Seasons Greetings

 Wishing you joy and peace and good health this next year.

From our favorite place in the California desert.

Evelyn, Bubba and Missie

And Just Like That

After spending my winter in Yuma, Arizona and spring in Pahrump, Nevada it was time to come to Northern California to do a few things to the little mobile home Bob and I bought last year.  Right after I got here the heat dome formed over the pacific northwest.  Heating up the areas I was thinking of spending my summer in.  I don't do hot.  So I decided to stay here at my home for the summer.  It's a mile from the coast and in the fog belt, nice and cool.  So just like that, I went from fulltime rving to part time rving.

I found a painter/handyman who had some time to paint the outside of the home.  In 5 days we went from dirty light blue with white trim to vibrant green with dark blue trim.  Wow, you might say, actually this cul-de-sac has several homes with vibrant colors.  We fit right in.

Next on the list is to replace the skirting and paint the gates and get some plants out front.

Have I told you, we have a greenhouse?  When we bought the home the greenhouse was filled with junk that was overgrown with berry bushes. think thorns.  Bob and a neighbor cleaned it all out and now we have food growing.  Peppers, squash, mellons, cucumbers, strawberries and tomatoes.

Bob talking to his strawberries.

Bubba talking to the cucumbers.

Butterfly talking to the flowers.

(photo credit to Bob on this one)

We have some wild things growing in our yard.

This is Giant Rhubarb from Brazil, about 5.5 feet tall,

 no relation to rhubarb.

Back side of Giant Rhubarb.

Yes, those are thorns and flowers.

And we have Salmonberries. 

Like blackberries but salmon colored.

Yummy.

I've spent the last week moving out of the RV and into my bedroom.  No there won't be any pictures of that chaos.  By the middle of next week the RV will be in storage.  A very sad day.  But I'm comfortable here and it's cool. 

The kitties are really having fun being able to run around free and are fitting into cat community.  On our cul-de-sac, between 8 houses there are 8 cats.  So far, things are going well for all the kitties.

In the fall I'll be going down the Baja for my Mexico fix.  Didn't go last year because of covid so really looking forward to getting back.  

That's it for now.  So far, this summer, no fires near us, no smoke and cool temps.  

Counting our blessings.

Evelyn, Bubba and Missie

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Where Am I Now?

Hi friends, 

I guess it’s time I update you on my going and comings.

In February I left my little home in northern California just as the rain was coming.  I headed to Yuma where I spent some time out in the desert and the Escapee RV Park in town where several of my friends were.  I had some work done on the rv, oil change and emergency brake replaced and transmission and differential serviced.  The rv now has almost 100,000 miles and it was time to have some high mileage maintenance done to it.  Also bought 4 new tires for the rear.  While the rv was up on the lift at the transmission shop I had a chance to inspect the tires and saw that one of the rear tires had a slash in the sidewall and two of the others had cracking from weather and age.

One of the other things that needed to be done on the rv is getting the fuel gauge repaired, the gauge hasn't worked since 2018.  My wonderful mechanic in Yuma traced the problem down to the gauge in the dashboard.  So Carlos found a replacement and ordered it, but because of Covid-19 shipping has taken a long time.  Such a long time that as the weather in Yuma warmed up I went west to El Cajon, CA, where it was cooler, to wait for the delivery.  While in El Cajon I was able to catch up with my daughter and do a day trip to The Flower Fields in Carlsbad.  And before you ask, no the gauge hadn't come in yet.

Daughter in blue chair.

Two weeks later it was time to move on so I drove up to Pahrump, NV where a friend was.  I've been in Pahrump for 2 weeks.  We've had some beautiful weather, snow in the mountains while it was nice in the valley.

 

Thanks to my daughter, I was able to get the J & J covid-19 vaccine while in El Cajon and it's been 3 weeks and I am feeling fine.  My arm was sore for a bit but that's all. Still taking precautions by wearing a mask and washing hands and only eat at restaurants with outside seating.

Also am still driving the rv without a working gas gauge.  That's a bit of a hassle as I have to rely on my trip meter. I have to plan out where to get gas, ahead of time, with Google map and the GasBuddy app.  I hope to get that fixed in the fall when I get back to Yuma.

But, now, as it begins to warm up here my thought turn to moving on down the road.

I hope you, my readers, are safe and healthy.  

Until next time.

Evelyn, Bubba and Missie