San Francisco - Of course we left there last Sunday, but I finally got some pics off Wendy's camera so before we leave that alone here's some of the less unflattering ones.
The Streets of San Francisco really DO look like on TV... Wendy wouldn't let me try to fly her Cavalier like Carl used to do on TV, though. Probably just as well. We didn't try it with the Bounder, either...
This big horkin' tree was at the entrance tp Pier 39. Good thing she took the pic in the morning because you couldn't get near it by after lunch.
I suppose in this pic I was trying to look as "criminal" as possible... either that or the lunch burrito wasn't going down too well... I'll save you the bother of trying to zoom in (I don't know why it turned sideways; you'll have to rotate your monitor I guess):
Unlike this next one, where I'm just surprised as heck to be there.
OK, that's enough laughing for one day. If anyone wants the original of this next one to blow up for a desk photo, let me know. I won't give it to you of course, I just want to know.
This next one was on the fence at the RV park, and outlined in Xmas lights, so she thought it was neat.
This next one was one that I thought was really interesting. At a gas station at Novato they had these TV screens on top of the pumps. I suppose so you don't miss too much of your favourite soap or something. I thought about asking him to switch to the movie channel while I was filling the motorhome. BTW, it was also at this station where some guy very loudly told all of us that Canada doesn't have a health care system. Period.
Nope, that's not my reflection in the screen.
And finally, this one was actually from back in the Redwoods but I thought it was a good one to show that we did have some back seat drivers this trip. One, anyway.
Dec 20-21 - Bakersfield and Victorville - Spent the night on Dec 20 in the parking lot of a closed down (since Oct) Wal-Mart. Nice & quiet! This after discovering I still have a short somewhere in the tail/clearance lights, and having the MH "hood" come loose on one side and drag the ground after a hard brake stop at a light. Tip: In California, there are advance warning lights at a lot of the intersections like in Canada. However, unlike Canada, the advance warnings flash continually and not just when the light's gonna change, so they're pretty much useless.
Dec 21 we stopped off to see Elaine, Mark, and Mark's sis-in-law (sorry, forgot name - my goof) in Victorville. Getting there was an adventure, because I was soooooo positive that I had the address both written down AND punched into GPS that I never checked until after we left SF. Discovering that I had neither address nor phone number ANYWHERE that I could find led to a wifi hunt in Bakersfield and again in Victorville to send and receive quick emails. Thanks Elaine and Jackie. I STILL think I have that address written down somewhere, in a safe place.
In any event, we stopped by and had a good visit, then stayed the night at a little strip mall behind the Denny's. Very quiet there, and convenient for breakfast in the morning too! Only one pic to show - this one just to prove that they actually do get winter there (why anyone would want to live in a California town that gets snow is beyond me, though).
Dec 22 - 25 - Quartzsite - In need of a few days of R&R and with Christmas quickly approaching, we'd decided to head for "Q" for some warm sunny days in the uncrowded desert.
Nope, the Saguaro's not getting held up (as far as I know). Or wearing glasses. I hope someone else sees that too, or I've been 'netting too long.
We got the sunshine and open space, but the temperatures weren't very co-operative as you can see. I braved the shorts, but had to stay with the jacket and socks since the highs were only getting into the high 50s during the day...
BTW, in the "shorts" pic I'm holding a Christmas present from my granddaughter, of which we're about to partake. THANKS FUZZY! THEY'RE GREAT AT HOOCH TIME!
Thinking ahead, we brought a few Christmas lights with us (solar, of course), so we were able to do a little decorating as soon as we parked.
Christmas in the desert - Christmas dinner was turkey, stuffing, potatoes, yam, and brussel sprouts, of course. The turkey and yam were on the barbeque, of course, and we decided to have dinner early (3:00) so we could prank call all the relatives and keep them from eating THEIR dinners. It all turned out wonderful as you can see, and we had an excellent Christmas day. Hope everyone else did, too!
(Don't ask where we got the three-legged, one-breasted turkey. We did pass a nuclear power plant on the way here, though.)
Finally a couple of the obligatory desert campsite shots. I liked this spot MUCH more than the one in Novato, and it's not just because of the price. Gotta get that internet thing figgered out, though.
Dec 26 - Phoenix - Packed up and ran into Phoenix today, to be close by for the Canucks-Coyotes game on the 27th. One small issue: found out when we got here that the game's not actually until Tuesday the 29th... guess who messed that one up? Yep, that's two strikes for me now (that I'm counting - others may count more). Oh well, it's a bit warmer here than the desert anyway, and we're camped out at the Gila River Wild Horse Casino (Don will remember that one, although they've now built a hotel here too) and borrowing their internet. Debating whether to move to an RV park for a day or two while we see the sites; let me know in the poll what you think.
That's it for now - more when stuff happens.
