Friday, 27 March 2015
Redding, California to Stockton, California
Early to rise as the adventurers heard the truckers waking up and pulling in/out of the Rest Area, Sir Thomas Leaf thought he heard pounding on his festival wagon but it turned out to be a trucker pounding each of his tires next to them … 7 am’sh the explorers were off on their trek to the city of Lost Angels. They pulled into Redding to the Northern California Welcome Center to grab literature and maps on California – their new home. After some rest and stretching of legs for Prince Cian who taunted the tourist bear statue, played with the salmon in the tank, and explored the aisles of maps. The Young Prince of Endurance didn’t hold down dinner last night and was having issues – perhaps the Pad Thai or the Corn. The Corn on the Cob off the grill last night was a little hot so he lightly burnt his tongue so was sensitive to what he was eating that morning the delvers discovered this morning. Then onwards they went to the Redding Starbucks up the hill from the Welcome Center for a jolt of energy from their insatiable addiction the Chai Creme Frappacino. The road was dusty and hot. Temperatures climbed into the 80’s. Wind, dust, and final climbs over the mountains. They stopped every other rest area for the Prince of Endurance to run around. As they entered Sacramento, rush hour traffic was unbearable and a stand-still so they decided to stop to make dinner. The winds wouldn’t let the grill heat the tortellini so they blew threw 2 used propane canisters trying to heat it up. They ended up with luke warm pre-cooked tortellini for dinner. As young Cian pushed his fairy mobile around the rest area and played topsy turvy with dad, then came phase 2 of the Prince’s disagreement with dinner last night – diarrhea. Uggh – all over dad. A quick change and the weary travellers were back on the road. They grabbed some caffeine along the way but by 10:30 they hit cow manure stench Stockton and had to take a night’s sleep at the Stockton rest area … surrounded by smelly cow fields.
