Travelinleah

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Moving into a new "House"!!!

I have been trying to convince Mike for the longest time to get a 5th Wheel, and finally he saw the light! Took the Motorhome to Placerville, spent the night at the Red Hawk casino, then traded it in the next AM for a toyhauler 5th wheeler, now I have a nice big kitchen to actually cook a decent meal in, and he has a garage, with a separate door and everything for his bikes! It has 3 slides, makes a huge difference!! Good thing I am working, though as it seems like we are shelling $ at every turn, Wade's car got towed, pellet stove in our old house needs a new fan motor, black tank slides need replacing etc etc. Oh well. But can't complain about weather, it's been upper 60's and sunny, Tshirt weather!!

My new kitchen!! and the door to the garage, and the loft for storage above!

Shrimp Louie with the last of our shrimp from San Felipe MX

Our new home! Obviously we don't pull it with the Dakota, we got a Ford F350 and it does a fine job!

What I see on my way to work: Walnut trees and vineyards!

Blue Diamond Walnut grove

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Christmas in Carmel and San Francisco, California pics (Having some technical difficulties, not sure why they are soooo big!!!)

The Bay Bridge

So the 4 of us piled into a PediCab, some college kid earning $ I am guessing, but he did a fine job of pedaling us all down the Embardadero to Fisherman's Wharf, while holding a conversation all the time! I was able to get some random pics even with Jenna on my lap!

The following Pics are from our Pedi Cab ride down the waterfront!

Went on a Trolley Tour around San Francisco!

Fisherman's Wharf

Musical Stairs at Fisherman's Wharf

Our rental car, gee it doesn't look like the Dodge Charger I had reserved!

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All Wade got for Christmas was boot socks!!

Christmas Day 2014 at beach at Pacific Grove CA

Beach in Monterey, CA Christmas 2014. People were swimming!!

Carmel CA for after Christmas shopping!

Best Lobster Bisque I've ever had!

Stayed here over Christmas 3 nights, 1 block to the beach and light house! In Pacific Grove.

So excited to suddenly come around a corner and there was the bridge, Mike was unaware that we would be crossing it, a bonus! Unfortunately got in a wrong lane after the bridge and got lost for about 20 minutes!!! But hey, got to drive past some cool neighborhoods like Haight.

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The view from our RV at Pine Acres Resort, on Blue Lake in Upper Lake California

2014 - What a Year we had!! Happy New Year to all!

Wow, what a year 2014 was, it was a ton of work getting the house emptied out and I found a tenant on my 50th birthday and left before winter hit North Idaho. I wasn't sure where we'd be for Christmas and New Years when we headed out in October, but ended up spending Jenna's 20th Birthday in San Francisco and Christmas in Carmel, Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach California! It rained solid for 1 month after arriving in Lakeport, California, it's finally stopped, hallelujah! This is pretty countryside, we have about 5 Indian Casinos and 20 or more wineries around us and we are staying on this beautiful lake.
It was difficult jumping in to a new job and learning a new Electronic Medical Record system in a matter of a few days, but it's been a good experience and the people are nice, it's been a good first Travelin RD job. Plus as part of my contract they now pay half my space rent! Woo hoo!
The motorhome seems to be getting smaller and smaller, but I think we are just disorganized and still have too much stuff, but hopefully next week we are buying a 5th Wheel Toy Hauler, with a separate garage, and a bigger kitchen, the secret to a happy marriage!! Ha ha. Happy New Year to Family and Friends, miss you all at BGH.

Well, can't get any pictures to load today but will post this anyways just everyone knows we're alive and well!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

This looks like a Job for Superman!!!

Well, the Shrimp Festival was a hoot. Pictures to follow later.
I am currently in Lakeport, California! http://www.cityoflakeport.com/ Why, you ask? I don't know for sure, perhaps I got restless, there are just so many walks on the beach you can take, the roads were bad, the townsfolk were nice but aggressive drivers who did not stop at stop signs or use turn signals, there was an abundance of trash and random dogs and half destroyed buildings everywhere and Mike was up half the night afraid someone was going to steal his stuff, which never happened. Out in the Campo we were going to stay at peoples dogs were getting bit by rattle snakes almost daily, so that wasn't an option. I will miss the beach and the shrimp, and the tamale lady! We will regroup and go back to Mexico eventually.

Tomorrow I start work at this 25 bed Critical Access Hospital on the lake, sounds eerily familiar doesn't it? But this is until February, and then perhaps off we go to some where else!! Have to pay for the exhaust system for that RV that we lost in Mexico! But that's another story!!

More info and pics to follow!!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Getting to know our way around San Felipe, Mexico

We've been enjoying our time at the beach, watching the sun rise and set is a big event! Mike has caught a couple small fish and a couple crabs. I've tried my hand at cooking fresh scallops and clams. With the help of our neighbors we have found a nice laundromat at Play de Oro and a dentist, she charges $30 for teeth cleaning! Also a nice Veterinarian, as I found a tick on Rocky, office visit: $20. Will see how much he charges clean Rocky's teeth. Also found the hardware store, a nice new grocery store (Calimax) and the Agua store (15 pesos, or about $1.10 for 8 gallons purified water). The people are nice, and tolerant of my inadequate Spanish. There is poverty too, Mike and Rocky scared off a bandito this morning, going through the trash? trying to steal our shoes? Who knows. I saw a man walking along the street, looked he had a destination in mind, was walking with a purpose, came across a beer bottle, not quite empty, picked it up and drank it! Huh, don't see that every day!