Sanra Rosa And Its Share Of "Main Street America"

This is the real thing of "Get your Kicks on Route 66".

We went downtown for two errands: try to get MX.Pesos at a bank and getting a few groceries.

First errand was not successful, "We can order Pesos but only for customers. I was prepared for the "ordering" but what a nasty answer to exclude non-customers. Corporate America at its best again.

However, the grocery shopping 2 miles down Main Street was successful and we could park our 65ft-rig nearby. On the way down to the grocer I had seen a car parts place. That reminded me of getting another can of coolant. The one I had was emptied into the coolant expansion container this morning and was working well. The car place was a foot walk half a mile back Main St. And when I got there the place was closed. Closed to November 1.

 

Along this hike I had ample opportunity to take pictures of the former glory of this town, today signaling decay. I met a few people on Main St this morning and what was very noticeable was their super friendliness towards me as a stranger in their town.

Getting back to the coach, where Bea and Dixie had been waiting we got ourselves to the road leading up to Santa Rosa Lake State Park. It's 7.8 miles from town, a narrow paved road, and easy to drive.

We followed it all the way to the office where we were told to make a reservation by phone or online after we had found a fitting site. They got many pull-thrus and we found a great site right away. Booked two nights for $47 but without electric and water, which is super for us as we don't need either.

Weather was at its finest with deep blue skies and a dark blue lake in the not-too-far distance. A short hike to the lake proved a bit too hot for both Dixie and myself.

lf, so afterwards we cooled off in the shade of a big old Juniper tree. Btw, I really had to laugh because of Dixie. 

We know she was getting tired of daily traveling across thousands of potholes and badly maintained roads, but when she got outside in our campsite she immediately went to that shady place underneath the Juniper started digging herself a hole and placing her on top of it for hours to come. Dogs have an amazing ability to find their most comfortable spots regardless of where they are.