After getting the solar panels installed, we traveled south and inland from San Diego to the old mining town of Julian. This was the first “real” trip in our new coach and was about 100 miles. With little experience driving a 40 foot long coach and no experience with towing our jeep behind the coach I will admit to a little anxiety for the upcoming travel day!
Notice that there are no straight roads on that route, no open freeways, nothing like getting thrown into the deep end of driving the coach. How long is 40 feet plus a Jeep in tow? How wide is it? How do I judge the pivot point? What about the rear end swing out when turning? White knuckle time? Yup.
After we arrive I can say I am glad we took that route, just about everything you can imagine, we encountered. A few miles of freeway, mostly single lane, up and down, hills, construction zones, fire swamps and the Cliffs of Insanity! (see Princess Bride). Well, we passed the audition! We are certainly not experienced driving the coach but now we know what we don’t know – the first step!
The campground at William Heise County Park is beautiful, about 1,000 acres of Southern California hills. It is located an elevation of about 4,500 feet – we had one day of rain and could see the snow level on the hill side above us. Quite striking. The camp spaces are spread apart enough so that your neighbors don’t share your life, plus they have full hook ups at a reasonable nightly rate.
Some good hikes, lots of deer, and the sounds of wild turkeys to go to sleep to. What’s not to like!
Definitely will be back.