We departed Orangeland RV Park in Orange, California, and headed to a week at Ocean Mesa RV Resort in Santa Barbara, California. Or more specifically El Capitan beach, near Goleta.

Here’s the route map (right to left); 144 miles, a non-stop four hour drive in our coach:

Departing Orange:

As usual, Paladin wasn’t thrilled that his house was moving again, though only complained once:

Heading towards LA on I-5:

Fork to route 101:

Downtown LA:

A couple glimpses of the Hollywood sign:

Sign for Universal Studios etc:

Paladin loafing on the mat between us:

Suddenly we’re out of the city and into some hills:

Whenever Paladin was in the cockpit area I kept a close eye on him, to make sure he didn’t go by Jenn’s feet, and risk interfering with the pedals. When he showed interest in heading in that direction, I picked him up and put him on my lap. He wasn’t thrilled about that:

There were no rest stops on this route, so I grabbed some salami and a slice of cheese as a quick lunch (we had more food after we arrived):

7% grade downhill:

Continuing along 101:

Reached the coast:

Paladin on my lap again; still not too keen:

Countryside:

Our exit:

Arriving at Ocean Mesa RV Resort:

We followed another Tiffin in, a Phaeton:

Our coach when checking in, after unhooking our truck:

As usual, I’ll have a timelapse video of this drive tomorrow, and a post about our time here later.