Running Ahead of the Storm

Posted from Sommerville Almond Tree RV Park, Coalinga, CA.

Yesterday we drove 350 miles in seven hours through some fog that was pretty heavy at times. That is way more than we like to travel in any one day.  The reason is an approaching windstorm, there will be 45 mph winds with gusts to 70 mph.  That would stop us from going any further for a couple of days and we want to get to Desert Hot Springs to have lobster bisque at Shanghai Reds Friday evening.  So today we are going to make another long run (311 miles), to try and beat this storm.  Todays forecast calls for more of that heavy fog.  We have always avoided Los Angeles and it’s legendary traffic, but today it can’t be avoided so here we go.  The best part of pushing ourselves will be an extra two days in Palm Springs, even if it’s going to be windy for a few days there too.

Day Two

Two days of nice driving weather finds us at Redding CA. I'm posting this on my iPhone.

Gorgie enjoying the sun in Redding

Seven Feathers RV

More Later,

Rich

Just About Ready to Hit the Road

We have finalized our route and itinerary to the Rio Grande Valley so here it is.

Return of the Winter Texans 2011/12

1- 11-27-10 Seven Feathers Casino RV Resort, Canyonville, OR 212mi. 877-839-3599

2- 11-28-10 Redding, CA (GS) JGW RV 225mi. 800-469-5910 $32-40

3- 11-29-10 Patterson, CA (P.A.) Kit Fox RV 209-892-2638 247mi. $38

4- 11-30-10 Bakersfield, CA (GS) Orange Grove RV 661-366-4662 217mi.$30

5- 12-02-10 Desert Pools RV Resort, Desert Hot Springs, CA 214mi. Res. # 37743

6- 12-06-11 (PA) Saddle Mt. RV Tonopah 218mi. 623-386-3892 $15

7- 12-07-11 Dad’s Tucson, AZ 157mi. from Tonopah

8- 12-09-11 Depart for the RGV, (PA) Low-HI RV Deming NM 224mi. 575-546-4058 $16

9- 12-12-11 KOA, Van Horn, TX 216mi. 432-283-2728 $38

10- 12-13-11 Marathon Motel & RV Park,(PA) Marathon, TX 130mi. 432-386-4241 $12.50

11- 12-14-11 Ft. Clark Springs, Brackettville, TX 204mi. 830-563-9340 $21.50

12- 12-17-11 Four Seasons RV, Zapata, TX 229mi. 956-765-4241

13- 12-20-11 Kenwood RV, La Feria, TX 866-786-4112 121mi.

The motorhome is ready to go, we have loaded almost all our “stuff”, and plan to pull out of here Sunday at about 9:30AM.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with our family, we are going to miss everyone very much.

 

Mr. Turkey turned out very well, a good time was had by all.

More Later,

Rich

What Did I Do For My Summer Vacation?

Well it was a long, hot summer here in the pacific northwest.  We did some major cleaning and brush removal to the front of our property.  Gloria’s sister Gail helped with a lot of the work and she was a tremendous help. 

We took a couple of weeklong trips to the coast, Ocean Shores Washington is one of our favorite places.  This was our “home” park with Western Horizons.  WH sold the park and our contract to K-M Resorts, so we decided to buy into their system and pick up RPI to expand our options since it doesn’t look like WH will be around much longer.  These memberships help us control our expenses while on the road.

We celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary with a trip to Las Vegas.  We always stay at the Fitz on Fremont street and have not had to pay for our room in years.  This year I asked for and was given a suite, they picked us up at the airport in a limo, paid for all our meals and drinks for the five days we were there. Oh and they took us back to the airport in the limo too, sweet.

We have been running around getting ourselves and the motorhome ready for our winter migration south.  We leave here on Sunday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 27th).  This year we are returning to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas because we loved it there and have some deer friends we want to see who are already there.  We should be there before Christmas.  Deb and Jerry are going to join us again this year in their motorhome.  I’ll post our itinerary here soon.

More Later,

Rich