The Double H Ranch

So, currently we are in Yreka, CA - someplace we have never been. Staying at the Double H Ranch, a working cattle ranch - more than 1,000 acres of ranch.

The horses are sharing -just the two of them - a pasture area (I am using the term pasture loosely here, there is no grass in this enclosed area.) of about two acres. It is such a large area I have to walk out to wherever the horses are hanging out to let them know that their food has been put out.

Our host is simply lovely and very accommodating. We have water and electricity for our rig. The horses have a great pasture area to hang out in. We are pretty happy.

However, the cell reception for Project Fi sucks. We have been using our phones as hot spots to access the internet. 

So, we went into town on the Fourth of July and luckily the Verizon store was open. Ari switched his phone over to Verizon and I am going to stick with Project Fi for now. We couldn't access his account information on Project Fi...they hide the account number for some reason. Without the account number he couldn't keep the same cell number, so he was a new cell number. 

Hopefully, we can call Project Fi sometime next week to see if we can close out his account.

In the meantime, his reception here is so good he can play Diablo on-line.

We took a ride first thing in the morning to avoid the heat and stayed on the ranch property. The trails are wide, hard pack and you ride through a new growth forest. Logging has pretty much eliminated any old growth trees.

The horses looking for dinner.

Lennox drinking from the water trough

After our ride, we went into town to switch Ari's phone to Verizon. Then we went to a local park that was really charming.

The park had preserved some old mining equipment. It really is amazing to see this machinery. These mechanisms are almost 200 years old. It's hard to believe that we were smart enough to build equipment like this 200 years old, especially since this equipment pre-dates GD&T. Everything was made as a one-off.

Tomorrow, we head to a horse camp in Rogue River - Siskiyou National Forest located in Eagle Point, Oregon.

So, we will be attempting to cross the border to another state. We have the health papers for the horses, so we will just have fingers crossed that we will be allowed into Oregon.