Traveling with Martha and Byron: Day 31 - 10/05 - Vacaville to Fremont in the Bay Area

Today was another travel day and a short one at that. In fact, the shortest distance yet. We left Vintage RV Resort in Vacaville around 11 AM and pulled into Dumbarton Quarry Campground on the Bay at 12:30 PM. Our route took us down through Berkeley and around the East Bay on the freeways to Fremont.

Martha enjoyed some quiet time in the middle of the afternoon.

As is evident from the photo, it is generally dry in this area

of California this time of the years.

Located within the large Coyote Hills Regional Park and next to the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay in Fremont, Dumbarton Quarry Campground on the Bay. It is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District and is their first full-service campground. As a public park, it has multiple picnic areas in addition to the 63, a camp store, an amphitheater, and a playground. The sites are 70 feet deep and surfaced by asphalt. Each has a concrete picnic table sitting on a finely crushed-rock surface. Each site has some landscaping which includes a large rock marking each spot. It is one of the three excellent campgrounds at which we’ve had the pleasure of staying.

We are very impressed with this park and its campground. Each site is spacious. Though we can see the busy freeway in the distance, we hear none of it’s noice. It is also in a relatively remote area. This means there is no glow of city lighting to interfere with the clear view of the night sky. Our plan is to be here for six nights and five days; our longest stop of the trip. It will be enjoyable and relaxing.

After arriving and getting set up, we turned on the TV to see how many stations could be found using the antenna. Well, that number was above 60 though several of them are duplicates. There are channels broadcasting in English, Spanish, and Chinese in the eclectically mixed region.

The network-oriented stations (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) were all broadcasting the funeral service for the late California Sen. Dianne Feinstein at San Francisco City Hall. Feinstein, who died last week at the age of 90, served as San Francisco’s first female mayor before being elected to the Senate. Vice President Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and others spoke at the service. There was also a fly-over of the Navy’s Blue Angels.

We have chosen to stay out of downtown San Francisco until the weekend festivities related to Fleet Week have concluded. The highlight of the even include the three days of air show over the San Francisco Bay. Friday’s show is abbreviated compared to the shows of Saturday and Sunday which are identical in nature. Of course, the air shows close with a performance by the Blue Angels. This year’s aerobatic group includes a woman. She will be piloting the plane when the missing pilot act is performed. The act is being dedicated to Feinstein.