105 Gopher Hills Rd.

That's our new, temporary address at the SKP campground near Yosemite. This is an RV version of Leisure World - many permanent residents, and a lot of folks like us just passing through. Birds everywhere, and though we haven't seen the deer, the tracks in our site tell us they are here. We had a beautiful warm sunny day today - a welcome change from the old and damp we've had for the last few days, and we really enjoyed it. A bit of shopping in Oakhurst just north of here and some routine chores filled out the day. Click on the photo to go to the album, then click on "slide show" for full size photos.

SKP - Coarsegold

Southbound and Down

After a round of really wonderful retirement celebrations, a weekend at the coast with the "Feathered Friends" and another two days camping with friends at Champoeg State Park, we are finally on our way south.... as in.... on our way to Texas! 

We had a great time at Champoeg. We'd never camped there in all the years we've lived in Oregon, which is unfortunate, as several of the museums and other interesting buildings aren't open this time of year. This is the site of the first "American" government on the west coast, and is definitely worth another visit during the summer when more of the buildings are open. Click on the photo to go to the album, then click on "slide show".

Champoeg State Park

We left Champoeg about 10:30 this morning and headed for Vally of the Rogue State Park. At the first rest stop there was a minor electrical issue to be resolved....all the gauges in the truck had quit working! Gremlins again.... you never know when they'll crop up. After going through the manuals and resetting all the fuses Steve had everything back in working order and off we went. We reached our destination just in time to sit in the evening sun for about 5 minutes before it sank behind the mountain. This is a really pretty park, and we stop here often on our way south. It's situated right along the river and has some really nice walking paths, but it's late and too cold to enjoy a long walk today, so Molly will have to be content with a quick trip around the campground.

Tomorrow is another 5 hour drive, hopefully without Gremlins, with a planned stop in Yuba City.

Been Busy

Sorry about not writing. I have no excuse except that we have been incredibly busy moving on to our next phase of life. I got to Texas around the first of Dec. with the final load of shop stuff. The contractors had barely started on the additions to the shop, underground electrical service and RV cover. Over the next few weeks they were able to get it done along with a new metal roof for the house. Daph came out for 3 weeks at Christmas. We had a great time celebrating the holidays with family. Daph did a fantastic job of getting boxes unpacked and household items sorted out.

After Daph left the first of January I installed the utilities to the RV port (electrical, water and sewer) Texas has the most god awful rocks about 6 inches under the soil that I have ever seen!

I was able to get in a good dose of football and we had a great Rose Bowl party with friends. Too bad the Ducks and Texas lost........

I then had 30 yds of 1" minus road base hauled in and I spread and leveled it creating a drive to the RV port and the back of the shop. I then unloaded the cargo trailer into the remaining space.

I plan on taking off for Seal Beach next week to see my Mom and Dad then in on to Eugene to pack up the RV and Daph. She retired Jan. 31. We will head south in early February. We plan on taking our time getting to Texas arriving around the first of March.

Gotta get the place ready for Kendra and Skots wedding.

I will post some pictures later.

Larry (Steve)