Yes, please. My bags are almost packed. And I’m ready to go.

I think there’s a song kinda like that. Leaving on a jet plane?

We’ll be taking our RV instead. I’m not sure we’ll ever get on another airplane. Nope, not going to do it. As Diane would say,” airports are too peopley.” I’ll add that the seating is overcramped. So, until they build a bridge to Hawaii, we’ll stick to the lower 48.

So, back to San Diego …

That’s our next destination. It’s one of our favorite places and we don’t get there often so we plan to spend a month there. That should make it unnecessary for future visits, considering our age. We’re both pushing maximum age limit for driving an RV. I think Oregon DMV takes your license away when you reach 85. That’s a guess, of course. I suppose we could just do what those DUI folks do when they get their licenses revoked … we could just drive anyway. Who would know?

The trip down the length of California will take approximately 7 days. That’s because I’m only allowed to drive 2-3 hours a day which severely limits the distance we can travel. Normally we can get about 2-300 miles. I figure it’s about 1200 miles to San Diego so on the long side that’s only 4 days, but we’ll stay at some stops more than one day. Using a little 3rd grade math will reveal we’ll spend extra time at 3 stops. Or, we could actually spend 3 days at one stop just for fun.

We’ll be parked at Fiddler’s Cove on San Diego Bay.

Last week we spent a couple of days parked at the Cornelius Eagle Lodge to visit with our Winnebago friends. When not actually visiting we eat together, the ladies visit all the available thrift stores in the area, and the guys visit Harbor Freight, Bi-Mart, Feed Stores, hardware stores, and sometimes just hang out around the RVs in the shade. Sometimes we take naps. too. We all gather together for dinner each day. It’s a ‘thing’.

For that trip we took our travel trailer instead of the Bus. The RV was primed, filled with fuel, waiting at home for this next trip. When we got home it was necessary to transfer everything from the trailer to the bus which is not a minor evolution. The reason we’re switching back and forth is because we’re not quite sure which one we like best. Such a conundrum, right?

We like the trailer because it’s simple, doesn’t ever need an oil change, but needs a truck to pull which needs an oil change once in a while. The RV is very solid, has a generator, two air conditioners, a washer/dryer and two TVs, and levels itself with the push of a button, and needs a tow car in case we want to visit places with smaller parking lots. For the record, we never watch the tv in the bedroom so it’s kind of a waste. But, if the other one fails for some reason, we won’t be tv-less.

We’re working out the pros and cons of both units. We’ll make a decision after this next trip is complete. Maybe. We’ll see.

I’m stopping now.