Newport Dunes

Normally we camp by ourselves and enjoy not having to be on any kind of schedule or
have visit with other people.

This weekend we went to a all womens RV rally at Newport Dunes in Newport Beach.  The Rally had a total of 20 rigs of all shapes and all piloted by women.  Some of them on their own and some with companions and friends.  The group was comprised of some retired and some still working.  We had a great time and enjoyed the company of women with some of the same
interests as us. 

The weather was pretty good, Friday night we had a shower and Saturday we had a little drip right as the pot luck was getting started.  The hosts had use of the clubhouse so all was good.

The campground was on the back bay in Newport Beach,  nice campground, but the campsites were pretty tight.  We were surrounded by rally members so it was quiet but if
we had families with a couple of kids on each side of us or a party group, we would not have
been happy.

But it was a great weekend with lots of jokes and laughing and visiting.

Quartzsite 2012

We just got back last weekend from our third annual visit to this sleepy town for their annual RV tent show and many swapmeets.  What Sturgis is to motorcylces, Quartzsite is to motorhomes.  All shapes and sizes for motorhomes and people.

The weather was great, not to warm, chilly evenings and nights. 

The first day we arrived we took a little drive north of town on Hwy 95 out to the BLM land.  Dry camping allowed all along the road.  We managed to find friends camping in the desert, Eldon and Nancy, we stopped and had a nice visit.  They used our campsite to park their car to go shopping at the big tent and swapmeet.

The big tent and surrounding area seemed to have more vendors than last year.  We didn't purchase to much, but we got our friend, Karen, set up with a flag pole and flag that attached to the ladder on her motorhome. 

 Of course we had to check out some of the food vendors as well. Some pretty good BBQ and polish sausages.  Lots of other stuff but the stomach will only hold so much.

I would get up in the morning and Buddee and I would go for a walk, then I would sit outside finish my coffee and watch the traffic so by wishing I had the money that would pass by, motorhomes and motorhomes towing all kinds of toys.  Millions of dollars in vehicles.

Anyway we had a great time as usual and will be going back again next year.

I didn't take to many pictures as it was a "been there done that" kind of weekend.

Christmas 2011 @ Santee Lakes

We setup camp at Santee Lakes on Friday afternoon before Christmas, spending Christmas camping.  The weather was beautiful all weekend, it got into the 70's during the day and at night it was a little nippy, frost on the car in the early morning.

This is a nice campground and we had a site along side of one of the lakes.  Ducks are abundent and you can fish the lake.

It was a lazy weekend, with lots of quality time spent in my gravity free recliner outside watching the ducks.  Life is good.  Christmas Eve we cooked a small Prime Rib with all the fixings.

We did a little Christmas decorating on the coach and had a little Christmas tree inside. We woke on Christmas morning and opened presents.  Santa was good this year, I got a Kindle Fire, tool box for the coach, Robin got a electric pressure cooker, and the coach got a weather station, cabinet for the kitchen....etc....... good stuff.

We were sad to have to pack up on Monday and head home.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Thanksgiving near Death Valley

Well we had another successful camping trip over the Thanksgiving weekend.  We left 4am Thanksgiving morning heading for Terrible's RV Resort and Casino in Pahrump, NV.  We stopped at Peggy Sue's Diner for breakfast and got into Pahrump about 10am.  A friend was joining us in her RV later in the day from Quartzsite.  We have stayed at Terribles before and really like the Resort.

The weather all weekend was perfect.  Mid to upper 60's with lots of sunshine and no wind.  The nights were pretty chilly so the heater and furnace were a welcome addition in the evening. 

Robin started making our Thanksgiving feast of Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, fruit salad and pumpkin pie for dessert.  She had gotten everything mixed together ahead of time so she could just get everything in the oven for dinner later.  Karen arrived about 3pm and we had dinner about 5:30pm.  YUM!!!!  Good stuff.

On Friday we took a day trip to Red Rock Canyon.  It has about a 13 mile scenic drive thru the area.  We saw a few burros along the road and stopped to watch some people climbing the cliffs while we had lunch of Turkey sandwiches.  We went to the buffet at the on site Casino on Friday night for $10.00 Prime Rib.

On Saturday we took a day trip into Death Valley, heading towards Furnace Creek, with stops at Zabriskie Point, an absolute must see, Dantes View, Furnace Creek and Artist Palette.
Karen hosted dinner that night with Steaks on the grill. Needless to say we did not starve.

We have decided to make this an annual thing for Thanksgiving.

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

October 2011 Camping

Our first camping weekend of October took us to Sacred Rock Reserve in San Diego county.  We had a nice relaxing weekend.  On Saturday night a gentlemen with a couple of telescopes came to the campground and set them up.  It was great to have some of the stars pointed out to us and being able to see them through the telescope.

The next weekend we went to the Yucaipa County campgrounds and went to Oak Glen area on Saturday to see the apple orchards in the area.
We checked in on Friday about 2pm and got all set up.  About 3pm we noticed the hills above us had a brush fire going.  It didn't take long to pick up steam.  Soon there were four water dropping choppers dumping water as fast as they could suck it up.  The water source they were using was right next to the campground so we got a birds eye view of the choppers refilling with water.  The fire ended up eating up about 100  areas and no structures destroyed.

The rest of the weekend was very peaceful and kick back. My kind of weekend.

Enjoy the pictures.

Lake Moreno 9-24-11

We took off Friday at noon to spend the weekend at Lake Moreno County Campground east of San Diego Lake Moreno.  This was a nice campground with E/W hookups with a dump station on site.  This was our first visit so we weren't quite sure what to expect.

We arrived about 3pm and got everything set up.  Nice roomy campsite at the end of a row.
Towards evening the sky got dark and we started to get some rain.  We got a couple of good sized showers with some lightening off in the distance.  So we spent the evening listening to the Angels game and playing Crazy Eights.

Note: Verizon has no cellphone signal, we were parked under a tree so no TV. 
It was kind of nice to spend the weekend without any technology.

On Saturday morning we awoke to a bright sunny day.  The temp got up to the mid-80's with a slight breeze, perfect day.  After a late breakfast we took a short dirive to the Railroad Museum near Campo, Ca.Railroad Museum.  It was an interesting way to spend a couple of hours.

We got back to the campsite in time for a little nap and relax.  Robin started up the Dutch Oven for a potato ditty.  It was great, potatoes, bacon, onions and cheese. YUM!  I got the grill out and we grilled a couple of pork steaks to go along with the potatoes.

After dinner we decided to watch one of the DVD's that we have piled up.  We watched RED.  I thought it was great.  Perfect end to a great weekend.  We didn't want to leave......but allas work is neccessary....gas money for coach..!!!!
 Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Tall Ships and Chula Vista RV Park Labor Day 2011

We started our weekend on Friday with a half day of work and hitting the freeway to San Diego and the Chula Vista RV Park in Chula Vista.Chula Vista RV Resort. This isn't usually our type of camping but we thought we would check it out  The traffic was pretty good and we were checked in and set up by 3pm. Very nice Resort. The weather was perfect lots of sunshine and a nice ocean breeze.  We settled and and had hamburger sliders for dinner. 

We awoke Saturday to overcast skies but temp was nice.  We decided to head out to the Tall Ship Festival at the Maritime Museum. Festival of Sail  We got there early and had a great place to park across the street.  One of the ships was the Star of India. History of Star of India.
Awesome to walk around the oldest active sailing ship. We boarded a couple of other Tall ships anchored at the museum. 

 It was noonish so we headed back to the Resort.  Sunny for the rest of day of which there were walks with Buddee and Liz and naps.  Saturday night the Resort had a country band playing in the park area. We walked  by to check it out.  The band was pretty good.

Sunday the day started out sunny and stayed sunny for the day.  We just lounged around all day with walks around the Resort and Marina.  Around 2:30 we strolled up to the free hots dogs that the park was serving.  Good hot dogs. About 4am on Monday morning we heard the pitter patter of rain on the roof......where the heck did that come from????  By morning it was gone and we had to pack up and head home.  We did drive through a couple of areas of rain on the way. 

Another Great Weekend.
Enjoy the pictures.