Today, with any luck, we will leave California. We might be back (though Jett swears otherwise), but it won’t be for a year or more, I suspect.
To get out we need to travel through record heat along a road with no travel services for 100 miles and probably without cell phone service most of the way. I hope the truck is up to it – hauling a 15,000 pound trailer while also pumping out cold air for us and the dogs. But we will have plenty of water and someone will help us, I am sure, if we are unlucky enough to break down.
I have reduced the air pressure in the tires by 3 or 4 pounds, in anticipation of them getting very hot. That’s my biggest worry – a blowout.
I have enjoyed California, for the most part. The weather, despite the rainy December, has been excellent. Jett hates the water and is adamant that we aren’t coming back. But I think when she feels the humidity in Florida, or sleet in Massachusetts, or mosquitoes most everywhere, she will appreciate the dry climate of southern California.
Anyway, we have been living in a beautiful place for 4 months. Here is one final photo from Rancho California.
The pond at Rancho California