Our annual salmon fishing trip – scheduled far in advance with Greg, a great guide we have fished with for almost 20 years. Could we get there this fall? We’ve never taken a trailer up there but it is the only way to travel right now. It has been so long since we have been anywhere, I wasn’t sure we even know how get Cali-alto out of hiding, much less tow it. We planned an 8 day trip, stopping in the redwoods and on the coast along the way. All was iffy with the fires – is it safe driving through Santa Rosa? Would there be evacuation traffic? Would there be gusts, ash? With AQI so bad, should we leave a day later? We decided we’ve been cowering at home long enough – must be bold and go for it!
The skies were very, very smokey and temps very hot but we did not see any evidence of fire, traffic was fine, no fire engines in sight…
So here we are, at the KOA campground in Benbow. The air has cleared and it will drop to 54 degrees tonight. The campground is pretty full but our little capsule feels safe. We have a weeks worth of food, our own toilet and shower, a full tank of water and full hook ups. It feels good to be anywhere…at times it feels so normal, I have to keep remembering about masks, hand sanitizers and keeping distance. I suppose it is the new normal.