NORMANS on the HORIZON: Debbie

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Saturday, August 13, 2016

August 13, 2016 - Port Susan - Family Visits

Brad, Amy and Angela arrive for a visit.

Amy helps with s'mores

s'mores are fun

Debbie and SDad out for a walk

Docked boats at La Conner

Tug named "Port Susan"!

Thursday, July 03, 2014

Port Susan–July 3, 2014

We arrived here yesterday afternoon traveling through Seattle around 11:30 am on I5. At that time we avoided the worst of the traffic.

We setup and relaxed.

Ty exploring the area.

Ty’s resting, apparently everything checked out .

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

We arrived at the Holiday RV Park in Phoenix, OR early afternoon. Assigned space C17 we found it was not very level so we moved over to C18 and were almost able to get completely level. Yes the jacks are still not working. They will probable work fine tomorrow at the RV shop! The weather here is on the cool side and expected to drop down to the mid forties overnight.

Left JGW RV Park after a leisurely morning due to an early (for us) rising, 6am. We started toward Medford. Mt. Shasta looks like it should be end of summer not the beginning. (Debbie took the picture.)

Ty explores our site.

Tomorrow it into the shop for the third time for the HWH to be repaired, this time by a manufacturer’s certified master service center. If this doesn’t work then I’ll be heading to the factory in Iowa and camping out until they get them working.

We’ve always looked at checking out Crater Lake as we went by on one side or the other so if the repair schedule works out we will take a day trip over from here.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

2013 Jun 18 - Evening with Calire

This evening we visit with Claire while her parent enjoy a night out.

After a shower I go back to the bedroom to get my pants. Ty seems to be asking, showing his claws, "Do you feel lucky?"

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Palm Desert–What Site Was That Again?

It was another sunny day as we prepared to leave. The slides and jacks performed as they are supposed to and we reluctantly leave the beautiful view site #30, at Malibu Beach RV Park this morning.

The traffic across LA was not too bad but the opposite direction was stopped for miles.

On our way into the desert we see a golden oasis, the Morango Indian Casino. We stopped there and fueled up.

We arrived at the Emerald Desert RV Resort around one o'clock. After checking in at the office we proceeded to the assigned site, 95, the same one we had last year. When we arrived at #95 we found it already occupied by another motorhome. Nobody was home so we contacted the office and after a lot of confusion and back and forth we just pulled into site 93 and the office blessed our decision. The sites are all mostly the same but this site was a better one as it had some shade from some large trees.

We are here for a month.

We had some gorgeous sunsets.

We went on a bus tour of Palm Springs and learned a lot about the stars who use to live or visit the area. Had a great time.

A special surprise, my sister Jan and her husband John visited for a few days.

While we were here we had Horizon and the jeep washed and waxed.

At San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. Debbie is looking at the information board and hasn’t seen this information sign.

We started to walk along a trail with Debbie keeping a sharp eye out having seen the sign.

The only wildlife we saw were these cute little guys who said they hadn’t seen any rattle snakes.

Debbie decided to wait at the car.

Along the trail, a view of the Palm Springs valley.

Looking back at the visitor center.

Monday, January 07, 2013

Santa Monica

We’re still overlooking the blue Pacific Ocean from the Malibu Beach RV Resort. Today we went sightseeing around Pacific Palisades / Santa Monica area.

The iconic Malibu Fishing Pier, a café at the end.

Walking to the pier from the parking lot.

Santa Monica Pier has more than fishing, boating and cafes.

As we were leaving for Palm Springs, Debbie noticed this humming bird feeder. I always thought humming birds were very territorial but here are seven that seem to be sharing.

Sunday, January 06, 2013

Malibu California

The sunset view standing in front of our Horizon.

We are in the Malibu Beach RV Park on the edge of a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Horizon is behind another RV. The Jeep is parked next to it.

Horizon front end sticking out high up on the cliff as seen from the Pacific Coast Hwy.

Debbie is standing in the parking lot of Paradise Cove where Jim Rockford’s house trailer which used to be parked when they were filming the TV show, Rockford Files. We were unable to find the trailer but we did find the Paradise Cove Beach Café and had a great lunch. Some of the outdoor part of the restaurant is in the background.

A view of the Paradise Cove Beach Café from the beach.

I know this looks familiar but its not the same photo. Note those are different shirts. (same cat)

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Happy New Year 2013

We left the Vinyards RV Park late morning after brunch and headed to San Juan Batista, a good start towards Pismo Beach. We had a reservation at Betabel RV Park here.

Originally we were going to drive down to Pismo in one day but that was a long day. Also we wanted to go back to Dona Esther Mexican Restaurant. We ate there last year and thought the meal was really good. So called a few weeks back to make sure they would open on New Years day and here we are.

As it turned out the meal wasn’t so good. Debbie’s soup had a small pebble in it which she crunched down on. Fortunately she didn’t damage any teeth but it ruined the meal. The restaurant’s response was a insincere apology. Although the restaurant had poor reviews in Yelp, we thought it was pretty good until this incident.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Home for Christmas - 2012

Home from our North Carolina visit we now hurry to prepare for Christmas. This year Christmas Eve and early Christmas morning with Brad, Amy and Angela. Then Christmas Day with Blake, Stacey and Claire.

Christmas Morning

Up early and up to the house to enjoy an early morning Christmas.