For the second half of Nate’s week, we headed to a KOA that lives between Santa Cruz and Monterey. This is not our normal M.O. However, we met a lovely family at an SVRA (State Vehicular Recreation Area) who told us about it and Nate was interested. Very interested. While Scott and Nate spent the...
The plan leaving JTNP was straight forward. Hit Indio, CA, dump at a free station, head south on Rt 86 along the Sultan Sea, turn inland at Rt 78, go west to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. That’s ground zero for the bloom. After a nice picnic, continue on to visit family just north of San...
I haven’t written anything in well over 2 weeks. It’s not that I haven’t thought about the blog… it’s that I was swamped and fell asleep every night exhausted. I can’t overstate how many stories I have rattling around in my head. But here’s the good news… I have 1-2 along, completely to myself. This...
Me to Scott, “What do you think about the tires? I haven’t checked the pressure lately.” Scott, “Should be fine. Don’t worry about it.” Me to Mom, “What do you think about the tires? Scott checks the pressure and I don’t know….” Mom, “They look fine but we should be able to find a truck...
Well, it finally happened: self-inflicted, embarrassing disaster. I’ve been diligent about going through my checklist before starting up and driving off. I mean, really really good about it. But we were just moving spots this morning and I was in a hurry and making sure the kids were seated…. and I drove off still attached to...