We drove our coach 103 miles, about two hours of driving, from Orange, California to Palm Desert, California.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east; the start of our eastward migration for 2024, heading from California to Florida:

An interactive map:

Leaving the RV park:

Getting on CA-55 North:

Marine layer:

Hills:

Ah I-10, our old friend; one of the worst quality freeways in the country:

Cabazon Dinosaurs (which we visited a couple of years ago):

Rest area, where we had an early lunch to kill some time, as we were too early for check-in:

Paladin on the dash when getting back on the freeway (he jumped down moments later):

Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs overpass:

Our destination, the Thousand Trails Palm Springs entrance:

Check in:

Paladin on the dash going to our site:

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: