We have arrived

Yesterday we arrived at Mountain Valley RV Park in Hemet after two days of uneventful driving. We spent Saturday night in Bakersfield after a fairly long drive from Travis AFB. We did encounter some very strong side winds after we crossed El Cajon pass and dropped down into the valley going toward Riverside and San Bernardino.

This park is quite nice, and friendly, even though the sites are a little skinny having been developed before motor homes with slides. It is not the best for Cooper because everything is concrete and asphalt so no opportunity to check out bushes and trees and to hunt. But at the moment he is sound asleep on the sofa so he doesn't look all that concerned.

Today we drove to Redlands for old times sake, had an In N Out burger and haunted some Costco stores to check out their computer inventory. We also had to stop at Trader Joe's in Redlands because Cooper is dangerously close to running out of doggie cookies. This area is much more appealing this time of year with a little green color to the hills as opposed to when we were here 18 months ago in the heat of summer.

The Ouseys and Robinsons are in a park just a mile or so down the street from us, so we just returned from having a drink with them. They are off tomorrow for a week in Yuma, a week in the desert and then on to Val Vista at Casa Grande.

We are expecting the Spragues tomorrow afternoon after they get their coach serviced in El Cajon. I think they have less than 100 miles to drive tomorrow to get here. It will be good to see them. We spent a lot of time parked in their driveway this past summer and fall, but we haven't seen them since the first of August. A large part of the time we were there, they were off on a rally.

We have invited brother Mike, and Mary, to come and see us in the sunny south, but so far I haven't had any feedback. I assured them we would be available whenever they decide to come; just tell us which airport.

I probably won't blog for almost a week because I will be in Ontario from Wednesday to Saturday, and I'll be shopping, shopping, shopping.

Ciao