Destination number: 97/177/35
When Remi and I returned to Yreka, we did not go back to Waiiaka RV park because they raised their rent from $475 a month to $1,175 a month, plus utilities. that sort of money is more than I can swing and still enjoy life. The new park we are staying at, called the Yreka RV park, is charging $800 a month. Still a lot more than Waiiaka was a year ago, but at least it is a little cheaper. This RV park is fine, it is newer, though it does not offer much in the way of RV shade in the summer time, so our electric bill is going to be really bad. The valley that Yreka is situated in is really very pretty.. I love this time of year, the spring time. It is a time when everything is green, and newborns such as goslings, start to explore this big beautiful world of theirs.
Remi and I went for a drive on Saturday to see if there were any other RV parks in the area that might be cheaper. The only other parks in the area were about 30 minutes south of Yreka in a town called weed. Most of the parks looked full. One of them I would not move into to save my life, it was just too rundown and there was no pride at all in the units that were there, even the managers mobile home looked like a drug den. :-( There was one that appeared to have spaces available, so I stopped in and talked to the manger. She said that they currently are full on their month-to-month spaces, she also informed me that the spaces run about $700 a month. After a somewhat lengthy discussion with the lady, I came to understand that due to local construction projects in Siskiyou county and extreme southern Oregon most of the RV parks month-to-month spots are full. She also explained to me that most of the RV parks are charging a premium, because some of the construction firms are willing to pay what ever it costs to get their teams places to live during the work, so, consequently, the parks jack up the rates about as far as they can, without scaring the firms off from using their parks. This now explains why my rate almost tripled at Waiiaka when I wanted to move back into the area.
For those of you who have been following long in by blog for a while, you know, that though I was bummed to not be able to complete my trip to include the east coast, I have been grateful for some of the opportunities I have had from this every aspect of this trip, even the premature return. I know I commented in the last few posts about how I was fortunate to be able to spend more time with family in Southern California, as well as attend additional Fire Evacuation training in Northern California. This week, I am appreciating the fact that I was able to visit Karen and Mike for Mothers day. And what a mothers day it was. Not only did I get to visit with my Oregon Family that I had not seen since the holidays, but we got to welcome a new family member into our fold. Please welcome Woody. He is a 10 year old Bloodhound that Karen and Mike adopted from a escue in the town of Montague which is just east of me here in Yreka. Mr Woody (formerly known as Trusty) lived with an older gentleman who had other dogs. The gentleman had to move to a new, smaller home and couldn't keep all his dogs so he had to surrender at least one dog, and Trusty, was the dog he surrendered. It sounds like Trusty was the one he was least attached too. Well, though Woody may not have wanted to leave his old home, he found a new loving one at Karen and Mikes. 💖 Woody is a great dog, and all of us are thankful to have him in our pack. He is so good natured, gentle and desiring of human companionship, we just couldn't imagine not bringing him into our family.
I must admit, though Karen and Mike were told by the rescue that they thought, Woody was about 11, Karen and I thought he might be a lot younger, as he didn't have much grey on his muzzle. We thought he might be 6 or 7. We were concerned however by several bumps on Woody and what that might mean for Woody's future. Well he went to the vet today, and the verdict is in. The vet thinks that Woody is about 10 years old and it doesn't sound like any of the tumors are life threatening. I think the term that might have been used to describe them was "Sebatious Cysts". Woody has clearly been neglected and surived well despite what appears to be a lack of medical care. But , Woody's bloodwork cam back good, and Karen and Mike are going to pay to have Woody neutered (retained testical and all) and have the cysts removed as well as have his teeth cleaned for good measure. We sure are glad to have him in our pack. Long live Woody! 😍
Here is the link to this weeks video... enjoy!
Safe travels all
Eric and Remi too!
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