On the Road, Still

Ok, we got going on Saturday.  After spending the week reloading the trailer, I figured we could get out of town by at least 9am.  No so, Grasshopper.  One or two more items, then a couple more shits, or a couple of food items.  "I need to vacuum the house before we go."
   So 10:30 finally found us sneaking out of town before we thought of something else. Sundown found us south of Medford.  Do we stop now or do we trudge up over the Siskiyous.  Because it was our first night out, we stopped.  I set the trailer up no problem, but when I hooked up the water hose.  R yelled, "We're leaking in the bathroom! ." Sure enough the water hose running up from the floor into the toilet was leaking water from the connection to the toilet.  I did not have a wrench that worked on that hose.  So no water tonight!  The low temp was forecast for 28.  The trailer, having been sitting in out driveway with outside temps in the teens, made for a cold habitation.  Running the furnace and two space heaters attempted to raise the heat, but we slept with many blankets aSaturday night.
   Sunday morning up and on the road.  One mile south of Asland the road starts its assent.  Dry road, thank you, Lord, but 123 miles of mountains, curves, and roadside snow, we finally got into warmer, sunny weather.  South on !-5 to Sacramento, then onto Calif Hwy 99. Spent the night in a RV park in Manteca, Ca.  The low temp was 35.  Yipee!
   Monday morning, we continued our journey south on Hwy 99.  There are two choices when going south.  I-5 and 99.  I-5 travels through the middle of the valley.  99 (which has been there forever) goes through the backyards of all the major San Joaquin Valley cities.  It is not a pretty trip.  Warehouses and loading yards, box stores, fast food, car dealers.  Scenic drive it is not !
     Stopped at a RV repair shop in Fresno and got the water hose connection tightened.  ( A few minutes with the right tool is all it took.)  and we continued on.  Bakersfield, turn onto Hwy 58 and up over Techachapi Pass.  As we drove East R tried to find an RV park in Barstow.  No luck, so we are in a Super 8 in Barstow.  Good bed, hot shower and a quicker start in the morning.
    If our luck holds, we should get to ORPI tomorrow afternoon/ evening.  I am ready to be in a warm climate and to be stationery for a while.  As we drove along today R read from a book that we sell in the gift shop telling visitors about the Flora and Fuana of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI).