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TP1 Day 35: San Francisco CA to Fort Myers FL
Another day of air travel. This one was less grueling than Day 34 – only(?) 8 hours. But we were already dog tired so it seemed longer. We arrived in San Francisco around 11am and our flight – to New York – did not leave until 9:30pm. That gave us nearly a full day in … Continue reading
QTE Hop 1: Aguanga, CA, to Williams, AZ
454 miles via CA 79, I-10, CA 177, CA 62, AZ 95 and I-40. Day 1: Aguanga, CA, to Lake Havasu City, AZ The first day of this two-day hop was 279 miles, of which about 150 were through desert that was excessively hot, even by desert standards. I was pretty worried about how the … Continue reading
So long, California, you’ve been gnarly
Today, with any luck, we will leave California. We might be back (though Jett swears otherwise), but it won’t be for a year or more, I suspect. To get out we need to travel through record heat along a road with no travel services for 100 miles and probably without cell phone service most of … Continue reading
My penultimate commute
I would have saved this for tomorrow, but that would have been my final commute to Temecula and it is so much more fun to say penultimate. Anyway, I wanted to document, for my memories as much as for anyone else’s edification, the glorious first 15 miles of my commute (or last 15, if I … Continue reading
San Diego
When I destroyed my new camera while stupidly wading into the Cabo surf with it still in my pocket, I thought that the photos on the memory card would be intact. But I failed in several attempts to read the files from the card. Then I lost the card. After being on the damn-I-wonder-what-I-did-with-that list … Continue reading
Easy Come, Ez-Go
One of the tasks on our list of Things to Do Before We Head East is selling our Ez-Go golf cart. To do so, we posted “for sale” signs in all of the Rancho California laundry rooms, asking $1,600, which is what we paid. I figured that there would be limited, if any, interest and … Continue reading
LA and other imaginary places
Los Angeles is real. I know; I’ve seen it. But it doesn’t seem real. It is bigger than real. The place of movie stars and the 4-car family. Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Mulholland Drive, Sunset Strip, Malibu, South Central, Disneyland, Charles Manson, Universal Studios, and the Beach Boys. Iconic names and images that shaped my life. … Continue reading
Jojoba Hills SKP RV Resort
Just down the road from where we are staying is the Jojoba Hills SKP RV Resort, one of the “co-op” RV parks associated with the Escapees RV Club. Staying there was not an option for us as non-owners are limited to 28 days per year, which ran a little short of the 4 months we … Continue reading
General Delivery
Those few of you who have sent us mail recently know that our mailing address is General Delivery, Aguanga, CA. I have never had a General Delivery address before, but it makes me feel like I am living in Mayberry. General Delivery may not be the same as Rural Free Delivery (RFD), which is the … Continue reading