A day of steady driving. We drove past Mt Shasta covered in snow. The giant reservoir Lake Shasta was pitifully low. Then down into the Central Valley where the almond groves were just beginning to bloom. We heard on the radio that 80% off the world's almonds are grown here and that its big big business for the US bee industry. There's also olive and orange groves and rice fields. Further south the I5 veers up into the foothills where there's cattle and Sheep ranching.
We arrived at San Luis Reservoir south of Modesto, CA, just at dusk, and set up in the dark. When we awoke in the morning we found ourselves in a very pleasant campground underneath live-oak trees right by the lake.
The reservoir was full due to recent flooding. There was a boil water advisory, unfortunately, due to recent flooding. I read on an info sign that the reservoir is home to hundreds of thousands of overwintering waterfowl but we were too late. They are already heading north. Still I saw scaups and ruddy ducks.
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