Oroville, CA

We left the sandy and dusty KOA of Coarsegold and traveled north to Oroville, CA to visit the Hennekers.   Doris and I were Girl Scout leaders together in the 1970's and have kept in contact over the years.   I wrote at Christmas and indicated we were going to be in California this summer, and she invited us to visit.  (Bet she never dreamed we'd take her up on it!) The oleanders and other flowers growing in the medians of hwy 99 and 5 were beautiful!   It definitely cut down on the trash, as they filled the median with flowers!  Our GPS system pulled one of it's "fastest route" tricks, and there was a time when I finally called the Oroville KOA to see if we were even close, as there were orchards on both sides of the road and we had no clue where we were.   We were assured that while not the usual way to the KOA, it was definitely the shortest!  

The KOA was on the Feather River Casino and reservation property and our site was awesome!   We had a cement pad and patio, with a fancy gas grill (propane provided), a metal umbrella table and 4 chairs, a wooden rocker and a swing.   Wow!   The bathrooms had heaters and the dressing area was huge.   VERY NICE!   Even nicer was the fact that walking over to the casino, we could get breakfast and our evening meal for reasonable prices.  

The next day we visited with the Hennekers and enjoyed apricots off their tree in the back yard.   Jim drove us to the beautiful lake formed by the huge reservoir /dam built in the 1960's, and we toured some of the city before heading back to their house where Jim fixed dinner on the grill.   The next day we visited the Chinese temple and the Lott house and the Pioneer museum.  After dinner at the casino we said our goodbye and the next morning left for Crescent City, on the coast 17 miles south of the Oregon border.

The trip was long and more twists and turns on 299.   The scenery was beautiful, but by the time we reached highway 101 I was more than ready for a straight road!   We ran into rain on our way to Crescent City and it rained all the way to our campground.