For the first time in a while, we left our Barbarian Invader fifth wheel in Pio Pico and returned to our brick and mortar (actually, wood framing and stucco) residence in nearby San Diego. We no longer live there year-round, choosing instead to travel to the greatest extent possible. We have superb tenants in Sam, our son, and Kathleen, his fiance. They are scheduled to get married in a couple weeks. They not only rent the place from us; they also tend to the pool, the grounds and take care of Jezebel, our family dog.
They must have been doing a pretty good job because the place looks great. Jezebel put on an appropriate demonstration of being happy to see us again. We also got an opportunity to visit two of our favorite restaurants: Original Pancake House in the morning and Panda Country in the evening. As usual, the food was superb at both places. They ain’t cheap but the food sure was tasty.
I also scheduled for some trailer maintenance to bring our traveling home up to snuff before we depart on another protracted excursion. It is time to give the experts opportunities to inspect and possibly repair some of our systems like the stove, the water heater, the furnace, axles and bearings and any other stuff that looks like it could go wonky in the next 40,000 miles.
We spent most of the day hobnobbing with the kids and catching up on family or property issues before breaking out a substantial supply of beer and booze and helping consume it. It was very nice but we ended up heading back to the Invader for sleep. We are quite accustomed to our trailer and we find ourselves being very comfortable there.