at Granzella’s Deli in Williams. Read about it in one of the tourist books. It’s a local institution. We got there about 11:15. By noon time the place was standing room only. Carol had a turkey/cranberry sauce/cream cheese sandwich. I had a muffalata(sp). Hadn’t had one of those since New Orleans. We drove to the M & M Campground in Clearlake Oaks. An interesting place; not what we had envisioned from the campground book. The campground is at the end of an island. To get there, you drive through an old trailer park. During the day, it’s mostly a local fishing place. There is us and two other campers. Gopher had a good swim in the lake. Carol read her book for the day. A convenient place to stop for one night. Tomorrow we will be staying at a state park on the ocean.