Making Winter RV Travel Plans

The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.

Three days ago I ended my previous blog not knowing where we going or what we were going to do.  The only thing I knew is that Terry had another doctor’s appointment and we needed to be there …. about 160 miles away.  Now whether we would be there for just a day trip or whether we would actually move the RV, we didn’t know.

We moved the RV.  As you can tell, it wasn’t planned.  We just woke up the following morning and decided to go.  That we did.  Along the way we checked out a few RV parks but none of them really grabbed us so we just kept going.  We ended up at another Elks but this time in Kelso.  The price was right and the location worked great too.

I had to go back to previous blogs to add pictures to this one.  I had none!  Love the diary of a blog! Of course, I was looking for beachie pictures too.

In the meantime, I’ve detected “chatter” from our RV group.  The push is on and winter travel plans are being discussed.  Gads!  Do we really have to think about where we’re going to be and when?  Do we need to get out the chalk or are these marks on our calendars supposed to be made in ink?  Who has their winter plans in place?  I know dates need to be decided and location determined. Folks need to know which direction to head and when or they might be on the wrong coast.

This isn’t everyone …. some folks showed up later and other folks were on that wrong coast.

Every year our  RV group organizes a reunion.  The meeting place has usually been Quartzsite but we’ve also had a gathering or two in Yuma.  Just because it starts one place rarely means it ends there.  Folks tend to wander off together.  However, with the Big Tent Show in Quartzsite, having any get together at the same time someplace else means our numbers are decreased.  It’s a tough, tough thing to compete against.

We also do a lot of this …. eating out that is.  What strange folks we have here including Deb and Mike and Paul and Marti … not in the pictures above.  -- same time but just a few days later.  That’s how it works.

So, the other day I sat down to start my research.   One thing we do know is that we will probably start our journey south just as soon as Justin’s leave is over.  That should be around the middle of October.  We also know we’d like to spend Christmas with the kids. 

I  discovered this picture .. about 2010.  I love the color of my hair on that old blog.   It might be time for a change …. yet again. I’m good at that!

Our tentative plan is to meander a little south with friends, Toni and Doug.  How far are we going?  We don’t know.  We’re hoping to leave the motorhome in a site for the approximate ten days or so while we’re gone.  That’s going to take some research for sure finding a place that will let us do that within the distance we’re willing to drive back.  Then, of course, we have the weather to contend with at that time.  Nope …not ready to stress about this.

It’s hard to think of where we’d like to go.  Some of the places we like the best are on the beach.  We’ll probably plan some of that.   We know we’ll visit Parker and Quartzsite …. even though I said we’d been there, done that enough and probably wouldn’t go back.  Okay, so I lied.  We’ll probably go back and it’ll probably be in January of 2014.  Besides that I don’t have a clue. 

I have learned if we want a good site during the time when snowbirds merge on the southern states, that sometimes we need to think about reservations depending on desired location.  I do know how to make reservations and I know how to cancel them.  I do that often.

 

I also know traveling to southern California and the San Diego area requires traveling through through busy Los Angeles with its stop and go traffic.

Oceanside, CA Elks is in a great location with a short drive to the beach.

With all the confusion about where we’re going to be and when months from now.  I did start my research and actually made a real reservation.  However, the reservations were for today (Friday) and not for 3 months down the road.  That’s just about as far as I got.  I’m not good at making plans this far out but I’ll work on it. 

Anyone have their winter plans already worked out for them? 

This is beachfront property though.

We do have a very favorite park in San Diego.  When we were there it was just boondocking on the the waterfront. Then, they closed it down in order to add utilities.  Rumor has it that it might open again in a few months.  Did that get us excited?  It did.  However, we also know those utilities they’ve added will probably greatly increase the price.

  

What are we willing to spend a night?  

What are you willing to spend a night?  

We aren’t quite sure yet.  

One more thing …. we need to get a new awning sooner than later.  Our first thought was to have the whole mechanism replaced when we get south … savings there would be hundreds of dollars.  However, we can’t wait that long.  Anyone ever just replace the fabric?  That’s probably next on our list of things we need to do.

Right now it’s time to think about getting on the road again. We’re heading to the coast …

‘Tis life on the road.