2011/04/07 - Thursday - Drive to San Diego

First on the agenda was to get a new antenna for the Jeep ("Blue" - it broke off last weekend).  Once I paid for that, it was time to get some liquid gold into Blue.  By that time, it was close to lunch, so I text a co-worker to see where they were going for lunch.  Lunch was at the Thia Corner.

 Once back at home, I started getting things ready for this weekend.  I got the clothing in the RV, it was time to move it forward.  But the engine battery was DEAD!!!  Jumping didn't even work.  So off to the auto parts store to get a replacement (still under warranty).  I took the RV over to Costco to make sure all the tires are at the correct tire pressures (even though the Smarttire did not show any of the tires extremely low)

We almost had everything ready before Mom D called and said she was ready (early!).  So got the last minute things into the RV and we (Me, Amanda, CJ - and the two dogs, and three cats) went and picked up Mom D.

About halfway to San Diego, we stopped at an In-and-Out for dinner.  We did have some rain during our drive, but other wise it was a easy drive with hardly no traffic. 

Once we got to the parking lot (with a little extra driving (because I got off the wrong exit))  We found somebody that could help us find an acceptable place to park for the weekend (both of the Wagon Masters were already out for the night (and it was not even 10:00 yet))

So we are realativily close to the dance halls - so we should have fun.

Hmmm as I am typing this it is raining hard - this should be interesting tomorrow - hopefully the rain will go away for the weekend.

2008/06/20 – Friday – Prep and Go.

Mom M and I took Cheryl into work. I took today off as a vacation day.

We went to AAA to get the maps and books – that took about 1½ hour. Next was a stop at Office Max. Next was Camping World to get a few more books. Once home we got the kids and headed on over to the grocery store. The last stop was at Fresh and Easy to get meats.

We loaded up the RV and lock up the house – we did make sure we had both dogs, two cats (left Road Kill at home) and the two kids.

We left at 4:00 to go pickup Cheryl from work. We left there at 5:20 and now we are starting on Vacation!

The traffic was miserable and HOT! For a while I thought we might be having problems with the RV, in regards to the heat.

We finally got to Barstow Flying J’s at about 9:00.

We stopped at midnight in a ghost town like area – Yucca, AZ. We camped in an empty deserted desert lot next to the post office.

2008/04/30 – Wednesday – Bump Day

A quick note tonight. I did a load of laundry – hopefully another load tomorrow.

Mom got the stuff from Stagecoach and things are starting to line up. I am still concern how we are going to get everybody everything on Saturday morning, but with cell phones, we will get things resolved.

I finished creating the route to the event and I should be able to get there before half a tank. I am not sure if I am going to fill up at the flying J’s before or after (so I could dump also)

I still did not do the last minute cleanup of the RV yet, so I guess when I load tomorrow, I will also do a last second cleanup items.

2008/04/15 – TAX DAY – well for most that is…

Well, I guess you would expect me to talk about taxes – nope – done mine – getting money back – good thing – but like most say about getting money back is a bad saving account (without interest) but it is sure nice to get money instead of trying to find the money to pay…

Well I raised my voice at Eric – I was trying to get him to start on loading the RV for our next trip. After a little disagreement, he finally did it.

Amanda got up in the late afternoon again today – O I wish she would do a normal night sleep instead of getting to sleep in the morning and sleeping the day away – but I get overruled.

We did get the RV loaded with most thing – but of course Amanda still has to do it so that will be tomorrows fight (which I hope I don’t have to do and she will do it tomorrow)

Cheryl worked on her second job, while I did my normal readings of blogs tonight.

Until my next entry…

O – I do like the comments it keeps me thinking that somebody at least reads my dump!