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Mon. Mar. 15, 2010 - Today after we got up “late” we went to
Pismo Beach and took my prescriptions in to Rite Aid and then we had to go to
the bank. Got all of our stuff done here in Pismo Beach.

We came back to the motor home and played on the computer. We had no
intentions of playing late, Steph and family will be here early, but it is now midnight
and we are just going to bed.
I know Steph well enough to know that she will leave Tulare very early and get
here in time for breakfast. Gosh I need to get to sleep.

Goodnight from Ocean Canyon RV Park.
Tue. Mar. 16, 2010 – Rileigh texted me at 7am. Guess we had
better get up since they will be here pretty soon! Oh I wish I would have gone
to bed earlier last night!!

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Here they are – 8:30am! Made a little scrambled eggs and potatoes and toast
and of course coffee.
Met Kyle for the first time. I got my Rileigh hugs and kisses. Gosh I miss those
guys.
. Sure do wish Beau was here but I also hope he is having a great time.

We went to the San Luis Pier and fished. Kyle, Brian and Danny fished and didn’t
even get a bite. They did get hot since the sun was really shinning on them.

After the fishing we went to the beach and Ri and Kyle played in the water. They
weren’t going to get wet but they ended up falling in the water. They seemed to
have had a good time. That is all that matters. Steph and Brian walked a little on
the beach and Danny sat in the sand and watched.

We headed home and were going to eat some lunch and go to the pool and spa.
We enjoyed our sandwiches and then headed to the pool. Oh no, they are
painting the deck and it will be off limits for 24 hours. Darn.

We went to the Club House and played pool, ping pong and had a great time. We
all enjoyed the time. We came back to the motor home and vegged out for a little
while and then Steph and Brian said they had to leave. I think they were really
getting tired. It was about 4pm when they left. They have been up for a very long
time,   I thank them so very much for coming to visit. I loved seeing them and
spending time with them and of course, meeting Kyle.

After they left we took a drive to cool off. It got so hot here in Avila about 3pm.
Came home, made Danny some beans and hot dogs and played on the computer
and watched a little TV.
It is 11pm and time to get some sleep.

Goodnight from Avila Beach.

Wed. Mar.17, 2010 –
    Happy St. Patty’s Day. Mom always said we were IRISH so we had to celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day. Thank you Debbie for reminding me.

Today after we got up we went over to the pool and spa. Whoa!!! The pool was
chilly and the spa was HOT!!!. Met some nice ladies, sisters, from Fresno.
Enjoyed our visit with them.

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Had to go to bank, Costco and Scolari’s Market, they had a sale on chicken
breasts – today was the last day. Hot dogs at Costco, ate around Costco and then
made our small purchase and then headed home.

Had a small dinner. We are still full from “eating” at Costco. We bought some
liquid stuff at Costco that will help us lose weight. We are going to try it and see
how it works. It is suppose to curb my appitite – seems to work so far. Think it is
just in my mind but if it works, who cares if it is just in my mind. HUMM twice a day
we are suppose to take this liquid. Debbie, the saleslady at Costco, gave us our
first ounce so we could get started. She has lost 91 pounds over 2 years – I’m all
for that! We will see.

Good night from Avila Beach.

Thur. Mar. 18, 2010 – Hmm, can’t remember what we did today.
Oh yes, I remember we went to the Farmer’s Market in San Luis Obispo. We had
to go to Pismo Beach and pick up my prescription and then we went to San Luis
Obispo.

What a great Farmer’s Market. Lots of people. Well, it didn’t seem like as many
as I remember from when we went this summer. We ate at McLintocks as usual.
We had our regular “#1 Barnyard”. The servers are fun to watch and listen to
and the food is great. The #1 comes with ½ chicken, beans, garlic bread, lots
and lots of napkins. Danny always gets extra onions and peppers.

We found a table to sit at. This is not usual because they are almost always full.
We enjoyed our meal and then walked thru the market area, watched some of the
entertainers and then went back to the car and came back to Avila. Tomorrow is
moving day.

Good night from Avila Beach and SLO Farmers Market.

Fri., Mar. 19, 2010 – MOVING Day. We are going to take our time
and get packed up – wow, Danny is ready to move and he is rushing and I am
getting behind. Oh well, will get this all done and be ready in a few minutes. We
have to drive from Avila Beach to Sunset Beach – 162 miles. We leave about
11am and head North to Monterey, Carmel and Sunset Beach State Park. I have
never been here before so this will be fun.

We take our time driving. We stopped at McDonalds and had our “cheap” lunch.
While we were there we met Jim and Mary Jo. They are “workkampers” and they
were headed to Washington State to work. We talked about camp hosting and
where we had spent the winter. It was fun and informative. They told us about
‘workkampers” and we told them about camp hosting for the State of California.
Thanks for sharing Jim and Mary Jo.

We turned off 101 and there it was the “Giant Artichoke” – the best French fried
artichokes anywhere. Gosh it has been years since I was here. My dad always
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here on the way to Monterey to get clam chowder at “Mike’s” on the Monterey
Pier. There was lots of traffic and the parking lot was not that large so I told
Danny we could just go on. He was willing to find a space to park but I can do
without the calories!

We pulled into Sunset Beach State Park, site #80. It is really nice here, lots of
trees and grass. We have no hook ups so it will be early to bed at night.

The sun has gone down and it is cold outside.

Goodnight from Sunset Beach.
Sat. Mar. 20, 2010 – Not going to do much today - just hang out
here at the park. Well, Danny suggested we go to Montery and Carmel just to
see them. They are only 40+ miles away.
Off we head, but first we drive to Sunset State Beach beach. It is a long beach
with quit a few people on the beach. It is a really nice, clean beach. Ok, off we
head toward Monterey.

WOW, Danny has never been on the Monterey Wharf. This will be a first. We
found a parking space. Things have changed since the last time I was in
Monterery. We walked to the Wharf and sampled the clam chowder they were
offering at all the restaurants. MM M, I liked the clam chowder from the first
restaurant to offer a sample. The server said their clam chowder was $1.50 a bowl
more than any one else but it was the best! It was good but we decided to keep
on going. Mike’s isn’t there anymore and we did stop to have a sample but the
server was not very nice so we just kept on going. We ended up down at the end
of the Wharf at a restaurant that offered “every table has oceanview” and great
clam chowder.

Had a bowl of clam chowder, Danny had fish and chips. They were soooo good.
Loved the clam chowder and it had great atmosphere and wonderful view.
Watched the boats going and coming and the harbor seals. Enjoyed out lunch.

After lunch we walked over to the Maritime Museum and walked thru the part that
wasn’t closed for renovation and watched a movie on the history of Monterey. It
was great. When we left there we headed towards Carmel. We found a parking
space right at the beach and headed out towards the water. I have never been to
the beach here in Carmel and what a great beach it was. There were tons of
people, a wedding with the groom and his attendants in full dress Marine
uniforms. Very nice and what a great place for a wedding.
We walked on the beach for about an hour and then headed back to the car to go
home. It was getting late and we were tired.

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We got home and had some dinner. We bar-b-qued a chicken breast, and had
roasted veggies, and a salad. All very tasty but whoa it is getting cold outside so
when we finished eating we came in the house, closed the windows, cleaned up
the dishes and went to bed.
Played 4 games of rummy and Danny won all 4 of them. Well last night I won all 4
games.

Goodnight from Sunset Beach.
Sun. Mar. 21, 2010 – Well we weren’t going to go anyplace but
Danny found that Santa Cruz and New Brighton Beach was only 17 miles from
Sunset Beach so off we go. It has been years and years since I have been to
Santa Cruz. Have only been to Santa Cruz twice in my life. The first time was July
22, 1967 – mine and Tom’s honeymoon. The “Dream Inn” is still there.

On our way to Santa Cruz we drove into New Brighton State Beach. We will be
going there tomorrow and wanted to see what it was like and how big the sites
are. Can’t remember what site we have but I do remember that when I changed
the reservations we go a “hook up” site. We will find out tomorrow. It is a
beautiful park. Am anxious to get here tomorrow.

Danny parked the car out on the Santa Cruz pier and we walked around the pier
just looking and the restaurants and the shops and watching the people and we
took it slow and easy – no reason to rush.
Danny wanted to fish off the pier but everyone said nothing was biting and it was
COLD out on the pier. The wind was blowing pretty good out at the end of the
pier.

Danny decided to show me a great place to camp so off we went on a drive. We
went thru some great small towns and beautiful houses. It is kind of up in the
Santa Cruz mountains. Finally we got here to – Big Basin Campgrounds. WOW
what a wonderful campground. I don’t think bringing the motor home here is a
very good idea but if we camped in a tent it would be wonderful. It is so quiet and
peaceful. We walked around the park for a little while and just enjoyed mother
nature at here best.

It seemed like it took so long to get there and we got back to the motor home so
fast. It always seems that way – when you are going someplace it takes forever
to get there and when you leave it takes no time to get back home.
When we got back home we bar-b-qued chicken and roasted veggies and had
salad outside. It was wonderful but then it got cold and into the house we came.

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Goodnight from our last night at Sunset Beach.
Mon. Mar. 22, 2010 – Moving Day again. We got up and had a
bowl of cereal and packed up. Not much to do outside so Danny helped me with
the inside. We are ready to go. It is only about 17 miles so it won’t take long.

Danny thought we should take Road 129 but when we got to the turn off the sign
said “one lane road” so we decided not to do that and just take 101 to New
Brighton Beach.

We arrived about 12 noon and they said we couldn’t come in yet. We had to wait
about 30 minutes to make sure the people in our site were gone. We drove
towards town and found an apartment complex with a great yard right off the main
street. Danny parked the motor home on the street, I made sandwiches and we
sat on the grass while we ate and enjoyed the great weather and location.

After lunch we walked to the end of the street and found the church parking lot
they said we could turn around in.
We are now headed to the State Park. We get to our site #49 and it has water
and electric hook ups. We set up the rig and we are in. It is a beautiful park.

After getting set up we take a walk towards the ocean. We are on a cliff and there
is a walkway to the beach but it is a long way down there. We decided not to go
so late in the day. Tomorrow we are going to Santa Cruz beach so we just walked
around the park and enjoyed mother nature. There are lots of campers here.

We had the makings of taco’s for dinner but the tortilla’s weren’t all that good so
we just ate the chicken mixture. It was good but I like my tacos better.

We are enjoying the TV. Had to call the company this afternoon and let them
know we weren’t getting ABC,CBS, or NBC. Seems the computer cancelled our
subscription because Chase sent me a new ATM card and my other one expired.
It could take 30 minutes to 24 hours to get service.    WOW, it isn’t even 30
minutes and we are fixed up. Yipee, I can watch Dancing With the Stars, first
night! It will be nice to have TV, lights, and computers for 4 nights.
OK, I am done working on the computer and it is now 11:30pm. Time for bed.

Goodnight from beautiful New Brighton State Beach.

Lynda
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Tue. Mar. 23, 2010 –
Boy oh boy, when I stay up til 11:30pm it is hard to get going the next day.
SOOOO, today was a “do nothing much” day.

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Drank a cup of coffee outside this morning then made some breakfast. It was one
of those days that Danny wanted oatmeal and toast and I wanted scrambled eggs
– so did both. Danny said his was really good but I know that mine tasted great.

Cleaned up the kitchen, made some corn salsa to have with our chicken dinner
later on today. Just laid around and rested. I did go outside about 1:30pm and
sat in my lawn chair and read my book. The sun was out and it was great. I think
I read a couple of pages and then fell asleep. It was so nice.

Last night we sent a note to Ranger Dale and told him we would not be able to be
camp hosts at Morro Bay this summer. He sent an email back and said it was OK,
there were people clamoring to become camp hosts in Morro Bay. We will miss
Morro Bay and the other camp hosts but this is the best decision. We have so
many things going on in May and June.

We talked about going to Tulare from Isleton for Easter Sunday and be at Sissy’s
picnic. If things go financially ok we might just drive down for the day. Time will
tell.

I made an early dinner, late lunch of chicken breast, roasted veggies and salad
and corn salsa. It was really good. We ate it outside on the picnic table. It helps
when we eat a little early because we can eat outside and it isn’t so cold.

Came in after eating, cleaned up the kitchen, got on the computer and played on
Farmville for a little while and then went to work on finding where we would be
going when we leave Morgan Hill. Got is booked. Who would have thought that I
would be staying at San Luis Reservoir!! I was there before there was water out
there! Think it will be a good place for 3 nights. They have full hook ups!! That
means Danny can set up the satellite and I can watch Dancing With the Stars!
Danny is talking about fishing for the 3 days we are there. That just means I can
read my books.

Called Debbie and made sure she was OK and the boys had a good time camping
last weekend. Talked to Steph today. All is well at the Wrights and Beau’s
birthday is tomorrow. Got to remember to call him in the morning. I put a note on
my frig door so I won’t forget! Early Happy 12th Birthday Beau!!

Well, now it is time to watch a little movie and enjoy the rest of the evening.
Tomorrow we have to go and do laundry and hopefully we can go to the beach for
an hour or so. Danny wants to go to the “Surfing Museum” tomorrow. That
should be nice.
Going to watch a movie and just veg out some more! Gosh, you can do that
when you are retired.

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Goodnight from beautiful New Brighton Beach.

Wed. Mar. 24, 2010 –
Happy Birthday Beau. WOW 12 years old!! Can’t believe it.

No much happening today. We had to go to Rite Aid and get our prescriptions.
So thankful they are all over. Makes traveling easier when all we have to do is go
to Rite Aid and we are in their computer.

After going to Rite Aid we had KFC. We shared a chicken strip meal.   We drove
and found the Costco here. It is laid out just like the one in San Bernardino. Got
a couple of things we needed. I was happy, they have San Francisco French
Roast coffee beans – decaf. Of course we bought one bag.

After that we went to the Pier and Danny was going to fish but oh my gosh, the
wind would have blown him in the ocean!! So we drove up on the bluff and got a
great parking spot and watched the hundred of surfers. It is a wonder they don’t
run into each other out there on the water. We hung out on the bluff and people
watched and surfer watched for about an hour. Met a man from Vancouver, BC.
He comes to Santa Cruz every winter for 4 months. Has family here.

We came home and closed up the motor home. It was really cold. When we left
we opened all the window and vents to get air – we got lots of cold air. Closed the
windows and turned on the heater. Gosh I hate being cold! With the heater on it
will be too hot pretty soon!

We had sandwiches for lunch. At Costco we bought some peppered turkey for
sandwiches. They were pretty good. After being gone all day we usually have an
easy dinner. Thank goodness Danny is so easy to feed. I did find some brownie
mix in the cabinet when I was cleaning them out so I made some brownies while we
were eating. They we “low fat” brownies made with yogurt. They taste pretty
good.

After playing on our Farmville we closed up and went to bed. Well first, we played
3 games of rummy. I lost all 3 last night so hopefully I can redeem myself. HA, not
really. I lost 3 of 4!

Goodnight from Santa Cruz and Brighton Beach.

Thur. Mar. 25, 2010 –
Happy Thursday from Brighton Beach. It rained most of the night last night.
Sounded like lots of rain but I think the big drops were coming off the big tree that
we are kind of under.

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The air is so clean with all the trees and then you have some rain. WOW, you
can breath fresh, clean air. It is really nice here.
Made biscuits and gravy for breakfast today. It has been a long time since I did
that. It was really enjoyed by Danny but he thinks with biscuits and gravy you
need to have fried taters!! Well, he thinks that but I don’t cook that!!

I finished cleaning up the motor coach. I re-arranged the cabinets. It takes living
in the coach for a few months before you can get stuff put away in the right place.
It is now better than it was but not quit right yet – just give me a couple more
months!

After cleaning and throwing stuff out we had to go to Rite Aid and pick up Danny’s
prescriptions, and do laundry. Just can’t put it off any longer! Well, there is a
laundry across the street from Rite Aid and a Taco Bell!. Nothing like doing
laundry and getting lunch at the same time!

Well one of Danny’s prescriptions won’t be ready until tomorrow. We told them we
had to leave about 11am so they said it would be ready by 10am tomorrow. We
will just have everything ready to travel and then pop into town and pick up the
prescription.

After laundry we took a ride around Aptos. It is a neat little town. We found
Seacliff State Beach. A great place to camp right on the edge of the ocean. Kind
of like Emma Woods but here they have ½ of the sites with full hook ups. We
tried to make reservations here before we made the one for New Brighton but it
was full. It was pretty full today too. Think it would be really hard to get
reservations at Seacliff. It is well worth a try though.

We drove over to the Visitors Center and read some history on the area. The
Cement Ship that is sunk at the end of the pier is interesting. In 1920’s to 1932 it
was a amusement ship with dancing, dining and fishing. What an interesting
story. The wind was blowing but we walked out to the end of the pier anyway. I
just had to see the ship in person. It is broken in 2 places now so you can’t walk
out on it. Danny said he remembered walking out on it in the 1980’s and even
fishing off the side of the ship. Looking at it has you just thinking about the music,
dancing, and dining in years past.

Ted called while we were on the pier and wondered where in the world we were.
Danny spoke to him for a while and informed him that we would not be hosting in
Morro Bay this summer. It was hard to tell Ted and Mimi that we weren’t going to
be there with them in Morro Bay. It was a hard decision not to host in Morro Bay
because of our great friendship with Ted and Mimi. Hopefully one of these days
we will be able to host together again.

We came home, again tonight we had sandwiches for dinner, got on the computer
and now it is time to watch a little TV and get some sleep. The TV is doing funny
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well, it really isn’t the TV it is the dish. Too many clouds, trees or something in the
air to block our reception. Oh well, we will enjoy some TV.

Tomorrow we are headed to Morgan Hill, to a Thousand Trails park. We will be
there for 2 nights and 3 days. We have to go listen to a sales seminar and then
we get to stay there for free.

Will say goodnight one more time from Brighton Beach.

Fri. Mar. 26, 2010 –
Moving day! We have really enjoyed our days at Brighton Beach and the
surrounding area. This is one State Campground I would like to come back to. It
has been so peaceful.

Moving to “Thousand Trails” park in Morgan Hill. I think it is only about an hour
from here. Should be an easy trip.
We’re off and it is easy travel straight up 101. There is lots of traffic going south
– glad we are headed north!

We just passed the Outlet Mall, Danny thinks I’d better call and get directions. We
don’t have the exact address so we are flying in the dark!
I got directions and we would never have found this place. It is in the foothills and
back. The location is kind of like Wilderness Lakes in Menefee.

We are signed in and found a site #53 and get set up. We have water and
electric and there is a sewer dump close. Not many campers right now, but it is
Friday so they will be coming in.
We are scheduled for a Thousand Trails seminar with Alisha tomorrow at 9:00am.
We will see what they have to offer.

Danny worked and worked with the dish. Thinks there are way too many trees
and interferences. He talked to another camper who is trying to set up his dish
and having the same problems. Danny finally got the 110 so we will get some
TV. Oh well, I think we will go to the clubhouse and watch “Dancing with the
Stars”! LOL
Not much happening on moving day. We are now completely set up and enjoying
our stay.

Goodnight from TT Morgan Hill.

Sat. Mar. 27, 2010 –
Early up – we have an appointment to go to the seminar at 9:00am. Grab a cup of
coffee and we are off.

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Meet Alisha and some of the other folks in the office. Very nice people.

We sit thru the seminar and then we tour the “cabins”. I really liked the one we
saw. I could stay here for a week. Just kind of rustic with modern facilities.

Well, we bought a Thousand Trails membership. They have lots of parks and
places where we can go and not pay anything or just $10.00 a night. This
membership will give us some places that our Western Horizon doesn’t have.
Looks like we can travel around the country pretty easy now.

After our meeting we came home and had lunch. It is such a beautiful day to enjoy
our lunch outside and discuss what we have just done and how it is going to
benefit us.
I find the directions to the Catholic Church and Mass tonight is 5:30pm so we are
off to make sure we can find it. Thanks Danny for understanding me.

We found the church and then drove around Morgan Hill just a little, came back
and I was really tired so laid down for about an hour and fell asleep. So much for
reading my book!

Time to go to church. It seems to be an older church, it has a school, rectory and
some extra buildings. It is in a kind of out of the way place – well, for someone
who isn’t familiar with the area it seems out of the way. Kind of in a housing area.
Guess it really isn’t “out of the way” there are lots of people here tonight. It is
Palm Sunday and the reading are kind of long but I do love them.

Danny meets me in the parking lot after Mass and we drive to WalMart, he found it
when I was in church, and get some ice and pastrami. Our staples! LOL. We
drive back to the RV Resort thru downtown. It has a really nice downtown, lots of
banks and restaurants. Hmm, smells good, got to get back home and get some
dinner.

Easy dinner tonight, hash browns, eggs, soy bacon, pastrami and toast. UMMM it
is good.

Play on the computer just a little and now it is time to get some sleep. I don’t want
ot be as tired as I was today! It is suppose to be nice tomorrow, sounds like a
lawn chair and book outside kind of day.

Goodnight from one of our new RV Resorts, Morgan Hill.
Lynda
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Sun. Mar. 28, 2010 – Today we were suppose to go to the State
Park at San Luis Dam but with our new membership we will be staying here until
Tues. and then we are heading towards Isleton. We will make a reservation to
stay at Turtle Beach campground in Manteca. Think we will be there Tues. and
Wed. It will make the drive to Isleton easier.

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It is time for a cup of coffee and morning conversation with my love. Gosh I love
him and enjoy his company and just being together.

It was just the kind of day where we just sat outside in the sun, worked on the
computer and did nothing except enjoy the area.

We walked to the Clubhouse where they have a “family section” and an “adult
only section”, which is nice for everyone. Both sections have the same thing
except the big screen TV.

We walked around the pool area, wow, it is a great huge pool. Too bad it doesn’t
open until
May 1, 2010. Oh well, it is too cold to get in anyway.

We are here for 2 more nights. Tomorrow we will have to go to the office and get
our tag on our car changed for the new dates.

We looked at the computer and our new books and decided we would go to
Manteca and stay at Thousand Trails Turtle Beach Fish Camp for two nights. I
think it is a very small RV park, not a resort, but it is on our way to Isleton and
there are banks for us to use before we leave for Isleton.

Had a great day with my love.

Goodnight from Morgan Hill.

Mon. Mar. 29, 2010 – After a great cup of coffee and watching a
great movie we got up and we walked to the sales office so we can get the
paperwork with the new departure date. Alisha was busy so we talked with Dan.
We asked the questions that we needed to, got our new departure paper, and
then he showed us how to book our future reservations on the computer.

He and Kim booked our 2 nights in Turtle Beach Fish Camp. They keep telling us
that it is a very small park and not much there except the river for fishing. Well,
that is what we are going there for. Danny wants to fish.

What they showed us on the computer doesn’t work, probably because they have
our email address wrong. Danny went into the computer and made us another
email address with the address they wrote wrong.   Still haven’t gotten the
reservations but I do have a conformation number.

We had to go to town and get a loaf of bread and some pastrami. They have a
Super WalMart here and we can get the pastrami that Danny likes. Not much else
needed. We have plenty of stuff that just needs to be used.

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Came back to the rig and began getting read to move. Tomorrow is moving day.
We worked on the computer for a while and then went to bed.

Goodnight from Morgan Hill – one more time.

Tue. Mar.30, 2010 – Moving Day. It has rained all night. Thank
goodness Danny put our chairs in the car so they wouldn’t be all wet. He is really
a great guy and takes care of everything- including me. MMM, so glad to be part
of his life. Want it to last 50 years!

Danny requested biscuits and gravy for breakfast – no problem. We enjoyed our
breakfast and then got ready to go. Today we are taking our time – no rush. We
only have about 127 miles to go.

We are all packed, and go sit at the dump station waiting for the other people to
get done. There is no way to hurry this part of the travel. We take our turn and
now we are ready to leave. We are off!!

We drove to Casa De Fruita and stopped there. We walked around and looked at
the old tractors and other autos and then walked to the fruit stand. Wow,
everything looks so good. We bought 2 oranges and some dried fruit. Back to
the rig where I make lunch and we just sit in the parking lot and enjoy watching
people and eating our lunch.

Now we are off and headed to Santa Nella and I-5. Wow, you would think they
would do something to this little two lane road. There is some traffic but not too
bad. The motor home is working great. OK, up Pacheco Pass we go. It has been
many, many years since I have been this way.

We use to come this way when I lived at Vandenberg AFB, and we would come to
Los Banos to visit mom and dad. Debbie and Stephanie use to say “There is
grandpas dam and grandpa’s water”. They knew once we got that far it was a
short time before we got to Grandma and Grandpa’s house.

Here we are at Santa Nella. Wow, this place has grown since the last time I was
here. It has really changed since mom and dad moved to Los Banos. There was
nothing except some mobil homes and an old bar that served lunch.   Time seems
to be going faster the older I get!

We drive to the Shell station and use our gas gift card. It will just help with getting
us a few more gallons of gas. We sit there for awhile until the rain stops. While we
are there a 5th wheel pulled into the parking lot and the passenger side of the 5th
wheel was pulled back. Oh my gosh, I felt so bad for them. The side paneling
was flapping in the wind.

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They stopped there in the parking lot and were trying to fix it before they could go
any further. Looked like maybe the driver had cut a corner too close.

We have changed our plans and we will just go straight up I-5 instead of Hwy 33
towards Modesto. We are just going to go to the campground.

We got Fiona on the cell phone and found our way to the park. It is a really small
park. We have water and electric – no sewer. Oh well, we can do that for 2
nights. We found a site #D17. We get the rig level and we set up. First things,
Danny hooks up the satellite. He gets it just right and we get many channels –
better than Morgan Hill where we only got the 110 satelite.

After we got set up we ate a sandwich, I watched Dancing with the Stars and
Danny headed out to fish. Gosh I miss him, wish this show would hurry and get
over. Ok, its over so I put on my boots and parka and gloves and head for the
river where Danny is. Can’t believe how much I miss him. There he is, sitting on
the riverbank totally frozen. The wind is blowing and it is cold and damp. I really
hoped he would have caught one little fish but no luck. We drove home and I had
made coffee – mmm, it tasted so good and was nice and hot.

We put on the news and the computers and that is how we have spent the
evening.

Time to call it a night.

Goodnight from Turtle Beach Fish Camp near Manteca, CA.

Lynda
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Tue. Mar. 31, 2010 –
What a beautiful day. Happy 4th Anniversary my love. Can’t believe how fast
time has flown. Will never forget our lunch on March 31,2006!! I love you with all
my heart.

After lunch today we took a sightseeing trip to Modesto. I haven’t been there in
ages. Danny took me by his old house. It was fun to listen to him with excitement
seeing his old house and confusion over how big Modesto has grown.

We stopped at the McHenry mansion , by accident, and took a tour. WOW, that is
the house I could live in. It is 10,000 square feet and wonderfully refurbished.
Had a great docent so it made the tour extra special. After we toured the house
we tour the museum. It was built by the McHenry son in honor of his mother. It
started out to be a library, upstairs was the adult library and the lower floor was
the childrens library. What a great day. Both Danny and I love visiting these old
houses and touring museums. We have tried to do that in most of the towns we
have been in.

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After our tour we went to the Modesto Mall and walked around. I had never been
there and always heard about it and how big it was. It was nice.
On our way home there was lightening and some really dark skies. Think we will
have rain again tonight. Atleast we didn’t have to fight the rain today while we
were sightseeing.

Came home and played on the computer and now it is time to get some sleep
because tomorrow is moving day. I am glad we don’t have to go very far, only
about 40 miles.

JT send me an IM on the computer and they are good. They are camping in 3
Rivers for Easter Vacation. The computer is such a good thing especially when
you don’t get cell phone service.

Getting tired – goodnight from Manteca, Turtle Beach Fish Camp.
Lynda