We drove our coach just 83 miles, about two hours of driving, from Acton, California to Orange, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map:

Ready to leave; it was a nice view:

Passing by our site:

Taking out the trash:

An RV waiting for check-in time:

Interesting rocks by CA-14, the back side of Vasquez Rocks:

A classic car entering the freeway:

I-5 South Truck Route:

Paladin sat on the dash for a while, enjoying a sunbeam; unusual for him, but he’s been getting used to it:

Citadel outlet mall:

We just love the super-smooth LA freeways:

Tight corner onto Struck Ave; fine so long as nobody is waiting to turn out:

Our destination, Orangeland RV Park:

Busy check-in time:

Guided to our site by a guy on a Segway:

We drove our coach 223 miles, about five hours of driving, from Dunlap, California to Acton, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map:

I discovered lots of ants coming up the Starlink cable when packing it up; we were happy to be leaving the invasive ants behind:

Curvy road:

Cutler water tower:

Rest area:

Road disappearing into the distance:

Pipes and vines:

I-5 freeway heading into the hills:

There were occasional water signs, for water dispensers for car radiators; hadn’t seen that elsewhere:

Another rest area:

Lake Hughes; a rare full lake in California:

5% grade:

Six Flags:

Overpass from I-5 to CA-14:

Tunnel on Soledad Canyon Road:

Our destination:

Check in area:

Paladin on the dash:

Thousand Trails is first-come-first-seved, so we drove around a bit to find a site, and lucked into an excellent one:

We drove our coach 194 miles, about four hours of driving, from Red Bluff, California to Manteca, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map:

Rice field:

Rest area:

U-Haul towing a U-Haul:

Yolo:

Another rice field:

Rest area:

Paladin sat on the dash for a minute:

Sacramento:

Lots of tomatoes on the side of the road:

From trucks like this:

Sharp curve:

Roadworks; what kind of crazy road designers would make such narrow main roads? No room for bike lanes or expansion:

Lots of low trees scraped our roof:

Arriving at Thousand Trails Turtle Beach:

Info sign, with arrival packets; someone came along and told us an available site, too:

Our site: