On The Road Again

Yep! We made it! The house is sold, the money is in the bank and we are officially on our Great Escape. Thursday June 28 we pulled out of the “Casa Chocolat” driveway for the last time, not exactly bright and early but closer to 11:00 to be truthful. I had hoped to leave by 9 with the plan to be rolling even earlier but I must admit it was a little hard to leave. Enough, no looking back now (well except to be sure the trailer is still there once in awhile). No this is not Mellie's new ride

Note the custom logos on hat and shirt, cool huh!

Lodi and the Sacramento River Delta

– Our first night found us in Lodi California. Thanks to our late start we did not pull into the RV park until after 9 pm. Consequently we quickly decided that this would be a nice place to stay for a couple of days. After all, there’s no rush anymore. Lodi is a nice quiet farming town with lots of fruit trees and vineyards. We attended church and unexpectedly ran into some acquaintances. So we were invited to their house for lunch and had a wonderful time reminiscing and catching up. I guess it points out the fact that we have not traveled far enough to get outside of our circle of friends. When this trip is completed that circle will cover all of the US I guess.


Sutherlin Oregon – Sunday we continued our trek northward. Not far from the California state line as we drove into Oregon the all to familiar clear blue skies transformed into a white overcast. It’s ok, we will get use to it. San Diegans are so spoiled with almost perfect weather.






Road Revelation #3 – Slow Down! I found I needed to remind myself what the whole purpose of this trip was, to SLOW DOWN. After a very hectic 3 week escrow we found that we were stuck in high gear. So when we arrived in Lodi late in the evening it was a pleasant revelation to just decide to stop for a couple of days. So those of you ahead on our agenda be warned, this rig makes frequent and unscheduled stops. We may be late. No let me rephrase that, we will be there in our time.