2019 Alaska Vacation Journal (5)

05/16/2019 / Travel Day Redding, CA

Start Location:

• Fremont Elks Lodge #2121
• 38991 Farwell Drive, Fremont, CA 94536-7221
• 510.797.2121
• Start Time: 8:27 a.m.

End Location:

• Redding, CA Elks Lodge # 1073
• 250 Elk Drive Redding, CA 96003
• 530.243.5900
• End Time: 2:30 p.m.

Cost per Night: $30.00 per night

Travel Day to Redding, CA:  Left the lodge to get gas and then returned to dump. The Dump Station was included in our stay but did not open until 8:00 a.m.

Route:

• 880 West
• 80 East (Lots of traffic and we had to crawl along for about forty minutes.)
• 505 North.
• 5 North
• 44 West

We stopped for a late lunch at the Rolling Hills Casino (2655 Everett Freeman Way, Corning, CA 96021). Of course, Paul ordered his Grilled Cheese with Fries; I eat a Club Sandwich. After, we each dropped $20.00 at the slots then returned to the road. Casino was small but nice. Food was okay.

Checked into the Redding Elks in very windy weather. They had you check in at the bar . . . . great marketing strategy. I had a Crown Rocks while filling out the paperwork. Paid for the first one – the second was on the lodge. It rained hard most of the night.

Lunch at Rolling Hills Casino

Elk's Lodge # 1073 in Redding, CA

2019 Alaska Vacation Journal

1. San Francisco - (4)
2. Fremont Elks Lodge #2121 - (3)
3. Pacific Dunes RV Resort- (2)
4. On the Road - (1)

2019 Alaska Vacation Journal (4)

05/15/2019 / No Travel Day - San Francisco

Start Location:

• Fremont Elks Lodge #2121
• 38991 Farwell Drive, Fremont, CA 94536-7221
• Start Time: N/A

End Location:

• N/A
• End Time: N/A

Cost per Night: $20.00 per night

We took a taxi to the Freemont Bart Station ($20). After trial and error including the asking of a bunch of questions from several poor bystanders, Paul and I made our way onto the Daly City Line. We exited the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Train at the Embarcadero Station. The ride cost $7.00 per person one way and took about forty-five (45) minutes.

The BART was not too clean but tolerable. I downloaded the munimobile app and purchased two ‘all day’ trolley passes for twelve dollars apiece. We got off at Fisherman’s Wharf and walked about a bit. Since it started raining hard and was almost noon; we stopped for lunch at Tarantino’s. Paul had his Cheese Raviolis and I enjoyed my Seafood Angel Hair Pasta.

On our walk back to catch the cable car, we picked up some Boudin Sourdough Bread and Ghirardelli Chocolates. We also treated ourselves to some delicious Coffee Ice Cream.

We got on the Cable Car aright, but it would only part of the way back to the BART because they had a problem with the cable. We would have been lost as a shuttle bus picked us up had it not been for local Carole. She guided us onto the correct bus and even walked us a block to make sure we found the BART Entrance.

We visited the bar at the lodge. The first round was on them. A Virgin Sunrise for Paul and Myers Coke for me. I also had a Jim Beam’s Devil’s Cut Rocks. Free Popcorn, peanuts and friendly company. We really enjoyed this lodge.

Paul buying Boudin Sourdough Bread. #yum

Ghirardelli - just one word "Chocolate"

Paul and I made it onto the Bart at the Fremont Station.

The two of us on the San Francisco Cable Car.

2019 Alaska Vacation Journal

1. Fremont Elks Lodge #2121 - (3)
2. Pacific Dunes RV Resort- (2)
3. On the Road - (1)