Old Orchard RV Park

We have been stopping at Old Orchard RV Park in Orland, California for seven years as we have traveled south. It has a rather unique layout, with the sites arranged in a circle. Traffic entering goes around the outside of the circle, and departing traffic has a one-way route inside the circle. That makes all of the 62 sites basically pull-throughs. The rest rooms and laundry are located in the center of the circle along with what is left of the
orchard.

The park has gradually getting sadder and sadder looking. The man who ran it had a stoke about four years ago and was still in the hospital when we stopped. He passed away two years ago and his widow has been running the place with the occasional help of her daughter.

There was one other over-nighter here when we checked in last night. They left early this morning and no one else has stopped by today. Such a contrast to Seven Feathers where we saw 50-60 rigs coming and going every day.
 

There are maybe a dozen or so permanent RV residents on the other side of the circle. Forry thinks there are less of them than there were when we were here last year.

As predicted, today was spent resting up. We did unhook Toad II and drive the 13 miles back north to the Safeway store we passed yesterday. It was a very much needed trip at the smallest Safeway I have seen (though one of the clerks told me the "one in Chico is smaller.").