We Have a Travel Plan!

Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

Is this route going to stick?  I certainly hope it does.  I’ve been known to change my mind a time or two as you well know.  If it doesn’t stick, I’m back to research and you all know how much I like research and especially when it’s about travel or genealogy or just about anything else.  It would make your head spin if I told you about all the trips I had planned in my life.  At least right now this is what we’re thinking and I’m certainly hoping this is what we’ll do.

 

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If you’ll remember, our first thought was that we would head to Florida this year.  Well, we’re not doing that.  Actually the decision to end up in Texas instead came along when Terry’s father took a turn for the worse.  He thought being closer would be better.  After all Florida is a mighty long ways from Arizona.  Now Texas isn’t close either but it’s certainly much closer than the Keys!!

As you know then Texas became Arizona …. again.  I didn’t want to go there this winter.  I really didn’t but Terry’s father got even worse so we decided that was  better than Texas.  Now with his father gone, Terry wants to hang around even closer so that’s what we’ll do.  We may certainly take our own sweet time getting there but eventually our motorhome will skid to a stop at some place close.  That part we’re still not sure of yet.  Well, we know what we’re thinking but we’re not sure that part is even close to sticking yet.

Hearst Castle

Getting excited about traveling through California is something I don’t normally do.  I’ve been to that state so many times that I’ve already run out of fingers and toes counting the times.  First of all, we traveled numerous times as a kid going back and forth to Kerrville, Texas for a family vacation.  Then, my college roommate lived in California so there were more trips and then we made the trips often to and from Arizona when the kids were little.  After that, of course, we moved to Texas so our routing was a little backwards but we’ve made up for it since we retired.  In other words, we’ve been through there a lot but what we haven’t done in an awful long time, we decided to do again.

Danish town of Solvang

We haven’t been to Santa Cruz in years and years.  We haven’t been to Monterrey or Carmel in the same length of time.  I’ve never been to the Hearst Castle.  Terry has but I haven’t.  I’ve never been to Pismo Beach.  Guess what’s at Pismo Beach??   Dunes for off road vehicles and you know what we think about that.  Well, that’s what we’re going to do (we think)  and I’m excited about it. 

Oceano Elks – short walk to the beach.

Nothing has been worked out much beyond Pismo Beach.  We may go on to Santa Barbara and   even the little Danish town of Solvang or San Diego and then again, we may not.  I did make reservations in Palm Springs and Apache Junction but those, of course, are subject to change.  They could be changed or moved.

We belong to several different clubs and memberships groups with RV parks.  Becoming a member of the Elks was one of the best clubs we’ve ever joined.  Not only do they do a lot for the community, many of them have RV parks for traveling members at very good prices.  Planning a visit in southern California and especially right on the coast usually means big bucks.  Not so if you’re a member though.  

San Luis Obispo Elks with swimming pool and too close to a Best Buy for my own good.

I wanted to visit the Pismo Dunes in the spring but Utah won out. So, we’re going to try it again and we’ll be putting our time in at several Elk Lodges.  Within a short distance there are 4 different lodges with RV parks.  First of all there is one at Atascadero then 22 miles south is another at San Luis Obispo.  Fifteen miles farther south is another one at Oceano.  On an additional 19 miles is another one and on and on and on.  The rates range from about $15 to $25 a night.  Try to beat that one if you can right on the California coast.

 

     Pismo Dunes

That’s what I know for now and the plans as we think they might unfold .... maybe.

'Tis life on the road.