Great Friends, Great Time

It's hard to believe that some of the stuff we used to do when we were a few sheets to the wind, we still do stone cold sober!
We had a really good time last night at our parks St. Patricks Day Celebration. I took the whole day as a holiday and was really lazy. Went to the pool and read a book for most of the day. We had a dinner of Corned Beef, Cabbage, Potatoes and carrots in a roaster.
Cheese cake and cookies for Dessert. It was an intimate crowd of about 25 people. Kinda fun having our "One Man Band" for such a group. He has such great stories of the days when he played and hung out with many great artists. Stories of Willie Nelson, Moe Bandy, Waylon Jennings and they never get old. He still has a great voice and excellent act for one man.
Thank you Bunky. The "hat" made the rounds. Everybody had a good time with that. It wasn't my idea, but the DH decided before we ever left Nebraska that the hat was going along. He packed it, and sure enough didn't forget it! A couple of friends and I ended up wearing the table decorations!
I looked around at one point and took a double take. You know, everyone has a twin they say, and one of our new couples showed up last night. The gentleman is a spitting image of Tom Osborne, the University of Nebraska's Athletic Director and famous former football coach. I wonder if he realizes he's has a noteable lookalike? Hot again today and we already have broken down and are running the a/c. We are leaving in a bit to head to Phoenix. You can barely see the mountains in the distance. I hope the dust doesn't blow and cause problems for us too bad.

Happpy St. Patty's Day!

I finally feel like Spring is going to appear! The trees here at Desert Valley are budding and the bushes are blooming. Today is going to be a fun day. We have to say good bye to some friends this morning heading home to Caspar WY. They are going because of a funeral, so not really because they want to leave early. It's still snowing up in that country. We wish them a safe trip. We will be stopping to see them this summer and then the guys can get a couple of rounds of golf in to make up for not going now. Our weekly park meeting is this morning, and things are winding down so rapidly here that I can't imagine many announcements. Tonight will be the last party of the season. I am going up to see if I can help with the food prep. One minor thing I seem to know a little about! I have a couple more road trips planned to finish up this area, and am getting excited about seeing the desert in ful bloom. Right now, we've had so much rain this winter that all the huge Saguaro Cacti are just fat! They look awesome. Heading in to LA Fitness after that and then back to get ready for the dinner. It got up over 80 yesterday, and we sat outside a while. I got a little red. It snuck up on me, so will lay off that even though it's gonna be at least that nice today and the wind doesn't seem to be blowing today either. Maybe will get the chance to put the big awning out and rest a little this afternoon. Again, have a safe and wonderful St. Patty's Day.

Monday, Monday!

Not much new and different here. Still pretty chilly. Was windy today but calmed down and turned out pretty nice late this afternoon. Turns out it's going to be a pretty busy week. DH golfing tomorrow, we have a St. Pattys Dinner and Dance here on Wednesday. We're heading in to Phoenix on Thursday night for dinner with a friend. That pretty well shoots this week. Lots more folks leaving here. Another one of DH's golf buddies is leaving for Casper WY. this weekend. I am calling El Centro CA in the morning to reserve a spot for the 9th of April. Hope it warms up enough pretty soon for us to get out and work on the coach. I want to leave here with it clean. It's time for the Semi Annual Rub Down. I finally got to start a new book tonight. Takes forever when the only time you read is doing laundry! I really like being here in the winter when it comes time to turn the clocks ahead. We don't do that here! I'm still tired tonight so might as well have. Night for now...

Caught Up

Let me just begin by saying that it is not a normal Arizona winter! I woke up in the night to rain and wind again! This time no measurable amount but enough to wet everything down again. It's cold. 50 degrees. Am I crabby? Not really. I think that I'm just about back to normal after our vacation. Got out the seashells I picked up at the beach and am cleaning them up today. I went back to the gym yesterday and will go the rest of the week. Our view of the mountains is blocked off this morning. I don't mind so much if its a rig that looks like this. This big bad boy pulled in after dark last night.
A Enduromax Front Puller with two slides. They probably have a car in that trailer, but didn't unload it.
I had DH go take a couple of pictures of it. I just still don't want a rig this big, but they are awesome to look at and I'm sure very comfortable. I will have my view back soon, they are just overnighters.
No real news happening here this week. DH is off golfing today, peace and quiet...and I am looking for a replacement hub cover for a front wheel. It's pretty frustrating at this point in looking for parts for an older Coach such as ours and the parent company is not building coaches.
I'm calling some dealerships today for suggestions. I think we will take off and go to Tucson for some other things at Camping World. We will haul the other hub cover around incase we come across a dealership or place we may find one. DH even tried the truck stop here with no luck, I think ours is in a Texas ditch :(. I'm also trying to replace the windshield drapes this year. Still looking at RV resorts where we will park in April while DH is gone to Mexico for 5 days, someplace where I can be self sufficient in case he becomes incapacitated racing the Baja!The only thing on my bucket list right now is to learn how to Kayak! I will conclude by saying that even if it was really colder than usual at the beach last week, we had a great time and here are some more pics of our trip.

Back to Motor Home Sweet Home

We had a great weekend, even though the weather was droopy and cold the whole time. Internet service wasn't very good. I am convinced my favorite place is on the beach in the early mornings, but would even be better if it was sunny and warm!
We left Chula Vista and meandered slowly up the 101..Pacific Coast Highway on Friday after looking at several RV Resorts where we will be spending a month or so in April. Some by San Diego Bay and others on up the coast in Oceanside. Upon checking into our hotel, I discovered that our room was pretty small, so as an old Hotel lady, and since it was DH's birthday weekend, I traded our room up for a suite! Awesome. We spent some time in the afternoon exploring the area and looking at the ocean. The rain started and we went for supper not far from the hotel.
Saturday we met up with Drag Race Girl and her two awesome Aussies...Blue Merle Brodie Jae and the new puppy, 11 week old red Bentley James.
Her favorite thing to do when she's not racing cars, is to spend quality time with her dogs. We spent most of the day exercising the dogs on the beach and at a dog park....and then the rain came again. DH had Steak and Lobster at the Claim Jumper Restaurant in Carlsbad for his birthday supper.?
Sunday we walked on the beach early in the morning, I had to test the water. Oh yes, and did I mention the rain was coming?
Then we drove up to Newport Beach and hung out in my Fantasy Land for a while, driving around and looking at the Bentley, Farrari and Porsche Dealerships,
the Yacht Clubs and Fantastic Houses.
We had a fantastic lunch at Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant, and then watched the boats in the ocean and the dogs some more. Fog was rolling in about dark, and I made it back down the five in more rain. It was sad to leave such a fantastic place today. We truly enjoy it out there and visiting with friends.
There will always be something new to discover and explore when we return there the next time in about another month. Bought a lottery ticket on the way out, so there's our chance at owning one of the many Oceanside Properties for sale. The rain came down as we made our way back across the mountains today.
It looks like we had quite a bit of rain here too. We got to Yuma and the sun felt really good. It was 74 degrees. Now I'll need a couple days to play catch up. I'm pretty tired from all the 5 lane traffic driving and rain. I will post more pics tomorrow....it's night night time!

Chula Vista California

Greetings this morning from beautiful Chula Vista California! We traveled Interstate 8 yesterday, left the motorhome in AZ., stopping off at Yuma Arizona and El Centro California, looking at the area to visit and stay in April when DH races the Baja. We stopped at one of the only rest areas left open on the road between Phoenix and Yuma.
The great State Government has decided to close most of them and the State Parks to recoup funds. I think they're nuts. The snakes and scorpions don't care I'm sure. We like the El Centro area. Lots of green areas,more farming than desert.
We headed up through the Imperial Sand Dunes 11 miles into the state of California and through the Coyote Mountains and Cleveland National Forest.
We climbed to Altitudes above 4000 feet, and before dark the thermometer registered 42 degrees. Coming down wasn't too bad for all 6% Grade, I did it after dark! Right into city traffic and we navigated right to our hotel here in Chula Vista on the first try! Now I remember this traffic. We didn't use a GPS either! Today we will take a drive around the San Diego Bay. Check out some RV Resorts and head north to Oceanside and we will stay in Carlsbad....on the beach for a few days. Happy Birthday DH on Saturday. Too Bad it's forcast to be 60s and rainy all weekend. Will run and take advantage of the sunny day today! Here we go!

Woo Hoo! Road Trip!

Packed and ready to go. Will travel without the coach this time. Hopefully I should have some pictures in the next few days. For now it'll have to be a secret! I'm excited, traveling to places we have never been before. Should be a fun weekend. I'm ready to go, kinda have hitch itch and this may be a short cure! Stay Tuned!