2 RVs to 1,000 Oaks CA

... spending the night at 1,000 Oaks CA

We have 150 miles to go today so we are in no rush to get going. Up at 4:30 local. Finally take a walk about 5:30. After one loop, my leg started feeling different so we did two more laps around the parking lot instead of a long lap. That was enough for me, BB did one more lap around the parking lot before coming back to the room. By then the sun was up and the air was starting to warm up.

After another couple of hours we went down for our free made-to-order breakfast. Not as big as the Quality Inn in Winnemucca, but good food.

Two more hours and we are ready to head out when we need to be out of our room. First thing I did was look over my RV again anywhere I might have made contact last night driving under the canopy. Nothing.

When we pull out this AM, before we get to the freeway we see a homeless kid, his dog, and all his belongings ... in a grocery cart.

Instead of taking the '210' across the north LA metro, we are taking the back roads. The second half of the first leg is mostly rural two lane highway. Up and down, a few curves for no real reason.

I didn't record or remember the exact mileage as to when we should get to our stop. I'm watching the signs. 9 miles to ... 7 miles to. Then something clicks. I notice something, not sure what ... but we turn here. I'm in the right lane and I should be in the left turn lane. BB is able to get over first and make an opening for me.

I was expecting the Flying J to be right on the corner of where we turned. It is not. And there were not any billboards or signs before the turn. The station is too new to be showing on any area aerial photos.

The pumps are crowded, but not the parking area. I now have enough fuel range to get to the drop and was only planning on putting in a couple of gallons. BB puts in three times that much ... (we both end up with a range of over 100 miles. A lot when fuel is $5+ a gallon.)

Once we have fueled, we get food. Subway is the fast food but BB sees pizza at PJ Fresh so we get that instead.

Another hour and a half to go ... now it is 129 degrees. 100+ five days in a row.

A few more turns than I like so I have written them all down. I also have looked at them enough times to remember and recite the route. No issues and we are soon at the hotel.

It is not cheap but is less than a mile from the drop. There was a Choice hotel next door but it is being worked on and no idea what it will re-open as.

Nice hotel, huge parking lot. Food on site. Nice open air atrium right outside our door.

Later in the evening, we ordered to go food from the in-house restaurant, the Pizza Cookery. We ordered one chicken Philly and split it. Still plenty of food. I also got a cookie ice cream sandwich out of the cooler. Ate most of it until I got to a part that looked not right, thought about going down to get another one to see if they were all that way :)

1 PM - leave hotel

2:30 - food and fuel at Flying J in Palmdale

4:30 - arrive at Best Western in Thousand Oaks