I can't believe it's been almost 30 days!

    If you know me and my blogs you too may find it unbelievable that I've went this long between blogs on one of our summer journeys!  Oh how so much has happen and at the same time not much at all happened.  Of the past 28 days since the last blog we've actually spent 20 of those days hotel rooms, yes the motor home travelers have spent 20 days in hotel rooms living out of suit cases like days gone by.  If you've haven't been following us on FB or one of the other social networks you may not know that we planned on having the motor home remodeled a bit, like in flooring, furniture and repairing some much needed water leaks we found to becoming major problems.  Also during this time a dear friend and cousin passed away in Sacramento so we drove back there for a few more days which started our hotel stays.  The remodeling which was supposed to take 4 to 5 days (we actually new that was being very optimistic) ended up being close to 2 weeks.  This gave us the opportunity heading back from Sacramento to stop at Lake Tahoe for a couple of days and then Reno for a couple of days before returning to The Mill Casino in Coos Bay for 8 days.........opportunity, thank God we game enough to have received complimentary rooms in both Tahoe and Reno and ended up getting 6 out of 8 nights comp'd at the Mill also.  I might add that we did win and lose a bit and probably came out way ahead considering the free rooms and meals we received, but that long it all became quite boring!
     We both agreed that hotel traveling is not the best for us, we like coming HOME at night after a days golf, sightseeing, or shopping or just sitting around the camp all day.  The eating out in restaurants gets old fast also, home cooked meals in the coach are still the best and cheapest way to go.  That's not to say Vinny's Burger's in Coos Bay weren't the best burgers ever bar none, and the breakfast at the Timbers at the Mill were more that welcome each morning or early afternoon as it turned out most days!
     We're back on the road.........yes, just in time for Labor Day and the traffic it causes and the lack of space in RV parks when you travel like us, "by the seat of your pants" without a lot of reservations made days and weeks down the road.  As of right now we're here in Olema Camp grounds outside of Point Reyes Station/Petaluma, Ca. about an hour from San Francisco.  We leave here on Friday for who knows where at this point, hell it may just be a Wal-Mart down the road a piece or back to Reno, NV. for a couple of days.  As a matter of fact I just made the reservations for the Grand RV resort, Reno for 3 days so we are set for the holiday weekend.
     All in all I probably should have blogged more often because this has been one hellava journey to say the least, and by the way Beverly's cat Bentley was very happy to see her after 20 days of care at the local Coos Bay Vets, he is just now  a few days later getting back to his normal self.  He did lose his favorite riding (hiding) place while traveling............likes to hide himself rather than ride with her or on the dash while traveling.  Since we're trying something different this year, remember we started off spending a couple of weeks in Arizona (the Parker, Havasu area) to begin with and now we plan on spending the last two weeks in the mountains of Arizona in the Overgaard area of the state.  That will put us home the first week of October.............unless we change things while there.  We miss the kids so much and the grand-kids including out newest Mia who might just be walking by the time we see her again that extending just might not be happening.  We hope they all come up and see us while in the Overgaard RV resort.  I must say traveling the coast line of California and Oregon was surely the coolest as far as temperatures went that we have ever spent.
     Like I said it's just over an hour to San Francisco from here, but we now hear there is a new train from Petaluma to a ferry that takes to the San Francisco.........will have to check that out maybe.  Would hate to get stuck in the Bay area and not know how or when to get the ferry or train back, sounds like it's a pretty new (like only a week or two old) venture.  San Geronimo is the nearest golf course to us here, about 25 minutes down the road, sounds like a good one that we may have to try!  This camp has 440 site and as of today maybe only 20-25 are filled but ii is fully booked and they are starting to arrive today already (Monday) for the holiday weekend.  Camping...........amazing the folks getting out and enjoying this sort of living.
     Seen a grilled oyster joint up the road, maybe on day after laundry is done we'll venture up the road and try some now that Beverly can join me in a taste!  I'll try not to be so long between updates from now until the end of this journey!
..........hope it's all OK grammar wish, not proof reading today.........