When we originally booked into our camping spot at Wilderness Lakes here in Menifee, we were scheduled to depart on 1/25/16. We have decided to ignore that and depart for our next Thousand Trails RV park north of Santa Barbara. It is called Rancho Oso and we have been there a couple times before. The last time we were there, in October 2014, their internet capabilities were terrible so this may be the last post for a bit.
Peggy performed some snazzy re-upholstery work on her chair and I puttered around with stabilizers and cargo repositioning in preparation for departure tomorrow, a day earlier than we were scheduled to leave. A couple weeks ago we went to see my sister in Pasadena on a Sunday and noted the traffic was smooth. We’ll try Sunday again, right during the football playoffs, in the hopes of having a trip through the metropolitan L.A. area without the usual weekday hellish traffic.
It has been okay here in Menifee for the last few weeks. The park is nice, particularly if it has not rained recently. They do have some drainage issues but the utilities worked well (except for the water which was shut down for a few hours one day) and the park does have nice amenities. There is abundant waterfowl hanging out in the park and they were quite interesting. The swans jealously guarded the mud puddle near our trailer and made considerable honking and squawking sounds when protecting us from small dogs, geese and truck tires. Shopping is close. We found a few good local restaurants.
However, the locale is just not that inspiring. The drives we took to Dana Point and Idyllwild were very nice but those are about the only places to go other than Hemet, home to the highest average population age of 71. I give the place a C+.
A couple bird pix are available; click here