Thursday, we made the 211-mile trek to Yuba City without incident. Neither of us had ever been to either Yuba City or its neighbor Marysville, so it was interesting to see them. We are here to visit with John and Nancy McCrady, friends from long ago, who live in Durham---40 miles further up in California.
We are staying at the Travel Home RV Park in the center of Yuba City. As with most in-city parks, it is small (43 spaces) and old. But it is very nice, and they saved us the one space we could easily get into. The managers are two very helpful and friendly older ladies who have been there for years. The owners bought the place 29 years ago, when it was a yucky mobile home park, and they just got rid of the last mobile home a year ago. We've heard this story several times over the years. Apparently it's very difficult to get people with mobile homes to leave. It seems they usually have to die.
The Feather River runs between Yuba City and Marysville, and the area adjacent to the river has been developed as a huge park. Becky took the dogs there twice, letting Kelsey off-leash to have her brand of fun.
Saturday morning, John and Nancy arrived. We last saw them two years ago in Indio, where Nancy's brother, Mike Narver, has a place. We first chatted for a while, since the restaurant where we planned to have lunch did not open until noon. We then headed a few blocks to the center of town and the Sopa Thai restaurant. The place was wonderful. Our waitress was terrific and the food was excellent. We were there for a very long time.
Next door to the restaurant is a very unusual pet store. The place has a few "house" desert tortoises and iguanas that they let walk around freely on the sidewalk in front of the store. Ramsey and Kelsey were a little confused by these animals they had never seen before.
Saturday night was football again. UCLA beat Washington. LSU had a heartbreaking last-minute loss to Alabama. Arizona State (ranked #9) trounced Notre Dame (ranked #10). Hurrah to that!
Sunday morning, we met the McCradys again---in Nevada City, 38 miles away. We had never been there before; the McCradys had. It's a very cute historic gold-mining town. On the recommendation of Joyce Wells who had lived there for a while a few years ago, we had lunch at Lefty's. Just wonderful. After lunch, we wandered around town, visiting some of its funky shops. It was a lot of fun.
We returned to Yuba City and relaxed, preparing to leave for Morgan Hill on Monday.
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