RV Trip
Silicon Valley
It’s changed a bit since I’ve was here last. There are more places to walk about, downtowns that have been revitalized. A big part of what we’re doing is finding the cute parts of towns – the places where people can walk a bit and relax. So it’s nice to find a few down here…. »
Santa Cruz
We swung back to Monterey for a day to see Christina and grab a bit of info that we missed on the way down.
It was so good to see her – we wandered around the town in the sunshine and sipped coffee and talked while Gus has a nap. A perfect Sunday break (well, mostly… »
San Joaquin Valley
From Bakersfield to Fresno was a series of little towns built on agriculture, all with downtowns in varying degrees of revitalization. And all with big vibrant strip malls on the outskirts.
The ones that were largely abandoned were, despite the plaques and rich history, just plain depressing. But the good thing was that any effort really… »
O.C.
Our last bit of Southern California included a few Orange County interior towns (Orange, Santa Anna, Irvine) and the Beach Cities (San Clemente, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach)
We’ve been really pushing through each day -hitting the ground running -and by yesterday (Sunday) we were a bit over it all. So we took it slower… »
The Inner Empire
Had our first boondogging experience – the practice of staying in the parking lots of certain chain stores for free. Walmart is well known for this nationally but do not allow it in this area. Camping World, however, was all for it. So we pulled into their back lot and then went shopping as a… »