2009 RV Recap

Sadly, we only made one trip in old Violet this year.  In March we went to San Diego during Lauren's spring break.  I had been working on Violet for a few weeks getting odds and ends fixed and applying a good polish.  At 22 years old, I'd say Violet still looks decent at ten feet.  Mom took the picture shown at left and sent it to me at work.  This during a particularly difficult time - work wise.  What a morale booster!  We stayed at Santee Lakes Campground just outside of San Diego.  Actually, it was more in-town than out.  Santee Lakes were made to reclaim waste water.  You might think this would be a smelly place to stay, but it was really nice with hundreds of birds nesting in the area.  We got a spot with one of the lakes right out the back of our rig.  Lauren and Mom rented a paddle boat and in general we had a nice time staying there.  I would recommend it to anyone planning a trip to the San Diego area.

We spent an afternoon on Coronado Island.

We found a beach parking spot on the South side of the Coronado Hotel.  The beach was really nice.

I forgot to take our camera to Sea World and haven't developed the disposal camera pictures yet.  Now I'll need to find where I put them so I can get them posted.  We did the "Breakfast with Shamu" and it was well worth the price.  I expected the food to be lousy, but it was a really good buffet style spread.  I think I went back 3 times.  We were able to sit right next to the tank for the show.  Real nice for the ladies and for me I got a show and good grub too!

On the way home we stopped at the tower off I-8 shown below:

If you tow a trailer or have a motorhome over 22' long and bring along a toad, DO NOT attempt to drive up to their parking lot.  No matter how big the (old hippie) owner says the parking lot is - it isn't.  I had to un-hook the toad, un-hook the tow dolly, back down and get everything turned around.  Took 45 minutes and by that time I was determined to see that stupid tower.  Take my advice - save your money and head on down the road.

The rest of the summer was spent in limbo due to my job situation.  Next year will be different!  I plan to head out a least once every-other-month.  Even if it's only 5 miles up the road to McDowell Mountain Park.  We hope to take advantage of living in an area where you can go RVing year-round!