Monthly Archives: January 2012

To the south of us is the town of Temecula, we decided to go visit it today.  Temecula Valley is Southern California’s wine country.  But we did not visit any wineries.  There are just too many and we’ve seen wineries … Continue reading →

We walked around the RV park this morning.  It’s on a small lake, and this is the view. Lake Park RV Resort Lawn Mowing in January, cool. We went exploring today to see what is in the area.  We found … Continue reading →

One more walk along the beach this morning before deciding what to do and where to go today.  While we do like it right where we are it is a little more expensive than we want to pay as well … Continue reading →

We drove about 30 minutes up the coast this morning.  The beach goes on and on.  I swear everyone is out this Saturday morning, walking, jogging, biking, and surfing, or playing beach volleyball, except us.  Well we were leisurely walking, … Continue reading →

Our discount period has ended at Mission Bay RV Park in San Diego, so we decided to move on up the shore.  San Diego is awesome, I’m looking forward to being there again. We didn’t go far, maybe only 25 … Continue reading →

 What a beautiful day!  We went to Balboa park in San Diego.  This is a fantastic park!  There is so much to see and do, I can’t get it all in this blog.  This was the site of the 1915 … Continue reading →

We went to the San Diego Zoo today.  What a nice zoo.  It didn’t really seem any bigger than the Minnesota Zoo but it crammed more to see and do in that space.  It is almost 100 years old. Gorilla … Continue reading →

We went for another walk on the beach this morning.  The surf is still up although it is not a windy day.  Mostly seaweed is washing up on shore, but we did find this piece of plywood that looks like … Continue reading →

Cloudy and gloomy this morning.  We walked on the beach for a while anyway and then decided to go explore San Diego. The Pacific Ocean This Morning  We have taken Old Town Trolley Tours in other cities we have been … Continue reading →

Marble Just Hanging Out The wind let up over night so we left the Walmart parking lot this morning and continued on west.  If it wasn’t for the beautiful mountain views the desert would be horrible to cross. Desert Mountains … Continue reading →

Sunrise  We were greeted by a beautiful sunrise this morning.  A rare thing here, as there are not often clouds around.  Then we went into the Casino that owns the parking lot we had been staying in the last two … Continue reading →

Today we stood on the Official Center of the World!!  It is located just west of the Arizona/California border on Interstate 8.  Frenchman Jacques-Andre Istel somehow convinced Imperial County, California, to legally recognize a spot on his property as the official … Continue reading →

We were awakened at 7:30 this morning by a very noisy wood chipper.  7:30 isn’t all that early, but when we were struggling to stay asleep through the night because of all the trains passing by we could have used … Continue reading →

As well as being the winter vegetable capital of the world this is also date country.  We went to visit Martha’s Gardens, one of several date farms in the Yuma area. Martha’s Gardens Date Palms  Next we went to the … Continue reading →

Enough of Quartzsite for this year.  We left this morning and headed down Hwy 95 to Yuma.  I was amazed at how many RVs we were seeing around Quartzsite.  They were parked in the desert for at least five miles … Continue reading →

The Quartzsite Shoppers Prayerby Elton Mellum 2012 Now I lay me down to sleep Help me decide what to keep Should it be the box of rocks Or the brand new Tennessee socks My partner says I have enough But … Continue reading →

We were off to see the sights early this morning.  The first sight we saw was the book store owner, Paul Winer, riding his bicycle to work.  It was cold, so he had on his coat and a hat, but … Continue reading →

It froze here overnight.  Without electricity it’s a little more challenging to keep warm and be conservative with our fuel, but we managed ok.  It warmed up to almost 70 this afternoon. Quartzsite is a very interesting place.  In the … Continue reading →

We popped over to Towerpoint to say “bye for now” to Shirley before we left Mesa Regal RV Resort.  When I went to the office to tell them we were leaving I saw they were having their big flea market … Continue reading →

This is our last day at Mesa Regal RV Resort, we have to be out by 11 a.m. tomorrow morning.  We have not decided exactly where we will go or what we will do yet. There was a meeting of … Continue reading →