morning everybody
heading out of here good day 50 degrees through the sister
you pass so we should be good today
shouldn't hit me snow or ice in a day time there are lots of snow-capped
mountains
by the way that's the first trout I've caught in
about nine months the only fish I caught out there in two
hours of fishing is great how school that's good
kind of anxious to get back to the northwest possibly catch some salmon it
has been a long time so
probably stop or camp in weed or Rekha Yreka
I'm just gonna get to a spot where I got better service look at all these
beautiful green trees though and it's so different so different and by the way my
alarm worked flawlessly last night oh what a
relief
what a really so happy to get that fixed I'll catch up with you guys once I get
parked there's a little Vista point here off the highway really noisy trains and
stuff but if we walk a little ways here we're gonna get a nice shot of a snowy
mountain at least I think so just keep walking
it's hard to believe we're gonna see snow
starting to look white up there guys yep there it is guys Mount Shasta it
says there are six glaciers on Mount Shasta and you know what I'm not gonna
grab my other camera real quick so I can zoom in but what you might not know
about that mountain is it is an active volcano that's what one of these plaques
here says I sure didn't know that I'm very familiar with Mount st. Helens back
home oh yeah Mount Shasta active volcano pretty cool views though I'm gonna get
back on the highway and keep seeing we can think guys I think this is the some
this is the exit for Mount Shasta Lake Siskiyou
and we're at 3600 feet still not a piece of snow or ice anywhere although my abs
that's 42 degrees knew quite a bit cooler up here and I think all the chain
worries from before were just basically just because it was there was
gonna be precipitation they expected state
the daytime is fine mr. spine thing here actually I don't
think we're done in the past
actually just passed a sign back there that said Black Butte summit 39 under
feet so that's the official highest point by their incessant
next town his week and I'm gonna bypass it
alright guys well I have arrived to the Yreka
California Walmart and I have decided to camp here overnight even though we're
still at 3,000 feet I just don't feel like going any farther and I'm not to
brave it so you know I'm not used to the cold it was it was warm for a while in
Arizona so tonight's overnight low is 20 degrees here in this area and snow
tomorrow here in the city of Y rekha so it's gonna be bitterly cold for me soon
as the Sun Goes Down in fact I'll have the heater on I will run it on low all
night with the propane tank outside and windows cracked I will have to run it 20
degrees we'll also make it so that my exterior tanks underneath both my
holding tanks gray and black they will freeze but they both have chemicals in
them so they're not going to crack or have any problems my interior water tank
under the couch is gonna be ok because like I said I'm gonna have the heat on
tonight and we'll just play it by ear see what the snow does tomorrow if it's
gonna be nice during the daytime tomorrow I would like to get all the way
up into Medford Oregon just or well up north but down back off the mountain
where it doesn't freeze at night would be great that would be great so and I
asked the manager here if it was ok to park and she said yes it's okay to park
one night in an RV you can't camp but you can overnight in an RV as long as
you are on this side opposite of O'Reilly's so over here they have kind
of like a quieter area this is what I really like it Walmart by the way is
having my side door facing something like this nobody's looking at me I'm not
bothering anybody I can bring Jax out a lot of pet people in order bees like to
park like like this even though I know it looks like I'm taking out 4 spots and
it's so wasteful but I'm not taking it the spots from anybody that would be
using them because we're out here in the back corner lot
where nobody nobody parks who shops here anyway so just to be clear people
judging me all the time alright time for long sleeves and long pants also did I
mention I am back in the land of cell service and so I can use Wi-Fi and stay
up to date with everybody and post some Instagram pictures and I've got some TV
stations from nearby some local stuff High Definition that's cool I am gonna
tilt the panel so I get some afternoon Sun solar because tomorrow is all cloudy
snow and rain mix so you know if I don't make tomorrow a travel day which was
great by the way did I even mention I drove 75 miles today 75 miles and so
that giving the alternator a good charge to the battery bank while I'm driving
check it out I'm sitting at thirteen point six thirteen point five volts and
that right there where you see 14 point six and that's what the panel's flat on
the roof when I tilt those panels up that's gonna go up to about twenty-eight
that's like a 40% increase in solar capacity tilting the panel's here in the
winter make for a great afternoon of charge all right guys
the snow has passed again I do apologize for the windshield I haven't cleaned it
in days but I just keep hitting bugs non-stop so we'll take care of it I have
decided to just what time is it one o'clock
I'm gonna go 420 miles to Chehalis Washington get all the way off the pass
get into Oregon do Oregon get into Washington State I'll be about 10 miles
ten 20 miles from what I call home where I grew up
so that's the plan today a lot a lot of driving six hours 42 minutes and plus
gas brakes and stuff like that really excited to get away from $4 gas looks
like I can get gas under $3 just inside organ then it shoots back up here we go
apologize the windshield is so dirty I'm an egg and gassy er soon Bay it's snowy
and I have built ourselves GoPro actually the sj4000 never really picks
it up but it's hitting the pavement and it's still wet
it's not freezing it's not sticky and it's not easier it's just snowing for
the fundament
you updated here look at this side off to the right organ welcomes you
how fantastic is that and we're still getting some basically snow rain mix
actually it's mostly snow still
as for the bike have you asked me if I kept the Honda scooter cutter I did keep
the scooter cover didn't mean to I would have given it to Tom
but I forgot anyway it does not fit the gamma ha wheelbase is too long
I keep getting one of the tires
the bike on the back right now is getting filthy dirty
however at home need my p.o box arrived at my buddy's house to guarantee gravity
is an actual TW 200 all-purpose dust rain snow you need protect her cover
as well
now you might be able to notice that the snow is now sticking
Altima sides on the road though the route is still very quick and this is
the top of the summit here great test area for the trucks to us
we're gonna be going down y'all read the sign ciske you mounted the
summit halation 4,300 feet
it is a lot snow here on this side of the pass these trees
that's beautiful
all right cool beans and awesome sauce got gas for 273 a gallon believe it or
not I'm really happy about that so this will see see how far this gets us it's
not snowing anymore that's good
and welcome to the northwest Eric
with a friendly recognizable welcome it's lovely
it's very temporary to guys
I probably might not see any good weather while I'm up here for a couple
weeks
see a lot of business take care of them so you don't matter
to the rain guys
get close let it get dark
as it turns out my dashcam yesterday out the window memory cards Milhouse
I would need to pull off take the card out it would take 20 minutes to transfer
just going to finish the last 200 miles here
but out it's not without recording I've got all the tablet cameras up front on
the sides security cameras are still
I'm just gonna finish this trip guys
first thing I'm gonna do is go spend some time with my mom and dad family
second friends
to see you guys in trees hang tight guys thanks for sticking
around thanks Nancy