We played lots of card games with Jack & Jeanne

Ron is helping Bruce install his new water heater, Jack is supervising...

Our spot next to the canal

The next day, we decided to find another place to park, so called around at some of the local Elks lodges. We ended up at Fullerton Elks, which is on a hill, so we had a fantastic view of the town and surrounding area. We ended up staying there for two nights with our friends. Then, we parted ways and drove on down to the Thousand Trails, (Pio Pico), for a week, which visiting my dad, other family members and friends. There was no cell reception out there, so no cell phone or computer, unless I went over to the one building where they had wifi. I only did that once, but, we had a nice relaxing week of unwinding from our busy holiday season.

We finally left there on January 5th and headed out to Mittry Lake near Yuma where there were a few die hard Boomers left. We have some pictures of what we did while there.

We parked on a dead end street near their marina where they usually park their bus.

We parked on a dead end street near their marina where they usually park their bus.

We finally got back on the road around 4:30. Ron was bound and determined to get to Seal Beach that night. Bruce & Kathy stopped in Santa Barbara to visit a friend, so we just kept driving. We finally got to the base at around 8:30 and found that the famcamp was booked for the weekend. Our friends, Dan & Marge, who have a bus just like ours came and told us we could park with them for the night. So, that's what we did and the following picture shows our two buses together that night.