CASTIAC, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20-23, 2025

CASTIAC, CALIFORNIA - MAY 20-23, 2025

After we left Yucca Valley, we headed to Castiac, California.  Why Castiac, you say?  Because it was on the route to where we were headed.  We like to only travel 3-4 hours a day.  We stayed at Valencia Travel Village RV park.

Travel days can be exhausting.  Making certain that everything inside the motorhome is safe & secure, which involves pulling in the slides, putting bungie cords on the cupboards and tension rods in the fridge and our coffee station.  We have to secure the locks on the closet doors, bedroom doors, hallway door and shower door.  We also have clip locks on the fridge & freezer door, so they don't come open while on the road.  We then need to check outside the motorhome and disconnect the electric, dump the gray & black tanks, and put away all the hoses.   All outside storage compartments must be checked that they are closed up tight.  We roll up our rugs and place them on the bed, along with anything else that could move around while traveling (i.e., fans, dog food container, etc.)

The motorhome needs to be started and air-ride bags need to fill up.  The air-ride bags make for a more comfortable, stable ride.  We then need to hook up the car.  We have a baseplate installed on the car, which allows us to hook up the tow bar on the back of the motorhome to the car.  We have to attach the safety cables and an electrical umbilical cord for lights and a supplemental braking system.  The supplemental breaking system has to be set up in the car.  We then check that all lights are working on the motorhome & the car.  

Once we are confident that everything is functioning properly, we get ready to head on out.  We bring in Dixie's dog bed from the car and place it in the front of the motorhome between the driver's and passenger's seat.  She loves to ride there where she is close to us, but still out of the way.  Lotte will either be on the passenger's seat with me, or on Dixie's dog bed with her.  We fill our water bottles and grab some snacks for the road and Talley Ho, we are off.  

The drive itself can be tiring depending on traffic, twisty turny roads, and just paying attention to the GPS and where it is taking us.  Both Steve & I have our GPS systems on so that he can see his on the dash and I can see mine next to me on the passenger's side.  I become his second set of eyes and will confirm that we are following the route, notifying him of hazards, etc.

Once we reach our destination, check in and find our site - we then need to position the motorhome so that we can reach the hookups.  We drop the air-ride bags, and level the motorhome.  Then Steve will go out and connect the water and the electric.  We don't attach our sewer hose until we are ready to leave and that is when we dump the tanks.  The slides then go out, we put the carpets back down and put everything in its place for our stay.  

As you. can see, travel days take a lot of physical and mental acuity.  By the time we get settled in, we are usually done for the day, just wanting to rest and have a quiet evening.

Our time is Castiac was only a few days and we really took the opportunity to just relax.  

Our next stop is Bakersfield, California.

Tally Ho!

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