We departed Ocean Mesa RV Resort near Santa Barbara, California, and headed to a one-night pitstop at Rancho Jurupa Park.

Here’s the route map (left to right); 168 miles, a four hour drive in our coach:

Heading onto 101 south:

Paladin says “oh no, not again”:

He settled down in what is becoming a favorite safe space, next to my chair. He likes to be near us, but in a small space that can make him feel more secure:

There was quite a lot of road works; narrow lanes with barriers near the line can be nervous-making when one has a 101-inch wide coach that takes most of the lane:

Freeway driving:

Goodbye coast; not sure when we’ll see you next:

I was amused by the Telephone Road name:

There weren’t any rest stops on the route, so I prepared sandwiches and chips for lunch, so Jenn could eat while driving:

Up a steep hill:

The road name Mulholland Drive sounded familiar:

In California it is legal for motorcycles do lane splitting, i.e. riding along the line between lanes. Seems rather dangerous to me, though apparently some people think it is safer. Regardless, lane splitting next to our wide coach is a bad idea, but many did it (but not this example):

We also don’t like it when a travel trailer gets very close to us; that’s worse than a big rig, as TT drivers often aren’t as familiar with the width of their trailer, and they tend to sway quite a bit:

Heavy traffic:

Glendale city (part of greater LA):

Freeway sign:

Freeway bridge:

While driving, we had a Check Engine light come on, and the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) gauge jumped from halfway to full. A lot of people have been having issues with the DEF sensors, so we had a fun new thing to be concerned about:

We decided to stop for diesel and DEF, to see if that’d help (our first time at a Flying J truck stop; we’d only done Love’s before this):

But after that, we had a Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) instead (the red one is the brake):

Concerning. Stay tuned for more on this story in a few days.

Back on the road, we noticed an elephant sculpture on a hillside:

Driving through Jurupa Valley towards our stop for the night:

Tomorrow, the usual timelapse video. Do you watch them? Are you enjoying them? Let me know!