After spending three weeks in Gilroy California, we have fired up the big Cummins Diesel and turned the bow of our home southward again. We stopped for lunch at San Lorenzo County Park in King City California, and liked it so well that we just stayed parked. This is truly the essence of being retired and not having a schedule to follow. After settling the motor home into a camp site, we dug out Path, our tandem bicycle, and went for a 15 mile ride. This was our first opportunity in almost two weeks. The rain has been very steady here in central California. In fact this evening the rain returned, just after we got the bicycle back in the trailer.
To give you an idea what our day looks like when we are on the move, here is a run down of how today went.
We still awaken to the alarm clock at 6:30. There is way to much living to do to waste it in bed. One of us gets up and nudges the thermostat and then we snuggle back under the covers. If we have TV available we usually watch enough to find out what the weather forecast looks like and check to see if the world is still out there.
Breakfast happens around 7:30, and by 8:00 Gary has the check list fired up on the computer. Soon he is busy checking tire pressures, oil, transmission and coolant levels, and retracting the sliders and the leveling jacks. About 10:00 we are ready to roll. Together we ease the rig out of the slot. Judy is the roaming eyeball, and she relays instructions over the radio to Gary about tree limbs, curbs and posts that try to jump out in the path.
This morning we came through Gilroy and parked alongside the main arterial for a quick shopping trip at both of the big grocery stores, Safeway and Nob Hill. Next we stopped by and topped off the propane and Diesel tanks since we are planning to “Boondock” for a week or so. (For our sailing friends “Boondocking” is the same thing as “Gunk Holing” on the boats. You do without shore power, water and sewer.)
We were under way on US 101 South by 11:00 and after a couple hours we started looking for somewhere to stop for lunch. King City was handy and they advertised a county park as well. We paid a day use fee of $4.00 and went in to look around. The park looked clean, and the sites were nice and roomy and the sun was shining, so we decided to park for the night. After lunch we unpacked the tandem and rode back to the gate. We exchanged our day use pass for overnight camping. We also found out the folks staffing the booth had spent the previous summer on Sauvie Island, working for the Fish and Game Department. What a small world!
Our bicycling adventure used up most of the rest of daylight, and of course it started raining again this evening. Judy put together a nifty supper for us and afterwards, Gary brewed up some Mochas.
As evening winds down, Gary is composing one of his travel “blogs.” Judy is knitting on her fourth pair of booties for some prospective grand-babies her sister Sonja is anticipating later this spring.
Well I hear they are predicting snow back in the Portland area later this week. Even down here they had the Grapevine shut down last night for snow. I sure don’t understand this “Global Warming” thing.
We want to wish all of you a Happy New Year again, and send our love until next episode.
Gary and Judy
