Our first destination (besides the I-5 rest stop we slept in near Maxwell, CA on Tuesday night) was Chico, CA.  Chico is probably best known as the home of the Sierra Nevada brewing company (one of my favorites), but our business was with Transfer Flow Inc. Transfer Flow sells aftermarket fuel tanks for trucks, and 12mpg + 28 gallon gas tank = misery, so it was time to improve on that.

It took about three hours to install the new 46 gallon tank, and during that time, Magic and I cruised (by foot) around the Chico Airpark.  While it was fairly typical of an airpark (lots of industrial type businesses), the surrounding area was really great — reminded me of Pennsylvania before sprawl and overpopulation.  Lots of orchards and farms, great scenery, and an easy, slow-paced life.  Driving north on Cohasset and then west on Keefer, you also pass through some of the more affluent areas (I guess?) of the Chico suburbs — lots of amazing houses with gated driveways etc.  Although, gated driveways seem to be the fad around here – even the crappy houses seemed to have them.

I don’t imagine I’ll have any reason to stop by Chico again (maybe to sample some fresh Sierra sometime in the future), but I’m glad I got to see it.  While I had always been more of a SoCal fan, NorCal certainly started to grow on me.

Lots of pictures of the airpark below..

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