"If you bring it up, it will happen!" Sure enough in my last post I talked about maintenance on our tow car and the "Biggie",well, it hit us Friday, the air conditioning went out and it was 100 degrees. I took the car(Pic of our tow car in better days!) in to get an estimate and get it fixed hopefully but it was not to be. They wanted $2800! Were going to have to shop around, because that's a "budget buster" for us. Also my brother Larry was coming in from Phoenix for a visit but broke down in Quartzite. Our son Dan had to go get him as I was having the car checked out when he called. This weekend isn't off to a great start so far and we still have to get all the family to dinner and a ball game tonight! We called our son in law Dustin in Sacramento, he is a mechanic. He is going to try and locate the part up there and get it installed for us when we get up to Sac. In the meantime we have "460 air conditioning"- 4 windows down, 60MPH.
We made it to dinner with the family in Lake Elsinore at a great Mexican food restaurant, "Don Joses". My brothers Larry and Gary, Martha, my uncle Frank, my cousin Sherry, son Dan, Alyx, Jeni, and I all "chowed down", then it was over to the ball park and" game time". It's minor league baseball but it's inexpensive and entertaining.
Saturday Jeni, I and Alyx went over to Dans house as Larry is staying with Dan while he is in town, which could be another 2 or 3 days until his car is fixed. Larry also brought along his dog Bambi. Dans dog Gigi and Bambi are getting along great as they have become pals. Dan had his son Aiden this weekend so we all got to enjoy him and Alyx kept him busy playing video games with him. Friday or Saturday night has always been Historically "pizza night" for the Doran clan so we kept the tradition alive and ordered 3 large pizzas. At 8pm Jeni and I were"toast", so we let Alyx spend the night as her and Aiden were playing and having fun and we headed home.
Jeni and I have moved up our traveling schedule and are going to leave Riverside next Friday for Park Sierra resort. We also canceled Alyx's flight home and she will head out with us. When we get settled at Park Sierra, we will drive her to Sacramento. cause we have to go to Sacramento anyway.
Hearing from all our fellow RVers about their travels this summer has energized us to get back on the road and do what we love, Travel! We have been kinda tied down in Riverside for a few months now so new sites, sounds, and company will be a welcome change.
Sunday, Monday , and Tuesday Jeni, Alyx, and I are headed on a mini "road trip" to Ventura to tour the Channel Islands and on the way back stop to see " Hollywood." When Jeni and I were visiting Ventura earlier this year we promised ourselves we would be back to take the tour so "here we go." One thing Alyx wanted while she was in LA, was to see Hollywood and the Stars so with a little luck we might see some.
