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.

Our first stay, Desert Willow RV Resort in Hesperia, California.

Hello RVers, Photographers, Friends and Family.

You can email me (us) directly at brqyvn@gmail.com

We just retired on August first and are eager to hit the road, but before we do, we need to stay around here until our Social Security and benefits kicks in. It will take about one Month or so. There are a few business matters to take care of but then we are San Diego bound, as our first true escape.

It's going to take me a little while before I get used to this newly found freedom, but I think I'll manage just fine. I feel like I'm skipping school!

Desert Willow is a nice RV Park for this area, but it's only five miles south from our previous home, so we already know this area too well. There are several new RV's pulling in every day and that's  a good way to meet new people. 

We are planning to travel across the U.S. and Canada with our RV, but we will stay two to four weeks at each destination. We believe that the way to really appreciate each location is to stay for a while. Beside, we are not in a hurry.

Apparently, there are more "Baby Boomers" taking the  full time RV living than any generation before us. I believe that, but looking around this RV Resort, we noticed that several of the RV's were staying here full time. The RV's are on concrete blocks, with a shed on the lot, fence, lights, flowers, etc. We are in mid-summer, so they aren't "snowbirds". I afraid that many have lost their houses or jobs or both, and that is the way they can survive. This area's unemployment is one of the highest in California. We had our hard times too, but I hope we will continue to afford his new chapter of our lives.

If you like Photography, my other Blog Site might interest you. The Blogspot.

I hope a lot of RVers will stumble on this site, participate and exchange stories,adventures, tips, great locations, recipes, and anything and everything about RVing.

Thanks for stopping by,

Yvon and Anne Bourque

Desert Willow is a  nice RV Resort, quiet, but near Los Angeles.

This is the row where we got our camp site.

We lucked out with two trees on bots sides of our 5th Wheel. 

  

Protected from the High Desert sun. It gets above 100 degrees F almost daily.

This is Ruby. She does all the hard work.

We get in the pool daily, around 10:00 A.M.