Day 134 – Beginning of Week 20. This morning we did four loads of laundry & took care of some paperwork before leaving for Rob’s moms’ house. We ran a few errands first: we found a small one-room, post office in an old area of San Pedro & mailed our NY school taxes, stopped for gas (amazing how the price of gas can vary so dramatically, as much as 60 cents per gallon, from one corner to the next!), and at a grocery store, picked up fresh red bell peppers & Yukon gold potatoes for a recipe we’re making tomorrow night. Didn’t get to his mom’s until about 2:30, but we stayed awhile and visited, Rob fixing a couple of things that had broken (this is why we call him “Mr. Fixit”).
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Day 133 – This morning we made a huge batch of Guacamole, our contribution to this afternoon’s lunch at Rob’s brothers’ house. While smashing avocados, we watched 3 little boys playing outside our RV. Their parents must’ve turned them loose to destroy the campground, because we watched them meticulously ripping the beautiful flowers & plants apart in the nicely landscaped island on one side of our RV, then stuffing the flowers and plant bits into their pockets, presumably to take them home to their mom? How sweet, LOL.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Day 132 – Up and out at 10 a.m., the kitties said, “You’re not leaving AGAIN, are you?!” Off to Rob’s moms’ for a long bout of cooking. Her kitchen is so much bigger than our tiny-house kitchen; five hours later we were packaging up numerous meals for freezing in single-serving bags for future use. And we were able to visit with his mom & today’s caregiver, Grace, at the same time.
Friday, January 19, 2018
Day 131 – I have neglected to mention the weather, basically because there really isn’t much variation here. It’s either sunny & relatively clear or sunny & smoggy. The temperatures range from 65 to 75 degrees during the day & 45 to 55 degrees at night.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Day 130 – Another busy day ahead, we spent all morning doing a complete inventory of the RV in preparation for doing extensive restocking for the second half of our trip. When we left NY in September, the RV & car were packed full with supplies for us & the cats. Four months later, we’ve just about run out of everything and have to restock and fill up the vehicles again. Since we’re pretty particular about the food we eat & what we feed the girls, there are many items we can’t find in every town we visit, so we must plan ahead. The freezer has already been filled with the fish we had shipped to Rob’s brothers’ house (thank you Ron & Sophie). After hours of planning & making lists, we were ready for tomorrow’s shopping binge.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Day 129 – I’m afraid it’s time again for us to play catch up with the blog. It’s so much easier to keep up with it on a daily basis, but we just haven’t been able to do that. Today is January 24 and we are one week behind. Our apologies. We did not drop off the face of the earth. We’ve just had a very busy schedule. We haven’t even had time to take a bunch of pictures, therefore both Rob & I will keep it short until we get back on schedule with the blog.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Day 128 – I don’t know if we’ll get these last couple of days-worth of blog out tonight or not. But I am almost caught up. Rob has lots of pictures from today that he’s still working on.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Day 127 – Beginning of Week 19. The girls have not yet adjusted to this campground. It normally doesn’t take this long at all. They’re jumpy & it’s fairly noisy here which doesn’t help. We need to spend some more quality time with them.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Day 126 – We’re running a bit behind with the blog here in L.A. Sorry about that! It’s been really busy & our schedule is full. Right now it’s close to 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening & we’re playing catch-up. I’ll try to keep it short & sweet.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
AHOY, MATEY!
Day 125 – Yawn! Darn noisy last night between the traffic on nearby highways, motorcycles, sirens from police cars, trains passing by, and the continual honking of a car’s burglar alarm. The RV Park itself is pretty nice, but the location is in a busy city. It’s the only game in town and is close to friends & relatives. Its location is excellent for doing all kinds of things in the L.A. & Orange County areas. It’s been a few days, and I’m afraid the cats still aren’t too happy here. This could be our fault because we tend to go to quiet places without a lot of people, kids, & dogs, and away from traffic noise. Plus they are used to the quiet neighborhood at home. They don’t receive many visitors and in the next several days, they’ll have lots of visitors. We hope they don’t end up with ulcers!