Desert Trip (Day 16)

We are still at the Beale AFB FAMCAMP; the adventure continues.

We didn't get any more snow overnight and awoke to clear skies and cold temperatures. Our plan was to do the laundry at the laundromat in the FAMCAMP then possibly drive up to town, see how the house was doing, and perhaps bring back a few needed things to the RV. We called our yard guy, who also does snow removal, to ask him to check out the neighborhood and see if he could even get there to clear the driveway. We left a message for him and tried to figure out what was going on in town.

To start, Caltrans had chain restrictions on Highway 20 from Penn Valley to Grass Valley apparently due to icy road conditions. That was not a good sign. The local radio stations also said most roads were icy and hazardous. The temperature in town was in the 20's and wasn't predicted get much warmer during the day. We did find out that the roads near the house had been plowed this morning but that left 5 ft high piles of snow on the sides of the roads. We decided not to attempt a trip to Nevada City today. We went to Yuba Ciy instead for a few things, then returned to the RV. The yard guy never called back so I called him again and discovered he had pneumonia. So, we called another snow removal guy to get on his list. We will see what tomorrow brings and go from there.