For those of you who know us, you know how much we love visiting this area of California.  Despite California’s reputation for high cost of living, horrendous traffic, earthquakes, wildfires and other natural disasters, who could not be enchanted by this area of the “Golden State”. What fun we had here as were joined by Phee and Lyle Rosnick and later by family…Susie and Dean, Jack and Christina.  We also…

We initially had made reservations for a week near Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon but since it was snowing and overly chilly, we elected to extend our stay in central California, specifically in the Salinas Valley.  We discovered the smallish but very cool Pinnacles National Park.  We spent a fair amount of time hiking on the trails and I even braved the “cave” sections of several trails.  Being slightly…

We have long awaited a visit to Paso Robles for the great wines that the region produces but were not prepared for how much we loved this area.  There were so many wineries (nearly 400) in a relatively small area in gorgeous, rolling green hills (we are here in their springtime) and the quality of the wine was astonishing.  Our campground, appropriately called Wine Country RV Resort, was another of…

After the city sight-seeing in San Diego, we moved on for several days to a place called Desert Hot Springs, a small town located in the desert close to Palm Springs and Joshua Tree National Park. It is also at the base of pretty spectacular snow-capped mountains directly to the west and a beautiful view from our campground with lots of sunshine and blue skies. We spent most of our…

On our way to San Diego, we stopped off in Yuma, Arizona for a couple of nights.  While we enjoyed cloudless skies, it was a bit cool which made the nicely heated pool and hot tub a place to hang out for a couple of days.  While I was pool lounging, Bill scouted out some RV parks for next winter and we booked a place for a month in  January…

It has been a number of years since we have been to Sedona, AZ but I guess I had forgotten how gorgeous it is and the stunning vistas that are visible from everywhere both in town and outside of it.  The reddest rocks and the bluest skies I think I have ever seen.  The weather was pretty cooperative with reasonably warm temperatures in the 60s and low 70s (by Rochester…

Wow…not sure we have ever spent this many days in a row with both warm temps and lack of clouds!  We were raised near Buffalo and most of our adult life was spent in Rochester NY where cloudy, gray days are just a way of life.  We have enjoyed the sun and blue skies so much.  This was one of the principal reasons we planned so much time in the…

After our “real winter” weather adventures in Charleston and Dallas, we headed west and while we did NOT take the road to Abilene, we settled for a week outside Carlsbad, NM.  It was a nice respite to end up in 60-70 degree days and sunny, blue skies.  The drive through western Texas and New Mexico is almost like being on another planet.  The wide open spaces, lack of traffic congestion,…