Getting Ready (Concord, CA)

We had planned on leaving in February but unscheduled visits to the Dentist delayed us until March. Since we were already delayed we decided to stick around for the Caravaners March outing in Morgan Hill which is on Hwy 101 and on our way south.

Our  plans are to spend a week in San Diego then on to spend a week just south of Tucson in Green Valley where we’ll check in on Debbie’s folks who are spending the winter there.  From there we’ll head to Pahrump to check on our property. Blake and Stacey are planning on coming down during Easter vacation and we’ll show them around. Stacey is anxious to see Death Valley.  We’ll be hanging around to attend the Winnebago Southwest Regional Rally in Pahrump. Then we’ll head home where we are going to be celebrating my mom’s 90th birthday.

While we were hanging around we started to rearrange the side yard. Here it is in progress.

And here is the progress so far.

We really have a great location at the top of a hill with views front and back.  At it’s best when the rain turns the hills from gold to green.

 

Here is a look up the hill you can see a few horses the share the hill.

Look down the hill you can just see a curve of the county wide trail system.

Next we’re off. Next stop Morgan Hill.  Travel map HERE.

February Outing (Red Bluff, CA)

We went up to Durango RV Resort in Red Bluff for the February outing. A long drive from Concord, but a beautiful RV park. The park is fairly new. It has a large great room with big screen TV and comfortable leather furniture.

A lawn with fountains and paths runs down the middle of the Park.

A large pool in the back and a spa.

You can see Horizon just out side the pool fence. Fortunately no kids swimming this time of year so it was quiet.

Just north in Redding is the Sundial Bridge which crosses the Sacramento river and is also a work of art. Debbie and I went up and had look. Ops, I forgot the camera so I returned the next day to take these.

Next time we a look around the house before we hit the road.

Our route map is Here.

Busy December

NEW Follow our Route

Now you can see our route on Google Maps: Horizon Travel

Debbie’s mom is back on her feet and doing well so we are back home in Concord. We had a busy month.

Brad, number three son, had another birthday and we had a party.

Our club had a Christmas outing at The Lakes RV and Golf Course in Chowchilla. The hosts did a great job of decorating and feeding the group.

Debbie get a helping of ribs.

Now Blake, number two son, and his wife Stacey are over to open their Christmas presents early. They are going to be in Cancun for Christmas week and we wanted to make sure we had a chance to celebrate with them before they left.

Ty attacks a empty plastic bag from one of the presents.

And he folds it up cat style.

Then there was the water pump. I have noticed water accumulating off and on in the service compartment. I have tried to find a leak but had been unable to until now. It turns out the water pump seals had been leaking. Finally it stopped working entirely. I called around and the closest Camping World to us said they had two in stock. Debbie and I drove from Concord to Vacaville, about and hours drive. Unable to find one on the shelf I asked a sales person who after checking told me the two that show in inventory had been installed in MH on the lot. We then went to Alameda to a chandlery and found one there. After I replace the pump we discovered the old pump had been making a very different sound than the new one makes, so the old pump had been going out for over a year.

Now we’re on to the New Year’s Eve club outing and celebration.

We ate…

drank…

conversed…

We also played a game where everyone antes up a couple of bucks. Then roll dice and give a dollar, either to the person on you left of right or you keep it. At some point one person ends up with all the dollars. This time the last two were yours truly and a young six year old.

And the most skillful player won.