May 17, 2015. To California's Central Valley

CAMPGROUND: Travel Home Park. Conveniently located near downtown.  Like many commercial RV parks, full  hook-ups, nice bathrooms, cement slab.  Nice trees.  Not too crowded. $31/night. 4 stars.  Strange that it is less than state park withno amenities. 

LOCATION:  Yuba City, in north central California, about 50 miles from Sacramento

WEATHER:  Cool mountains, then warm in the valley. Highs in 70s

We left the Lake Tahoe area, passing by lots of ski areas, still with some snow.  The scenery is so  different from the high desert we've been in....big pine trees, and foothills, not mountains.  We drove about 100 miles, all downhill.  The temperature gauge kept climbing as we descended from 40 to 70.  

Then, the landscape changed to farmland.  We passed lots of flooded rice fields and fruit stands. Later we heard that this is the country's largest rice-growing area.

We settled into the RV park, and walked to Yuba's downtown business area.  It is a cute town.  We passed houses with lots of flowers....oleander, pansies, roses, and even palm trees.

We had a fabulous bowl of cioppini for lunch at the local brewpub.  It is an Italian stew with mussels, shrimp, and crab claws.  

We are taking it easy before our house-sitting assignment starts later this week.  We aren't too far away.  It is just perfect weather.  

DINNER:  Chili over a baked potato. ..using leftovers including black beans, tomatoes, cilantro, onions, and chipotles in adobo sauce.  Unfortunately, I couldn't get George to eat it all, so we have more leftovers   :-(