Six months on the Road

We did it. Six months on the road, 15 National Parks, a bunch of State Parks, and countless attractions. We live in one beautiful country. I wish we could have learned more about each place but time kept pressing us forward. There are places we missed that we will visit another time, places that we will re-visit when we can, and there are place that should only be visited once.

If you dream of traveling........make the time, take the vacation, whether it's 5 star traveling or camping in a tent, it is an experience of a life time and remember not all those who wander are lost.

as Nike says........................................................JUST DO IT.

San Fransisco and Muir Wood National Monument

We drove to Muir Woods to see the great red wood trees. Dean & Morgan did the Junior Ranger program. We had lunch at the park and walked around learning about the Red Woods.

We spent our last night in San Fransisco. We drove through the city in the RV I know there are hills but HOLLY COW we had to detach the car the hills were so steep. It's hard to believe some of the most challenging driving happened in a city.

We went to fisherman's wharf, watch some street performers (Joe was part of the show), and had dinner. We stayed by the airport and Joe dropped us off to fly home. Joe drove the RV back home it only took him 4 and a half days.h

Santa Rosa CA

We traveled to wine country to see some friends we knew in Key West 8 years ago. They have an awesome place. They live on a very unique farm. They grow all kinds of veggies and have 2 dogs but the neighbors have a bunch of dogs. The kids were in heaven. The dogs were Morgan size. In the evenings we would sit around a little fire and hang out under the stars, I even saw a shooting star.

The other neighbor has 8 horses, 2 pigs, a few peacocks, a bunch of Dog, a bunch of cats, a parrot, and probably some animals I forgot to mention. Well she was so kind and let Dean and Morgan ride her horse. They rode around for about an hour. It was an experience they nor I will ever forget.

This was one of the last days of the trip. Thank you guys for making it so special.

Old Friends

We went to visit with an old friend from NJ. They live in a beautiful home in Walnut Creek CA. Her kids are the same age as Dean & Morgan. What a perfect match. The kids swam, played, ate sushi, played and played some more. We were able to catch up, there lots to talk about after nine years. Next time won't be so long.

Marysville, CA

We drove past Crater Lake National Park. The northern entrance road was closed :(
On to Marysville. We arrived just before dark. I was glad it was still light getting our RV in the drive way was like putting 12 lbs of potatoes in a 10 lb bag. We held our breath and squeezed in.
My Uncle has the sweetest farm. The kids loved it they could ride bikes, play ball, and run free.

There is a Swan and a Duck that live on the farm. We were warned about the swan, and The duck is called Jose . There was a very sweet black cat and 1 other nasty one. I think the farm is very ying and yang.

Dean was very interested in the Swan, he was down by the pond checking him out. I scolded Dean because I didn't want him to get hurt. Dean said "But I connected with him". So Dean named the Swan, Willy.

Halloween in Bend

We stayed with friends in Bend. They have a almost 3 year old son. The kids had a blast. We didn't plan on staying more than a night or two but they invited us to go trick or treating so we stayed a little longer. It was fun they dressed up as the bat family, "super hero's rock". Dean was an awesome avatar and Morgan was a mini vampire. Joe & I, well we couldn't resist, vampires.

Down the Oregon Coast

We Headed down the Oregon Coast. We had dinner with an old high school friend of Joe's. It's always so nice to catch up with old friends

He hooked us up in a really nice RV park for the evening. And then down the coast some more.

Did I mention we had the breaks done in the motor home? They are not working right. Well they work but squeak and smell something awful. On our way over to Bend to visit ours friends daughter Joe got an appointment with a different Freightliner dealer to look at the brakes. I took the car to Bend and he headed to Freightliner. Long story short they re-did the breaks and they are perfect. Either the brakes were faulty or the labor was faulty no way to tell.