Life’s a beach in San Clemente, California.

Hi friends and family,

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We slept at the San Clemente State Beach RV Park last night. There aren’t many State RV Parks with direct access to the beach. We were impressed. As they say; “If you are lucky enough to live near the beach…you’re lucky enough”.

We arrived here late afternoon and did not have much of a chance to explore and take pictures, other than with our iPhones. The weather channel was predicting rain all day for today and we were bummed out when we went to bed last night. The weather man was wrong and it was a beautiful day. We walked on the beach and watched surfer “dudes” for a while. The commuter train rides along the beach and that’s pretty special. It has to be a pleasant commute.

The Old Town San Clemente is typical to other beach towns although this area is not as affordable as other beach towns I’ve seen before. Looking through the window of a real estate company, a small and humble cottage was listed close to one million dollars while a nice house on the beach was listed to three and one half million dollars. The beauty of RVing is that we can live where the wealthy live, for a short while and at a much lower cost. We can move to a new neighborhood anytime we want.

Now you see it...

now you don't.

iPhome

iPhone

We will be leaving Tuesday around noon to our next destination…Palm Springs. We lived in Palm Springs for five years and it will be nice to visit for a few days and explore our old haunts.  Looking forward to some warm sun and a swim in the pool.

I will close with this YouTube video of San Clemente State Beach RV Park.

Yvon and Anne Bourque

Spooktacular Dog Parade and Costume contest - Rancho Los Coches RV Park, Lakeside, California

Hi Family and friends,

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Tonight, the park had their annual Halloween Spooktacular Dog Parade Costume contest, Trick or Treat and dinner that included hot dogs,  hamburgers, drinks and deserts. There was even a disc-jockey and laser show,  It was a lot of fun , the dogs were funny, the kids enjoyed trick or treating and everyone enjoyed the food and music.

Following, are pictures of the dogs that participated in the parade. If your dog is in here and you want the image file, you can click on the image and save it to your computer. If you are not sure how to do that, email me and I will email the picture to you directly.  

Thank you Rancho Los Coches RV park for a great evening,

Yvon and Anne Bourque

RVing in the San Diego area.

Hi friends and family,

I haven't written much lately but we are still in San Diego.. We have been in the area for the last five weeks. Anne's son lives here and we get to enjoy our grand daughter before leaving California. Anne has had a permanent smile since we arrived.

Ronnie Anne

Ronnie Anne  with " Mae Mae". Can you feel the connection?

Proud Daddy and grandmother

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Next week, we are finally getting back on the road, heading  for Texas. We will likely take two weeks or more to get there. There is no rush when you are retired.
I have just  received a new camera from Pentax/Ricoh.  I am writing a new e-book for this new camera and I want the pictures to reflect the "South Western" way of life. The road from Southern California to Texas is what defines much of the South West and I will try  to stop in Santa Fe for a few days.

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If you are into photography, you may want to visit my other blog about photography, The Blogspot.

The e-books, if you have a Pentax Camera, http://www.ebooks4cameras.com/

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We are currently parked at the Rancho Los Coches RV park. It is a small but fantastic RV park and we have met so many nice people. We have enjoyed the beautiful pool area and how quiet and clean the park is. There are so many different varieties of trees that give shade to your campsite and daily we enjoy watching woodpeckers across the creek from our space and the eagles that fly along the wooded area.

 The park has many activities and last week we attended a Chili-Cook-Off and Cornbread contest. It was great. This coming Friday, they have organized a "Spooktacular" for Halloween; which includes a Dog Parade & Costume contest, followed by Pet and Children Trick or Treat around the park and finally Food and Fun with Ghoulish Treats for all and then there will be a Camp Site Decorating contest. We will attend with our granddaughter and son. Saturday will be our  last day here, but we do plan to return some day. 

There was enough chili to feed the whole park and it was really good. 

Anne with our new found full time RV friends. Gerald and Row Spadt. What a nice couple. They usually spend their time at the Lakeside RV Resort in Pahrump, Nevada. They have family in San Diego, like us, and they spent about a month here visiting their children and grandchildren. They have three wonderful canine companions, "KC, Roxie, and Pepper."

For the last two weeks, this has been our RV spot

Nice swimming pool and weather in the 80's  almost every day, and we were almost the only people in the pool every day. It shows that we are new at this full time  RVing.

Friends, have a safe trip if you are travelling. Family, follow us wherever the long way home takes us.We love you all.

Yvon and Anne

I am closing with this YouTube video. This is what  RVing looked like in 1937. Click on the image to view the video.

Hi friends, family and Rvers,

From: brqyvn@gmail.com

Just a few days ago, we planned to visit the Cleveland National Park, near San Diego. Well...while the Government is shut down, the park was closed...bummer. I could spend a long time talking about our Government, but it would be a waste of my time and yours.

We kept driving North on Sunrise Hwy to  "Julian", a quaint small town about 45 minutes North East of San Diego. Julian is famous for their apples orchards. Little did we know that the "Julian Apple Harvest" was in full swing. There were too many people to enjoy and all restaurants were filled to capacity. We bought an apple pie and took it home (Fifth Wheel). We left the pie on the kitchen counter in the RV, only to wake up the next morning to see thousands of ants going back and forth from the pie to their nest. Oh well!

Anne still wanted to walk around and go to all of the shops. Apparently, she got some great bargains.

It started here and ended up $50.00 later.

At the end of town, this beautiful horse was being  spoiled from people feeding it with...what else, apples.

Anne loves horses and you can see that in her demeanor.

Older residents watching the parade of City folks.  

That is the look of a happy shopper.

I have to say that Julian is indeed a cute Town, but I would have preferred visiting it on a regular day.

Just like the old days. I imagined it would have looked like this with yesteryear's cameras.

Thank you for visiting our blog. Maybe we'll see you somewhere along the long way home.

Yvon and Anne

Finally left Victorville (No Regrets) and travelling across the Country.

Hi everyone,

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It took us a little over a Month to wrap-up our business in Victorville. We left Wednesday and hopefully will never have to go back. Victorville is looking good...in my rear view mirror.

Good Bye Victorville. I'll think of you as a fading bad dream.

We traveled South from there and stopped in Temecula for the night. We stayed at Pechanga RV resort and Casino. That was a super nice campground. The service was impeccable. They had shuttles that would bring you to the Casino, or even to the Grocery store. People were friendly and although we were there two days only, we will come back on our way to Palm Springs.

We were surrounded by half a million dollar RV's, but we are proud of our fifth wheel.

  

About 28K for our truck and fifth wheel plus a lot of hard work fixing both to our taste, versus 360K for the bus next door. That's 12 times more expensive and we both can go to the same places. You don't have to be a millionaire to Full Time RVing.

I haven't been feeling that free for my whole life.

Anne looks like she's taking her new life pretty well.

This is the day we bought the fifth wheel, July of 2012.

This is the day we left Victorville, a little over one year after purchasing it; New decals, new tires and wheels, new position lights, newly painted rocker panels, all new white plastic yellowed accessories, and about 10 coats of wax. We did a lot more to the inside, but that's for another day.

Our ultimate reason for this blog, is that we want to show that you can retire with a limited budget and still enjoy what the Rich people enjoy. We will share the places we visit, stories and challenges we encounter, interviews with some of the nice people we meet, and plenty in images taken with my precious Pentax photographic equipment.

Old and new friends and family, you can find out where we are at all times.

Next stop: San Diego, California.

Thanks for reading,

Anne and Yvon Bourque