Redding 2009

Hi there everyone,

We have come to the JGW RV park in Redding for a weekend. It hasn't been since we hooked up with Karen and Mike in Chico that we have been able to get away from it all. Well, with relatively short notice, we decided to get away for the weekend.

If you have been following the weather at all over the last couple weeks, you know we've been experiencing an un-seasonably rainy and stormy spring. There have been a number of thunder storms moving through the north state lately. Last night was no different. We had a lot of lightning and thunder rolling through during the evening. Carol and I tried to take the dogs for a walk last night before the storm moved through our area, but it became obvious to us shortly after we started that we were surrounded by the storms and that we were best off being in the trailer to ride out the storm. We had been in the trailer for a while, Carol peered outside and made the observation that we might be accumulating some water on the awning which is attached to the passengers side of the trailer. I had placed the awning at a slight angle so that rain would run off if any came, but I have to be honest we got more rain than I expected. So, with it raining quite a bit, I ventured outside and increased the tilt of the awning so that the rain would run off better. I didn't want to be outside any more than necessary, cause it was coming down HARD.

Well, if you take a look at the pictures included in this blog, you can see what happens when you don't listen to your wife or at least the voice of experience. There was a couple with a Keystone Cougar similar to ours. They didn't have enough of a tilt to their awning, and as you can see, it collapsed under the weight of the accumulated water. Ours, fared the storm very well, thanks no doubt to me listening to my wife. How else do I stay happily married for 10 years! :-)

While we were out and about on Friday, we came across one of Reddings land marks, a huge American flag off of the I-5 free way. This is a project of the local Lyons club. They were holding a fund raiser so that they can keep the flag that is on display in good shape at all times.

Our campsite as you can see backed up to the Sacramento River. This is why this RV park is one of our favorite destinations!

Well, I better stop being so lazy and get going. I hope you have a great day! - Take care! Happy camping! - Eric and Carol Anderson