Two Penny Travels

Mid-Trip Lake Minden

Well, we made it off on our trip. We left a week ago Wednesday (9/14) and drove to the Palmdale Elks. It was a good place to stop, but there was not much there. Next we drove to the San Luis Obispo Elks. The lodge there was much more convivial and we enjoyed our three night stay. But most of our time was spent with the family gathering up in Cayucos to celebrate the commitment of Sasha and Jessie.

From SLO we headed to Walnut Creek Elks. Everything was sort of nice until we got onto the freeways around the Bay Area. Boy, they are rough on rig and body. Two nights at that location allowed us to visit with our son Mike, Gail, and their son Matthew.

Leaving WC we headed to Sacramento. Now, the cost of crossing the Martinez bridge with my rig is $14 for 5 axles. We made it into Lake Minden TTN in good time and settled in on a site in D Section. The problem was we came at the hot period with three days of 98 degree weather. It is supposed to cool tomorrow.

So now we are continuing to rest at Lake Minden. We will go down to Sacramento to see Deb and Paula later this week.

That's it for now. Sam, the Prudent RVer

Planning Our Next Trip

Looking at my itinerary record, I see that we returned to Jojoba Hills from Palm Desert TTN last spring on March 25. We are finally planning on heading out on a 2+ week trip on September 14. That is almost 6 months! No wonder Alice is saying she is getting "hitch-itch."

We have stayed here to do doctor visits and improve our site. I put in a vegie garden plus some flowers. It has been a very nice stay with some good neighbors. Along the way I had my teeth worked on and my eyes checked. My Afib has continued, but things now seem to be under control. It has been a good rest, but we really need to get out more often.

So, on 9/14 we head north. The weekend of 9/17 we will be near Cayucos on the coast to celebrate the committment of our niece Sasha and her partner Jessie. From there we will go to Walnut Creek and visit son Michael and his family. Then to Sacramento to see Deb and Paula for a few days.

Heading back south we plan to visit the SKP coop at CoarseGold then go by and see my sister Rosemary and her family. Then it is back to Jojoba. I have a radio interview on Saturday 10/1 to talk about preparing for an earthquake and the following week is getting ready for the Jojoba garage sale.

Later in October we plan to go to Yuma to help Nancy get the Arizona Market Place booth going. The LED business is going pretty well, and we need to make it go better. I hope to have several articles out in the next few weeks.

So we are starting to move around a bit more. It just takes a little while longer.

sam, the Prudent RVer