California Part Deux

While "down South" we knew we had all summer to travel up the West Coast so KB decided to check out some Work Camper Options.  For you uninitiated, (and that's most of my friends! and me 2 years ago) work camping is a kin to bartering.  You agree to work at a resort or campground in exchange for your parking or other variations (28 hours week is getting us a spot with a view of El Toro mountain, in a resort, free ice (Janiece W. knows how valuable that is to me!) and $10 in quarters every week).

Kerry found a few that sounded interesting and sent his fancy "work camping resume".  Coyote Valley RV Resort responded before the keyboard cooled off from his efforts (http://www.coyotevalleyresort.com/home.html)  It's a nice location at the Southern edge of San Jose in Morgan Hill- that's the Mushroom Capitol of the US, people! :D  Less than an hour from several beaches and San Francisco!

A 1 mile bike ride from the Coyote Valley Golf Course with a nice patio and view for some cocktails with the girls!

Just behind us are two sections of the Coyote Valley Trails; a 15 mile ride North and a 5 mile South which dumps me just 1/2 mile from Target, Massage Envy, my hair salon and nail place.

A nice rest stop on the trails...




This is the longest we've stayed in one place since we began our journey.  It will be 4 months when we leave for Lake Tahoe in July.


I have so much more to catch you up on!
(Yes, I did end that sentence in a preposition, it's a blog not an English paper.)


Happy Adventures, BA!

Sunny California and Great People

or should I say Great People While in Sunny California?

California has been a great ride since we left Mesa, AZ (our winter home @the great View Point RV and Golf Resort http://www.viewpointrv.com/)

Our first stop was to visit Kerry's Uncle Walt and Aunt Babs in Rancho Mirage (near Palm Springs).  It was a special 2 weeks visit with them.  Kerry played lots of golf, Babs and I went to the Spa La La...

I wasn't too impressed with Palm Springs, dry hot, lots of expensive shops...but I didn't enjoy the window shopping and lunch on the deck at Tommy Bahama's!

We went up and visited Mount San Jacinto State Park.  Beautiful, wished we had the time and had known to go earlier in the day and hike in the snow in March!

Kerry played at a course that had all purple sand traps; my kinda course!  Also a beautiful setting for a nice Sunday brunch on the porch.

GREAT fun day hike in and around the Zoo- of course the Badger, "he don't care" but he sure posed like he did ;)

Happy Adventures from Kerry and BA!

Anniversary and Writer's Block

I'm baaaaaaack, after a computer crash, months on a loaner laptop, writer's block and straight-up procrastination - not to mention the harassment from family and friends for no blog posts :)...I'm back in the saddle, so to speak.

We hit the one-year mark in October.  It seems like just yesterday we started this mobile adventure and yet it seems so natural.  I love it.  Meeting new people, experiencing different cultures in our great U.S. A. and visiting family and friends that are scattered across the country.

We have been so many great places this past year from the mountains to the lakes "from sea to shining sea" to visiting iconic spots in our Nation's History.  Through the rest of 2011 I hope to post s snippet from all the great adventures we've had since February.  For example, great places in Texas since we left Port Isabel/South Padre Island, places like Mustang Island, Livingston, Snyder (duh, the son and his family are there), DFW (duh, the daughter, my parents, and BFF's are there) and Mart (duh, hubby's bro and family are there).

We've also been to:
Louisiana: Cajun Country (shout out to Tammy and Sostan B) and Bossier City (oh yeah, we made a few dollars

You might be a redneck....(or you might be tired of losing your home to hurricanes and flooding)

Good visit with Tammy and Sos in La.!

Indiana: left a few dollars after custom work on the RV (did you see the pics of my new desk and Kerry's new table and chair?), installing sway bar, new tires (ouch)
Tennessee: Hohenwald and the Natchez Trace- you've got to travel that road and take in the history and beauty, Graceland!! (shout out to Michelle M and Ann A)
Minnesota: Shout out to my bro, Spencer and incredible neice, Arewna!  Did you know they have the most year-round bicycle commuters?  Really.
Missouri: The Arch, The ballfield (shout out to Jim O'H's team)
Disney World: 'nough said :)  I still wear my Minnie Mouse shades
Arkansas: Hot Springs (shout out to our new friends at The Ohio Club http://www.arkansas.com/attractions/detail.aspx?id=95357&r=Ouachitas&city=Hot%20Springs - Yo Jordan S.!)
Colorado: Highly recommend Mesa Verde National Park
New Mexico: Santa Fe
Utah: Everyone should get to spend a month every summer in the Park City area! (shout out to the bro, Michael and his wife Val not to mention our "adopted" extended family in Valerie's family!)
South Dakota: One of the most beautiful states, this will probably get its own blog and yes, Dad, we saw the "dead presidents"
Hershey, PA: For the kid in all of us!
Gettysburg, Boston, Philadelphia, Colonial Williamsburg, oh my.
Chesapeake Bay: where we camped IN the bay.

Right now we're in the metroplex after a great Thanksgiving with my Mom and Dad- even though hubby has a stomach virus :(.  We've had a great time with some BFF's (shout out to Don [we missed you Teri] and the Stubby people {Pat and Jamie}, Amy, Geo and Lorene B, JULIE B, Sherrie S and others.  Thanks for the GREAT homecoming.

This weekend:  Nick, Amber and the GRANDKIDS!!

Here's to great adventures, BA