December 27

We are done driving for another day, we ended up at Hopland Sho-Ka-Wah Casino.  It is about 3 miles off of 101, and it is free parking.  The dinner was OK, Cyndy's meatballs were really spice, but my Chicken Fettuccine was great.  We have been wanting to dry camp and use the generator a little so this is a good time to do it.  Now a little bit about the drive today.
We left Coos Bay at 7:00 this morning heading south on 101, hoping not to find any snow.  But we did find some stormy weather with sea's breaking around the rocks pretty good.

We really like the Oregon and northern California coast a lot.  It is fun drive this coast line and seeing all of this great sites.  It rained off and on all day.  When we got to the Redwoods at about 1200 feet it was trying to snow on us a little.  We tried to get some pictures but no luck, so I keep the peddle to the metal and got out of this area.  One of the reasons to come down 101 was to stay away from the snow.  I here the I-5 pass is getting a lot of snow, glad we came this way.

This is the reason for driving 101, I don't do snow when pulling a trailer.  Well tomorrow we are hoping for another good drive day and our goal is Bakersfield and hope this Passport America Campground is open, the one we were trying to stay in tonight was closed, oh well, this is better free and the meal only coast 30 bucks, so I guess the camping cost us $30.00, no I like the free better.