high times at Terrace Village

Another cool morning here at Terrace Village RV park.Nicely tucked just off the 215 in Grand Terrace,Ca.This has been our home base for a month now.It's a far cry from the panoramic beauty of the desert in winter where we volunteered ,but it's quiet,well kept,and safe.

Our friends Stan and Diane Shelstad came in the park today(their picture on the right) on their way from SanDiego to South Dakota.We volunteered with them this winter where we all became fast friends.After they got parked and settled in We all went out to dinner and of course there were games of cards once we got back to the park.Stan and I just love playing cards with our wives!

Jeni and I have a light week, so we are going to do some sightseeing.We may venture down to LA and play tourist.We also want to hunt up the "Hollywood"sign and studio tour schedules as our Grandaughter will be comming in this summer and wants to see them.I guess we will dig out the ole"hollywood" sunglasses,and sun tan lotion,and of course our swimwear circa 1966.NOT!

Quiet time

This is a picture of our grandaughter Alyx at graduation while we were in Sacramento.She is now officially a freshmen.She is the apple of her grandparents eye.Don't mind the ramblings of a very proud grandpa!
Jeni and I spent most of the day resting up after the trip and three hectic days.Sometimes your just more comfortable in your own home(RV).Jeni made a lovely chocolate cake with whip cream frosting and topped with fresh blueberries.yummy.there goes my waistline.(what waistline!) The only time we left the coach was to go to dinner.

We got a nice email from our volunteer friends Stan and Diane Shelstad.They were wondering where the heck we are as it's been awhile since our last email to them. One of our short commings is we are not very good at keeping in touch with friends and relitives.We emailed them and also the rangers we volunteered for last winter.Stan,Diane,Jeni,andI became fast friends while volunteering together.Agua Caliente county park was a great place to volunteer as threre was lots of potlucks and card games and great comoraderie.
The weather has been very cool for Riverside these last few days.Hopefully it will continue as we think we still have another month here before we head north for the summer.
I saw a sign as we were headed to dinner tonight.It said"enjoy the wonders on this planet before the lights go out for good." Now it might have been a "save the earth"ad or "save energy now"ad, but maybe it was a sign for jeni and I to get down the road and see the country.The clock is ticking.Humm.........

sons,and grandsons

Grandsons!you got to love them.these are Dans two sons.we have been real busy with these two .Dan had nevin,(the little guy on the right) thursday which I help supervise,so we spent the afternoon and evening with,then friday we were up early and on the run doing errands so we could see Aiden(the little guy on the bottom) We picked Aiden up at school and met his teacher.we went back to Dans house for dinner and we were off aqgain to Aidens karate class in Hemet.We arrived back at Dans at 8:30pm.All three adults,Dan,Jeni,and myself were"worn out".Poor Dan had worked(he's an electricion)8 hours then drove home,probably 25 miles ,picked us up at his house drove all the way back to Banning to pick up Aiden,another 25 miles,backto his house,another 25 miles,to Aidens Karate class 30 miles,and back home 30 miles.135 miles!he will sleep good tonight.All in all,it was a Great two days.

thunder and lightning and big tv's oh my!

We drove back from Sacramento to Riverside yesterday so we didn't get a chance to post anything.In short it was uneventful the normal 9 hour drive on I-5.
we woke this morning to thunder,lightning,and the occasional rain shower.Even though the weather was dreary,I had some chores to do .I went to "Campworld "to pick up a gas filled lift for our utility bin.One of them broke and I have to use my head to hold it open when I access it.I replaced it,then it was on to some smaller maint. items.Dan had called me last night an asked me to help him pick up a TV at Costco.How heavy can a TV be?.........Why two people?.......... oh well I met him at his place and off to costco.Dan is my son if I hadn't already told you.when we got there they rolled out this HUGE box on a cart! I asked my son,"where are you going to put it!" "on the wall" he replied.This monster was a 55" diagonal screen and 80 bulky pounds.After straining every back muscle getting it in Dans truck,we got it home and unloaded.Dan bought a mounting bracket to put the "behemeth"on the wall.This item also weighed 20 pounds.After a couple of hours,lots of "cussing,and more "strained" muscles,it was up.sitting in a
chair resting after the ordeal,I looked up at the "Behemeth"and noticed how nice it looked,the clear HD picture,the rich vibrant color,it's like being at the movies.I wonder how big a TV I can get in our RV!

Graduation

You know when you go to bed knowing you have a lot to do the next day,and you want to get an early start,and you have been up early your whole working life.Well the"ole"retirement clock kicked in and "BAMO"it's 9am!What happened! It threw our whole schedule off for today,but being RVers we knew how to adapt,Just"go with the flow" and we did.an hour later we were on the road
We had breakfast at Mimi's in folsom and got a graduation present for Alyx.We also stopped by Folsom lake state park to see what changes they have made since we last" camphosted" there in 2007. We could not beleive how full the lake was,and the new bridge over the river was fantastic.
After a little R&R at the hotel ,we attended our grandaughter Alyx's 8th grade graduation.After the ceremony we all went out to a "celebration dinner"Alyx got to pick the place,Chinese it was!
After dinner we said our goodbys to our daughters and family and called it a night.Tomarrow we head back to Riverside.
It is always so sad to leave the ones you love,and no matter how much time you have,it's never enough.One thing Jeni and I are greatful for is, our children letting us follow our dreams in our RVlifestyle.we are truley blessed.

In Sacramento

We headed out from Riverside at 8am this morning and aside from breakfast at the "flyingJ" on the "grapevine" and a couple of "rest area"stops,we were in Sacramento at 4pm.We are staying at the"lake natoma inn".After a 15 minute power nap, we headed over to our daughters house for some delicious BBQ.and a mini family reunion.Our son in law Dustin is the BBQ(as the kids say)BOMB! It's some of the most moist and juiciest meat I've ever tasted.Our grandson DJ and our grandughter Alyx were sure glad to see grandma and grandpa.as we enjoyed some quality time with them.
I think my daughter jackie and Dustin must be thinking that the "ole man" must be getting cheap on them. First Jeni and I invite ourselves over to dinner ,and then we run out of gas in front of their house!Their probably thinking,"what next,your movin in"!Needless to say Dustin did have a couple of gallons for us so we could get to the gas station.
We had a great time as after dinner Jeni ,Jackie,our grandaughter Alyx played cards while my daughter Katie her boyfriend Billy,and I had a nice chat outside in the cool evening air.
Jeni and I enjoy the fulltime RV lifestyle alot but one of the drawbacks is,missing the kids and grandkids

grandkids

I had the pleasure of going with my son Dan to pick up his son Nevin this morning.We spent the day trying to keep up with him.To add to the workout,he also was watching his friends daughter lacy.these two sweet younguns kept us moving all day.Inside,outside,swing me(not that way!),lets play ball,another drink please,well you get the idea.Watching little ones is not for the faint of heart,it's work! Any time we can see our grandchildren it's an adventure but a fun adventure we cherish.Did I mention that we are going to Sacramento tomarrow to see our daughters and Grandaughter! NOOOOOO!!!!!!
After my "baseball marathon" yesterday,It was Jeni's turn for a "womens day".So while my son and I were" wrangling"kids,she was catching up on her reading.I made it back to the RV at 6pm mindless from the days task,GRANDKIDS! Jeni made me a nice dinner and" all was right with the world again."