'19/#28 Another Thing To Leave Behind

We are into our last week here in Petaluma California and if you have been following us you know we are excited about leaving. There are number of reasons that I have mentioned in the past and I am sure Mary has posted a few of her own on Facebook. Well let me add a couple more.

Petaluma, even with it's proximity to San Francisco, is an agricultural community. Yes it has it's Hippie roots that extended from San Fran in the '70s but it is in the middle of farm country. Being in Sonoma County there are hundreds of vineyards. Sonoma is even a bit snobby about their cousin vineyards in neighboring Napa County. Of course they think their wine is better. They think everything they have, do, and think is better. What they don't tell you is how many cattle farms are in the area and the smell that comes with them. Depending on the wind it could be barely noticeable or it can be unbearable. Either way it is a constant and the smell has permeated everything we own. When we get to Texas we will have to fumigate the trailer and everything in it!

On top of the bovine aroma we are living in a campground. What do we have in campgrounds? Campfires of course. But these people don't just burn "fire wood", they burn everything. Treated wood, undetermined types of wood, trash, plastic, rubber and who knows what else. Eyes may water and breathing could be unpleasant but if I survive the noxious clouds I am pretty sure I will leave California with cancer or some other lung disease. California's strict pollution controls are a joke. They are created because if the irresponsible residents of the state. Yes we do get a lot of visitors from other states but it is worse now that most of the guests here are locals.

Well it is time for me to go to work. Maybe a gas mask should be part of the uniform? I will say  goodbye (cough,cough) for now from our home in Petaluma because.....

Home is where we park it,
Frank and Mary