Another travel day has come and gone. Today was not nearly as trying as yesterday. We enjoyed our stay at San Lorenzo park, but the weather was a bit too warm for our taste. We did stroll the grounds in the evening. It is an interesting place with lots of historical displays, mainly of farm and mining machinery from the area.
We had a leisurely morning before we took care of housekeeping chores and packing. Once we were ready to go, it was an easy drive to the 101, and traffic was blessedly light. We sailed on down the road through the agricultural marvel that is California. Even with the drought at hand, the ag business is in full swing.
The weather continued its hot tendency. The highest we actually registered on Red Ryder’s temperature monitor was 101 degrees. Then again, when we got to Pismo beach, it was 76. Jill kept checking the weather for places that were yet to come on the route. Some reports were frightening, especially when she read that Simi Valley, our destination for today, was expected to hit 104.
Well, there is no one who likes to exaggerate like someone with the ear of the public. In this case, that was the weather forecaster. Upon arrival at Oak Park in Simi Valley, we found the temperature a toasty 95, but NOT 104. Thank you, Lord.
The park is a county park and is not stellar. We have a site with water and electricity, which is fine, but it is far from level and required some engineering with leveling blocks to get close enough to level that I don’t worry (much) about the refrigerator being in jeopardy. It seems that evaporative refrigerators require being pretty near level, or they can suffer some damage to their internal components.
We are grateful again for the AC unit which keeps our little home comfy in spite of the heat. In fact, I have always read that AC is capable of lowering the temperature about 20 degrees below the ambient. In our case, the AC has been bringing the temp down 25-30 degrees. We have had to back off on the settings a couple of times to keep it WARM enough inside! The current temperature outside is 84, so we are confident we can endure the weather.
Again we have no pictures to share. Jill took one when we were in stop and go traffic coming through Santa Barbara, but if you’ve ever been in a traffic jam, you can imagine what that looked like.
I expect we will saunter around the park to see what all it has to offer, and then we will probably settle in with a movie. Perhaps, another Boston Blackie mystery!?
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