We have now been in San Diego County for about a month. It is nice traveling less but the scenery doesn’t change very much. We initially returned from our 2018 journey and checked into Pio Pico but our Thousand Trails membership requires we stay in any of their campgrounds for not more than 21 days per stay. We did our 21 days and then moved into Sweetwater Summit County Park not far from Pio Pico. The county campground has full hookups, a superb view from site 115 where we stayed and great phone service but no wifi. Pio Pico has pay wifi and full hookups but no phone service. It seems that California, hotbed of things electronic and data-ish, would have digital communications up the wazoo but they don’t.
After a week at the county park we were eligible to move back into Pio Pico for another three weeks so we did although we won’t be here three weeks. The trailer will go into storage around the 21st for a rest while we do two weeks outside our home-on-wheels. During our month here we have been to see the kids and dogs a few times, we replaced the cheesy plastic fenders destroyed during our two tire tread separations we suffered during this year’s journey, we got the oil changed in our F-250, did some research about fixing the rest of the damage from the tire failures and got some parts on the way, bought comfy boots for me and did considerable research into socks. We will be obliged to do additional clothes shopping for me, forays I detest worse than diarrhea. My spouse hints that my old, but very comfortable, duds may need replacement but I think she has an unrealistic view of the situation. I am already going into mourning over the pending discard of my current, holey and threadbare attire. Clothes just ain’t proper unless they have holes where body hairs can breathe.
We still need to fix the wheel well over the trailer right side tandem wheels where the blowout ripped all the insulation and waterproof barrier from the trailer deck. The left side slideout still needs me to go underneath and find the broken wiring for interior lighting torn away by the left side trailer tire blowout. I noted that Pio Pico has an abundance of large, jagged stones on the ground where I will be obliged to lay when doing these repairs. Discomfort, coming up! My only consolation is that if I can’t fix the issues, the mobile RV mechanic will get to recline on the stony bed.