Almost Home

We are taking some extra time getting home.  We wanted to stop at Southern Oregon Diesel on the way through Roseburg, OR.  We liked the service that they gave us when we broke down last fall.  Thursday was when they could get us in so we stayed two nights at Seven Feathers RV Resort, that is a really nice place they keep the landscaping and facilities just perfect. Well, they changed the oil and filter, and the transmission fluid and those filters.  I asked them to investigate an air leak that I thought was coming from the valve that adjusts the air in the air bags.  It turned out to be a hole in the left front air bag.  Since Monaco has shut down and no longer answers their phones they could not get a part number.  Now of course that number is on the top of the bag and to read it you have to remove the bag.  That turns out to be a three hour job, then once its out you can forget about driving anywhere.  The closest source was in Fresno, CA. so they had it sent UPS red.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We spent the night at Camp Gregory behind the shop, they have water and electric so it wasn’t too bad.  We did find a great Italian restaurant in Sutherlin though, Pedotti’s. If you are in Sutherlin or Roseburg they are worth a visit. LINK .

All said and done we were on the road at 2:30 and the thought of getting stuck in Portland traffic on a Friday night was not on the top of our priority list so we stopped for the night at a nice RV park just south of Eugene (Deerwood RV Park) LINK .

 

 

 

 

 

 

We will be home this afternoon.  I’m going to try and put together an album when things settle down to share more pictures with everyone. So keep watching the blog for a while.  We may continue to post as we usually go somewhere at least once a month we’ll see.

More Later, Rich

HOMEWARD BOUND

We left Nevada on Saturday and entered California.  After several miles the landscape started to change.  We went from desert and dry to green and trees.  The green rolling hills of Southern California are so beautiful with those happy California cows you see on the TV advertisements.  While driving north on CA-99 we came upon so many beautiful wildflowers and I tried to get a good picture while driving down the freeway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This morning we are in Redding and hope to make it over the pass today without any trouble.  Yesterday when we arrived at the campground, we went for a walk and it was windy and cold, then it rained pretty hard.  We have to remind ourselves that because of the rain, we have wildflowers and green grass.  We have seen blue jays and squirrels here too and we realize we have missed seeing them.

We planned a stop over at Belknap Springs, east of Eugene, OR to meet our friends Debra and Jerry but sadly Jerry’s Dad passed away on Thursday and they are in San Diego.

We will try to have the motorhome serviced at Southern Oregon Diesel on our way home and will probably be home on Saturday instead of Sunday.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

Until next time,

Gloria

Summary of Trip/The Snowbirds Head Home

This winter has been the greatest time of our lives.  We are doing the traveling that we have dreamed of all of our married life.  We do miss our family and friends at home and seeing them is what we are looking forward to the most right now.

We have had the opportunity to see some wonderful country (we really like the winter desert vista’s).  The people that we have met  have been a big part of our good times.  The weather has been better that we could have hoped for with cool mornings (some frost in January), but always warm and sunny in the afternoons. There have been folks from all over the USA and Canada.  We hope to meet up with them on future trips.  Already we have reunited with people at parks that we met earlier in the season.

Last week we went to Las Vegas for four days at the Fitz down on Freemont St. (they begged us to come and gave us a corner room for three nights at no cost to us, HA-HA). We did stay within our budget and had a great time.  I also caught a bad cold and I have been moping around for that last couple of days but I’m on the mend and ready to travel.

While traveling I don’t know how much we will be able to post but I will try.  We expect to be home around the 22’nd or 23’rd of March. So it won’t be long.

More Later, Rich

Charleston Peak Winery Pahrump, NV

This morning finds us at our last stop for this season. We will be here until Saturday March 14. This is a really nice place, but it is cooler than we are used to, we have been spoiled by temperatures in the 80’s and here they are in the 60’s. Oh well I guess we need to get used to cooler weather since we are headed home from here.

We are going to take a side trip to Vegas from here for a couple of days and stay at the Fitzgerald’s, on Fremont St.  They wanted to see us so badly they gave us a free room.  Anyway it will be a change of pace, we do like it there.

Pahrump and Ehrenberg are the only two places that we stayed at both last year and this year, we plan to visit them again next year too.

Gorgie is off to exercise and stretching classes this morning, the pool hasn’t opened yet so there won’t be any more water aerobics this year.

More Later, Rich

Quartzsite Chili Cook Off

We met our friends Pam and Harold in Quartzsite where they were having a chili cook off and entertainment.  On the way in to Quartzsite I wanted to stop at the Oasis bookstore to have my picture taken with the owner.  The owner is quite famous since he runs the store naked with the exception of a “cup”.   When I first heard about him I told Richard I thought it was disgusting but the more I heard the more curious I became.  At the last minute I chickened out and we passed the bookstore.  Well, come to find out he wasn’t at the bookstore since he was part of the entertainment.  He played the piano and sang rag time music.

 

The naked book seller (with clothes on).

 

 

I found a bargain on a super king sized quilt in Quartzsite for our bed at home, quilt and three pillow shams for $139.00.  We really didn’t want to haul more stuff home but I couldn’t pass up a bargain. 

 

 

 

Pam and Harold enjoying ice cream

 

 

 

Just outside of Salome is a town called “Hope” and we couldn’t resist a picture of the sign.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We leave Salome today and are heading to Laughlin, NV for a night before moving to our last two week destination (Pahrump, NV) before heading home.

 

Until next time,

Gloria