April 25, 2021 - Trip back to Fresno

 

Title: April 25, 2021 - Trip back to Fresno
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Woke up this morning to the sounds of Korra wanting out of our tent. It is about 6:30 and I cannot blame her. What is startling about going outside this morning is the lack of the sound of rain. The forecast called for increasing amounts of rain throughout the night. While not clear, the clouds above seem a bit high for rain. The ground is dry. A mixed blessing. There is a diminished amount of fun camping in the rain, so the dry will help us eat breakfast and get packed. But we were thinking that the rain would help shaking out our camping skills along with seeing how the teardrop would weather it.

Korra and I walk around for an hour. While 23 acres sounds like a lot, there is a limit to our wandering. But we do OK. We see where trees have been cut for Silverthorn’s Christmas Tree operation. Eventually the rest of the crew migrates out of their sleeping containers. Steven retrieves Korra.

  Lawrence and Andrea once again are the breakfast crew. They make a breakfast sandwich-think of an enhanced Egg McMuffin, but on a lot better bread and tastes great. Contentment. Afterwards, we sit around and continue to enjoy each other’s company. Still no rain.

Andrea and Lawrence

But we must be out by noon, so we break our camp and get ready to leave with twenty minutes to spare. Lawrence and Andrea leave first-with Andrea driving-by about 4 or 5 minutes before the Fresno crowd. We check the grounds and leave as well.

A pretty easy trip back-it is Sunday after all. As we get closer to Sacramento, two things happen: it starts to rain and shortly after that, we catch up to Andrea, Lawrence and the teardrop. Andrea does not realize who it is until Lawrence glances over and starts to laugh.

 

Steven and Gary at Leatherby's

We leave them and turn onto Highway 99-Andrea and Lawrence continue on 50. And now it is less than 15 minutes to a bit of cold heaven. And that would be Leatherby’s Ice Cream in Elk Grove. Even though it has been raining off and on, we will stop. They have an outdoor dining area where we can stay with Korra and enjoy ice cream. Sherri and I split a black and white sundae. Worth the stop.

And now it is time to continue on. We stop in Turlock for gas at Costco. Sherri then drives home. We arrive around 5pm, just as it starts to rain in Fresno. Not bad enough to postpone getting us unpacked, but enough to get the feet a bit wet. A good trip.

Background

Leatherby Ice Cream. I am glad we do not live in the Sacramento area as I am sure that would be an automatic 20 pound increase in my weight. Just glad it is there that we can stop in when we are in the area. My wife and I shared a black and white sundae-yes it is that big! And the toppings are good, particularly the sauces-we bought two jars of caramel sauce and just wish they also had a jar of the peanut butter sauce. With the COVID still strong, we felt more comfortable being seated outdoors, even with it raining. Their awnings kept us dry. Also we were able to bring our dog into the area. All in all a very good place to stop when in the area. (Note: We have another review on TripAdvisor from Sept 2017.) Review also was posted on TripAdvisor.