Hi there, glad you're here. Our last
chapter concluded on April 20th, Easter Sunday, while we
were parked in Silent Valley, a membership park just south of
Banning, California. We have been here about two and a half weeks
and have another ten days or so to go before we have to leave. The
park only allows stays of 30 days or less, then we have to go out for
at least ten days before we can return.
Monday, April 21st, we had a
nice stay at home day after our busy day with friends yesterday. We
got a few chores done and worked some on our plans for our July Full
Timers Chapter rally in Oregon. We are the rally masters, so we have
to get everything set up. The Bullocks are co-hosting, so we wanted
to get as much done while we were together with them as we can.
We had cocktails at 5:00 and then about
7:00 we threw together a left overs dinner at Peggy's coach, using
everything that didn't get eaten yesterday. We had a wonderful meal
and got rid of the leftovers too. We stayed with Peggy and Vernon
until about 9:30 or so watching some TV shows that they wanted to
show us. We then went back to our coach and relaxed until bedtime.
Tuesday, April 22nd, we
headed down the hill about 11:30 or so with Peggy and Vernon to have
lunch and do some geocaching. We had lunch at a place in Banning
called Fisherman's Market. This particular chain also has a couple
of stores in the Coachella Valley and has a good reputation. The
results today were mixed. I had the seared Ahi sandwich which was
outstanding. A really big piece of nicely peppered and seared tuna,
along with fries and coleslaw. I also had a cup of clam chowder,
which was OK, but tasted more of fish than clams. Peggy and Jackie
both had fish tacos which they said were fair at best. Vernon had a
hamburger, which he said was way overdone, almost burned. I would go
back for the Ahi, but I think the rest would not agree.
After eating we stopped at a couple of
stores and while we were there Vernon got to feeling sick. I don't
think it was lunch, it was way too soon for that, but he said he
thought we should head back home and skip caching. So we drove back
up the mountain and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Jackie
and I had cocktails at 5:00, but Vernon wasn't up to it, so it was
just the two of us. We then watched TV the rest of the night.
Wednesday, Vernon was feeling better
but still didn't want to leave the RV park, so we took Peggy with us
and went down the hill for some geocaching. We headed west to
Yucaipa, about ten miles west of Banning, because we have pretty much
“cached out” the area in Banning. We ended up getting eight
caches in a couple of hours, along with one new DNF. One of the caches was in a small strip mall, near a fountain in which someone had placed a hundred or so little rubber duckies. It really was cute and rubber duckies make popular travel bug items for geocachers, so it fit the theme. After caching
we stopped at Walmart in Beaumont to do some shopping before heading
up the hill again.
Peggy had made a pot of bean soup with
the ham bone left over from Easter and Vernon had been tending the
pot all day. We went over to their coach for cocktails and then bean
soup and garlic bread for dinner. It was very tasty and I at way
more than I should have. We chatted for a while after dinner and
then about 8:00 we went back to our place for the rest of the night.
Thursday was another stay at home day.
Got a few chores done, including helping Vernon figure out why is
over-the-air antenna wasn't working. Turned out that the last guy to
work on his TV connected a couple of cables incorrectly. We had
cocktails with the Bullocks and then Peggy cooked again for the four
of us. Tonight she made her penne pasta, which is probably the only
meatless dish in the world that I love. Pasta, garlic sauce,
tomatoes – yum! About 8:00 we were back in front of our own TV in
our jammies.
Friday, April 25th, we left
the RV park around 10:30 with Peggy and Vernon in the car and drove
down the hill for brunch and a little shopping. We stopped at a
place called Gramma's in Banning. The restaurant has been there a
long time and we have eaten there several times in the past. I had
the beef machaca and it was wonderful. They also give large
portions. Jackie had another Mexican breakfast dish called
chiliquili's, and Peggy had an omelet. Vernon had a ham and eggs
dish. Everyone thought the food was good except for Peggy, who
didn't care for her stuff.
After brunch we went to the Bed, Bath
and Beyond store in Beaumont so we could get a new crockpot. Ours
has finally given up the ghost after about five years of service. It
was pretty dented and beat up, but up until the other day still
worked. I tried to fix the broken power cord, but it still wouldn't
work, so we just tossed it. We got a new one with a digital control
panel. I hope this one lasts as long as our old one. After that we
stopped at a grocery store so Peggy could get some steaks for a
cookout on Saturday. Her grandson Troy, the Marine stationed in
Yuma, and his wife Makayla are coming up on Saturday for the weekend.
We are going to have a little party and burn some cow. Yea!
After our shopping we headed back up
the hill to the RV park. We later had cocktails with Peggy and
Vernon, as well as their friend Bonnie Greene, who came up for the
afternoon. Bonnie is the same one we had lunch with last week.
After cocktails Jackie served up her homemade clam chowder for
dinner. She uses the same basic recipe that she did for her Halibut
chowder, but uses chopped clams instead. It really turned out well
and everyone seemed to enjoy it. About 7:00 Bonnie left so she could
get back down the mountain before it got too dark, and Peggy and
Vernon went back to their coach. We watched TV until bed.
Saturday, April 26th, we
awoke to a cold and damp morning. We had a good bit of rain
overnight, although it had quit by the time I got up at 7:30.
Unfortunately, the leak in the living room slide I thought I had
fixed had leaked and I had some water to clean up on the couch.
Nothing to serious, but annoying to the max. It was also cold, in
the very low forties, which is as cold as we have seen so far this
stay.
Peggy and Vernon's grandkids, Troy and
Makayla, arrived around 10:00 or so. We didn't go over to see them
right off, figuring we would let them have time with family. About
2:00 we went down to the village center to attend the monthly board
meeting for Silent Valley. Since this is an ownership resort, with
all members holding an undivided interest in the park, there is an
elected board that runs the park. The park has been going through
some rough financial times the last few years, partly because of the
aging of it's owners, and partly due the economy and the downturn in
the RV industry. They seem to be doing better now, at least holding
their own as money goes. The meeting was kind of boring and we left
after an hour, at the first break. It was clear that there was
nothing important or earth shattering left on the agenda.
Our friends Bob and Gloria Baron were
also in the meeting and we made plans to have cocktails with them
around 5:00 or so. The Baron's were people we met in conjunction
with our activities in the Indio Elks before we sold our house and
went full time in the coach. They live in the same country club we
did. They are also owners up here and brought their coach up for the
weekend.
After the meeting we went over to Peggy
and Vernon's coach and visited with everyone there for an hour or so.
We already had plans to have dinner with the four of them tonight,
so we just went over to talk and catch up with them. We last saw
Troy and Makayla in Yuma a couple months ago. The Baron's came over
about 5:00 and we talked and visited until just before 6:00 when they
left, knowing we had dinner plans.
At 6:00 we went over to the Bullock's
and had a nice steak BBQ. We had steaks, potatoes and some veggies
and had a great visit with Troy and Makayla. We stayed until about
8:00 when we left, knowing that Troy was used to going to bed early.
The Marines get him up at 5:00 every day, so he is an early sleeper.
We went back to our coach and relaxed the rest of the evening. Troy
and Makayla are leaving in the morning to go back to Yuma. They are
leaving early, so we probably won't be up to see them off.
Sunday, April 27th, was a
relaxation day. I did do a couple of minor chores, but mostly just
relaxed. Peggy and Vernon went down the hill early with the
grandkids and had breakfast. When they came back up later in the day
they brought us a Sunday paper, which was nice because they don't
deliver them up here in the park. We did have cocktails with the
Bullocks at 5:00, but they left about an hour later and Jackie and I
had left over chowder for dinner. Very good, even the second time.
We watched TV until time for bed.
Monday was another stay in day. Jackie
and Peggy got together for a while in the afternoon for some crafts.
We had cocktails and then I served up a big pot of my homemade chili
for the four of us. Everyone seems to enjoy my chili. The Bullocks
went home shortly after dinner and we watched TV until it was time
for bed. The wind really started coming up just before we went to
bed, hope we are still here in the morning.
Tuesday, April 29th, we
awoke after a restless night. It had been very windy all night long,
causing the slide topper awnings to clunk and clank and rocking the
coach. We left the park with Peggy and Vernon in our Jeep around
11:30 and drove down the hill and then west to Moreno Valley. We
were meeting friends there for lunch. The Babcock's, the Wilson's
and the King's were all coming to meet us at the Applebee's in Moreno
Valley. Moreno Valley was a place were most everyone had about the
same distance to drive, with the Babcock's to the south, and the
Wilson's and King's to the west. We had a good lunch, although the
service at the restaurant left a little to be desired. Also, it is
hard to visit with everyone when you have ten people at a long table.
Nonetheless, we had a great visit and were happy to see everyone.
We hadn't seen Jerry and Bev King since Indio in January.
You will notice the photos of four
women in bright blue jackets. There is, of course, a story behind
this. Back in February, when we were in Yuma, we were there with the
Bullock's, the Babcock's, and the McKay's. On one of the several
trips down to Algodones, Mexico, Jackie, Peggy Bullock, Susie
Babcock, and Judy McKay all bought these blue cotton jackets. They
all had a printed logo on the back of three iguanas holding a sign
that says, “no bad days.” They actually ended up having to make
two trips to be sure that everyone got the same jacket in the right
size. Over the ensueing months, the girls worked on putting all
sorts of bling on the jackets, sparklies and sequines and the like.
When they were in Mexico they also
bought one for Ramona Wilson. The Wilson's have had some health
issues and have sold their coach and stopped traveling, so they
weren't in Yuma with us. The girls still wanted Ramona to feel a
part of the old group, so they got her a jacket and did the bling on
it too. This was the first time we had seen the Wilson's since Yuma,
so the girls all wore their jackets and presented Ramona with hers.
They all had a grand time celebrating the new, “Algadones Drinking
Club.” The pictures are Peggy, Jackie, Ramona and Suzie, all in
their club uniforms.
After lunch we went over the Costco,
which was in the same parking lot, and did a little bit of shopping.
We didn't get too much since we will be back in Indio in a few days
and close to another Costco.
After shopping we got back on the road
and headed back to the RV park. The wind was still blowing really
hard and the weather reports indicated we would have to put up with
it until sometime on Thursday. Later on in the evening we had
cocktails with Peggy and Vernon, but didn't do any dinner because of
the late lunch. We watched TV and listened to the wind until it was
time for bed.
Wednesday, April 30th, I
woke up about 7:00 after a worse night for wind than last night was.
Not too long after I got up the power in the park went out. This is
not unusual for this area, since there are limited lines coming into
the area and the wind tends to break trees and branches into power
lines. By about 9:00 the winds were so bad we put down the satellite
dish on the roof of the coach and pulled in the two slides on the
windward side of the coach. We were having gusts that had to be
approaching 70 or 80 MPH and we were afraid we would have damage.
Some of our outside decorations had blown down and we lost one of our
garden flags, it just blew away.
Since we are leaving in a few days
anyway, I went out in the morning and braved the winds to put away
most of the stuff outside. The winds were so strong overnight that
they blew our BBQ, which is pretty heavy, right off the table onto
the ground. The power was off all day, so we just spent the day
watching recorded TV shows and relaxing. We have lots of fuel in the
coach for our generator, which can run 24/7 so long as the diesel
holds out, so we were not too worried. Late afternoon Peggy and
Vernon came over for cocktails and then I BBQed some carne beef and
chicken for a nice Mexican meal. We had the meat, along with rice
and beans and had a very nice dinner. We watched TV until bedtime
and the power came back on in the park just a half hour or so after
we went to bed. The wind had died a little during the afternoon, but
by the time we went to bed it was blowing pretty hard again.
Thursday I woke up about 7:00 after
another long night of wind and found that once again the power to the
park was off. I checked the Edison web site and found they were
predicting the fix to be done before noon. True to their word, the
power was back on a little after 11:00. The wind is gradually
settling down and the weather reports say that by this evening it
should be calm again for the foreseeable future. Yea! We hung
around the coach for most of the day doing a few chores.
Around 4:00 or so we had Peggy and
Vernon back in our Jeep again and were headed back down the hill to
have dinner with their friend Bonnie Greene. We have met Bonnie a
couple of times on this trip and she seems like a very nice person.
She lives in Sun Lakes, a large retirement community in
Beaumont/Banning. We stopped at Albertson's so Peggy and Jackie
could pick up some flowers for our visit, then drove to Sun Lakes.
We were a little early, so we drove around for a while checking out
the community. A very nice looking place with lots of surprisingly
big houses, but kind of sterile. Most of the houses looked alike and
there were no people out and about.
Just before 5:00 we arrived at Bonnie's
place and got the grand tour. She has a big, three bedroom place
that looks to be about 20 years old or so, but nicely decorated and
taken care of. We had cocktails and chatted for a while before
Bonnie served dinner. We had a nice salad and then some homemade
pork enchiladas that were to die for. I have to get her recipe for
the pork, it was delicious. We talked for a bit, but about 8:00
decided we better get back up the hill before it got too late. We
were back in the RV park by just before 9:00. It was a very nice
evening with friends.
Friday was a stay at home day. I spent
a little time finishing the clean up of the outside decorations and
getting ready for our travel day tomorrow. Other than that, we
mostly just stayed in the coach, played games, watched TV and
relaxed. We had cocktails with Peggy and Vernon and then a nice
dinner from Jackie. She made the chili relleno casserole that
everyone loves. We chatted until about 8:00 or so when the Bullocks
went back to their coach.
Saturday, May 3rd, another
travel day. The rules here at Silent Valley permit owners to stay a
total of 120 days per year at no cost except for the annual
assessment, currently $600. However, you can only stay for a maximum
of 30 consecutive days and then have to be out of the park for ten
days before you can come back. Although we have only been here for
26 days this trip, we want to come back for another 30, so we are
heading back down to Indio for a ten day break.
We had everything packed up and ready
to go by 10:00 and said our goodbyes to Peggy and Vernon. We have
been traveling with them since just before New Year's, so we will
miss their company. We will probably next see them when we go to
their house in Northern California in July. We drove down the
mountain without the car in tow because it is easier to control the
speed of the coach on the steep, winding road with a tow behind. At
the bottom we stopped to hook up the Jeep and, Yea, it went into
neutral again! This is three cycles now since we had the repair to
the transfer case. I am seeing some hope that the issue may be
behind us.
The trip to Indio only took an hour or
so and we were checked into the Indian Waters RV Resort and parked in
our spot before noon. I spent a little bit of time getting setup,
and getting hot! The temps are supposed to approach 100 degrees.
The resort doesn't have a lot of folks in it. This is the first year
that they are keeping it open in the summer. They have have the park
closed up and it looks lonely. We do still have a couple of friends
staying here, Jay and Donna Blumethal, and Eddie and Darlana
Buenidia. They were both here when we left four weeks ago, although
the Buenidia's had left for a couple weeks or so in between stays.
Jay and Donna are planning to leave and start back towards their home
in New York in a few days.
After we got set up and then cooled off
we headed to Walmart for a badly needed shopping trip. At happy hour
we walked over and visited with Eddie and Darlane for a while then
went back to our place for dinner on our own for the first time in a
long time. We then just relaxed and watched TV until bedtime.
Sunday, May 4th, Happy Star
Wars Day! (May the Fourth be with you) We had a nice relaxing
morning with the Sunday newspaper. After lunch we did a Costco run
for the stuff that we didn't get last week in Moreno Valley because
we didn't have room in the car. At 5:00 we met Bev and Jerry King
for dinner at Cactus Jacks. We were going to go for Chinese, but it
turns out our favorite place is closed on Sunday. The King's, who
have a home in Dan Dimas, between Ontario and Los Angeles, also have
a lot at an upscale RV resort here in Indio. They were out for the
weekend checking on their property and saw on Facebook that we were
in town. We had a nice dinner and some nice conversation. After
dinner we went back to the coach and just relaxed the rest of the
night.
Lunes, Cinco
de Mayo! Pensé en hacer las notas del día en
español, pero decidí no hacerlo. So, we'll do it in English
instead. If everyone is Irish on March 17th, then
everyone is Mexican on May 5th. Of course, most people
who actually LIVE in Mexico consider this a minor holiday, but to
Americans it's a great excuse to drink. Much like St. Patrick's day.
Silly Americans! We didn't have Mexican food, or beer or tequila
today. We did go out after lunch and do almost three weeks worth of
laundry. Other than that we just enjoyed the quiet of a 100 degree
Spring day in the desert.
Tuesday, May 6th, no
holiday, sorry. Yesterday and last night there was a cold front
moving through, which meant wind. Not as bad as it was up in Silent
Valley, but more than breezy. However, it also means cooler
temperatures, so we decided to go out and do a little bit of caching
today. After lunch we went out and got six new finds in the area,
along with one we didn't get. It wasn't a DNF, because we found the
cache. We just couldn't get to it because a swam of wasps had taken
up residence on it. Don't need a cache that bad.
Around 5:00 we went over to Cactus
Jack's to meet friends for dinner. We had arranged to meet Bill Lowe
and Lynette Bolier, some friends of ours from the Indio Elks RV club.
To our surprise, they also brought along some other RV club friends,
Steve and Gail Schmidt. Although Jackie stays in touch with both
Lynette and Gail through social media and email, we hadn't actually
spent time with Bill and Lynette for nearly two years. We last saw
Steve and Gail last summer in Tillamook, Oregon when we just happened
to run into them camping at the Elks campground there. We had a
great dinner with the six of us, catching up and chatting. It is
good to see old friends every now and then. After dinner we headed
back to the coach and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
Wednesday, May 7th, we left
the coach around 1:00 and drove to La Quinta, the next town over, to
have lunch with some other old Indio Elks RV Club friends. Ralph and
CeCe Bogan have always been sort of the axle around which the Elks RV
club moved. CeCe is outgoing and friendly and we have been friends
since we first met back in 1999. We haven't seen them for a couple
of years because we missed connections with them every time we were
back in the Coachella Valley. Ralph is nearly 90 and has some health
problems, as does CeCe, but they are still traveling as much as
possible and just living life to the greatest extent. We really
enjoyed meeting up with them and being able to catch up. We had
lunch at a new place in La Quinta called the Broken Yoke. It is a
breakfast and lunch place, with a pretty extensive menu. The decor
and service were very good, but the food was average at best.
After lunch with Ralph and Cece we
drove to the shopping mall in Palm Desert to do some window shopping
and just get some exercise walking around the mall. We were there
for a couple of hours, not buying much, but walking the entire mall.
After shopping we headed back to the coach and relaxed with the TV
for the rest of the evening.
Thursday, May 8th, we
decided to have a stay at home day. We did some work around the
coach and relaxed. In the afternoon we had a mobile service come by
and wash the coach, which had become pretty grungy. For dinner we
walked over to our friends Eddie and Darlane's coach, just a couple
spaces over, and they BBQed some hamburgers with fixings. We had a
nice chat and stayed there and talked until it started to get dark.
We then went back to our coach and watched TV until bed.
Friday, May 9th, we left the
coach around noon and drove over to Cactus Jack's to meet for lunch
with our friend Barry Cohen. Barry and his late wife Colleen were
probably our closest friends when we still had a house here. Colleen
died just under a year ago and we want to stay in close touch to
Barry to be sure he is doing OK. We had a great lunch and talked a
little bit about a trip he is thinking of taking with his coach. He
lives full time in his coach at an upscale resort here in Indio, but
he has not traveled in it at all since before Colleen's death.
After lunch we went back home and
relaxed for the afternoon. Around 5:00 we drove over to the Indio
Elks Lodge for some cocktails and to meet with some friends. This
was the Elks Lodge we both were initiated in, me in 1999, Jackie in
2001. Barry met us there at the bar because he realized during our
lunch that he had not yet paid his Elks dues and he wanted to get his
new card. While we were with Barry in the bar, Ralph and CeCe Bogan,
the couple we had lunch with a couple days ago, arrived for dinner.
They had Lucy Hack with them. Lucy was married to Ralph Hack who had
been, for several years, the president of the Indio Elks RV Club, the
Desert Drifters, when we were active with them. Ralph died several
years ago, but Lucy looked very well and was happy to see us. Barry,
Jackie and I sat with the others in the dining room for a while,
talking and drinking, but the three of us were not going to eat
dinner there as we had a large, late lunch at Cactus Jacks. So when
the dining room started to get really crowded we left so as to make
room for paying customers. We then went back to the RV park and
relaxed in the coach for the rest of the night.
Saturday, May 10th, our
friend Barry came over to our coach after lunch to spend the
afternoon with us. He and I spent a couple of hours back in the Man
Cave working out an itinerary for a trip back to Arkansas to see his
daughter and granddaughter, then back west to Denver to see his other
daughter, and then back to the Coachella Valley. If he goes it will
be the first trip he has taken in the motor home since his wife died
nearly a year ago. We plotted overnight stops, some based on places
we have stayed in our travels, as well as general directions. He
seems excited to try traveling again, I hope he goes.
After our travel planning we sat and
talked and spent the rest of the afternoon together. Jackie made
chicken enchiladas for dinner and we had a great afternoon. Barry
left to go home about 7:00 or so, after which we watched TV until
bed.
Sunday we had our usual relaxing
morning with the Sunday paper. After lunch we drove to Walmart to
stock up before we have to leave on Tuesday to go back up to Silent
Valley. Around 4:30 we left the park and drove over to the
Motorcoach Country Club in Indio to spend some more time with our
friend Barry. We sat in his coach and talked for a little while,
then went up to the bar and grill in the country club.
We spent a couple of hours up there,
having some drinks and a light dinner, and talking to Barry, as well
as some of the other folks who live at the park. This is a very
upscale RV park, over half of the coaches in the place are Prevos's,
or Newell's, both multimillion dollar brands. It is interesting
sometimes to talk to the “other half” to see how they think.
Barry is much more down to earth and middle class than many of the
people here, but he has a personality that let's him get along with
anyone, so he enjoys it here. We left about 7:00 or so and went back
to our coach and the TV for the rest of the night.
Monday, May 12th, we went
out after lunch to do some errands. We dropped off some old clothes
at the local charity store, then went to a Supercuts to get haircuts.
We both got haircuts, Jackie after about a month, mine after around
six months. After our haircuts we made a couple other quick stops,
then headed back to the coach where we relaxed the rest of the day.
Tuesday was another travel day. We had
everything packed up and ready to go around 10:00 and we were off,
headed west back to Silent Valley for another month. We hooked up
the car and the transfer case worked again. Yea! When we left Indio
there wasn't much wind, but the closer we got to the pass and the
Banning area the stronger it got. By the time we got into Silent
Valley it was very windy.
It took us a while to find a space we
liked at the park. The weather is getting nicer, so there are more
people taking advantage of the place. We finally found a spot that
was OK and got parked and the basic setup completed. The wind was
blowing about 30 mph, so I put off doing any of the outside stuff
until tomorrow. We got registered and then just relaxed in the
coach, listening to the wind, for the rest of the day.
Wednesday, May 14th, the
wind blew all night and was still blowing today. We just stayed in
for the day, doing a few projects and relaxing. Around 4:00 the wind
finally laid down enough that I was able to go outside and put the
sun screens up on the windows. I had to wash them first to get the
dust from Indio off of them. We had a nice dinner of pot roast and
veggies that had been cooking all day, then watched TV until bedtime.
Thursday, May 15th, a very
happy birthday to the love of my life, my wife Jackie! And, also to
our kitty Benji, who shares the date. Benji is two today, Jackie is
not. We decided to have another stay at home day and did a few
chores, but mostly relaxed. I told Jackie she would have her
birthday dinner tomorrow or Saturday, where ever she wants. We had a
very nice day and didn't do much except enjoy it.
Friday was another relax at home day.
We watched RVs come into the park all day and the place is really
getting crowded. This is as late as we have been up here in years,
so we are not used to the place being this busy. About 6:00 we
walked over to the newly opened restaurant for dinner. The park
closed the restaurant and bar a couple of years ago when they were
having serious financial issues and the businesses were losing too
much money. The last couple of summers they have been open on
weekends, but we have not been up here in the summer. They opened
both the restaurant and bar last weekend, only for Friday and
Saturday, so we wanted to try it out.
The restaurant is no longer a real
restaurant. Previously the park hired a real chef and he and his
staff made real meals. The liver and onions they used to have here
were to die for. They had roasts and steaks and even prime rib on
occasion. Now they have a fry cook doing mostly a fry menu.
Sandwiches and hamburgers, fish and chips and other frozen stuff. It
fills the hole, but it is not really nice dining anymore. You order
at the counter and pick up your own food when they call. After
dinner we went to the bar for a cocktail. The bar hasn't changed,
but the prices were high, at least for Absolute. It was $7.00 and it
was one shot, not much to look at. Might be an OK place to come for
a beer, but I don't think we will be doing any real drinking in here
like we used to.
After we got back to the coach and were
watching TV, one of the rangers came to the door and handed us a
notice that the water system had failed a test today so they were
obligated to tell everyone they had to boil the water before
drinking. They said they were going to flush the system tomorrow and
get it retested. Fortunately, we had a few bottles of water in the
car, so we will be OK until tomorrow when we are going down the hill
to shop and can pick up some bigger bottles of water, just in case
the problem persists.
Well folks, it's been close to a month
since I last posted an episode online, so I think we'll close this
one out at this point. We will be up here in Silent Valley for
another three weeks before we begin our summer travels. I will try
to get the next chapter posted before we start up the coast the
second week in June. As we continue our travels I remember the wise
words of Yogi Berra. “You got to be careful if you don’t know
where you’re going, because you might not get there.” See you
next time.
