Brown to Green to……White?

Driving from Bakersfield to West Sacramento the landscape is mostly dirt and rock, brown.  Leaving the Sacramento area via Interstate 5 the landscape becomes more green and the temperatures started getting a little cooler.  We had originally decided to proceed to Red Bluff, CA but enroute we changed our mind and decided to go to Redding as it seemed it had more to offer (sorry Red Bluff).  With our new toy, Motorola Xoom tablet, Fran was able to research the RV park offerings in the Redding area and we decided on JGW RV Park.  On the way we stopped for lunch in Corning, CA at the Olive Pit restaurant (not Olive Garden).  We had seen their roadside signs about olive oil and olive tasting plus a restaurant and they had RV parking.  They had good sandwiches and lots of olives and oils to taste.  Neither of us were aware that olives are grown in this part of California.  I tried Olives stuffed with mushrooms, stuffed with garlic, stuffed with sun-dried tomato and that was only a small sampling of the offerings.

We arrived at JGW RV Park and were pleased with our selection.  It is a very nice park, well maintained with long level sites and the rates were very reasonable. 

Ok, now for the white part of this post title.  Our plan was to stay here in Redding for a few days then continue on with our route to Spirit Lake, ID where we are meeting up with friends the first week of May.  The direct route would be to go off Interstate 5 at Weed, CA and go on Route 97, which takes you through Klamath Falls and near Crater Lake.  Well, this means driving in the Cascade Mountains, where winter is still here.  While at the RV park office I was talking to some new arrivals and they said they had just come from the north, Klamath Falls, and the weather was snow and sort of ugly.  As I walked back to the trailer it began to rain and the drops were hitting my shirt as ice!  Back at the trailer I checked weather.com and learned that it is not getting much above freezing in the area where we wanted to stop next.  So, presently we have two options, one is to stay here in Redding for a few extra days to see what happens with the weather in the mountains or, the second option, to proceed via Interstate 5 and hit all the big cities of Oregon.  Nice thing is we have lots of time and where we are it is beautiful.  Oh the choices!!!!