Sorry, folks. We have been off the ‘net for a while but now we are back on the road again. We have spent the last month near our house in San Diego to see some of our friends and, most importantly, to attend our son, Sam’s, wedding. We were unable to find time to see some of our friends but maybe next time. We also took our beloved Charlotte in for some repairs and maintenance, got the moving parts of our Barbarian Invader serviced (bearings, brakes, appliance services) and spent the last few days stocking up on supplies for a long trip.
Sam and Kathleen were married on April 22nd in a small but stunning ceremony in San Diego’s Heritage Park, a gorgeous venue. Our daughter, Dana, was the officiant and the choir. There was such a small crowd I was surprised we were invited. Sam and Kate are not real skookum on crowds.
We checked out of San Diego’s Thousand Trails Pio Pico Preserve this morning headed north. We drove north on I-15 up to Temecula where we stopped at a Les Schwab tire store to have a wonky trailer tire’s inflation issue resolved by those who installed the tire originally and they were very nice and efficient. The tire guys identified the problem very quickly, fixed it and sent us on our way. We continued north to Menifee where we pulled into the TT Wilderness Lakes facility. We have been here before. We originally scheduled 3 days here because we thought we would be taking the trailer to the shop tomorrow. Getting the tire fixed today has a downside, however. We will now be staying here for the 3 days without any interesting activities because Menifee is not the sort of place where folks go to enjoy abundant natural or man-made wonders. As a matter of fact, it is devoid of almost everything that makes other places more enjoyable. There are no lakes. There are houses. Numerous roads and vast adjacent tracts of land are dirt. There are cattle and chicken egg farm facilities nearby that are diligently supporting the hatching and raising of agressive flies.There are some big earthen dams housing emergency water supplies for Los Angeles. There is a nearby deactivated Air Force base. It’s pretty dull. It is also hotter than hell. It was 95 when we arrived today so we set up the trailer, turned on the air conditioning and climbed inside for some power naps and TV viewing until the temperature dropped below miserable. Maybe we will find something interesting to do tomorrow.