We took a short trip to the Monterey area in January. We stayed at the Moss Landing KOA, which is clean and dependable. It was nice having hookups, since we primarily stay in state parks and dry camp....long showers, microwaves, and TV without having to use the generator! 🙂 The last time we were there... Continue Reading →
Seacliff State Beach RV Trip (28)
When we repeat a visit, I only write a blog post about the RV trip when we have a new experience. Well, usually on our trips to Seacliff State Beach, we walk long the beach to Capitola and enjoy the beach town over lunch. This year, however, Mother Nature had different plans. We arrived on... Continue Reading →
New Brighton Beach Thanksgiving RV Trip (27)
This trip, our second Thanksgiving at New Brighton, was just as enjoyable as our previous RV trips there, with great walks along the beach, and walks into Caipola, which include pizza at Pizza my Heart and coffee at Mr. Toots (including their cinnamon coffe with whipped cream that they make themselves). This time, we decided... Continue Reading →
Pismo Beach State Park RV Trip (26)
We have been to Pismo Beach many times, but this was the first time we towed our CRV. It really opened up our choices, and we decided to take in a show at the Great American Melodrama Theater (http://www.americanmelodrama.com) in Ocean Beach. Great American MelodramaWhen you think of melodrama, if you think of Snidely Whiplash,... Continue Reading →
Yosemite RV Trip (24)
Our first trip to Yosemite (many years ago!) was in May, and water was pouring into the valley from the mountains above. The falls were gushing and Happy Isles was almost under water. Visiting in August is a different experience, especially during a drought, when most of the falls are silent and the days are much... Continue Reading →
Grand Teton and Jackson Hole RV Trip (23)
We started the second half of our vacation with a beautiful drive though Yellowstone to Colter Bay in Grand Teton National Park. These photos illustrate an amazing thing about traveling by RV. The first photo was taken at the iconic Mural Room at Jackson Lodge where we had lunch. The Next photo is from our RV... Continue Reading →
Yellowstone RV Trip (23)
We last visited Yellowstone in 2000, and we looked towards this vacation with great anticipation. Would we see all the great wildlife we saw on the last trip? Would the areas burned by forrest fire of 1988 look different? Would traveling with our diabetic dog work out ok? Would vacationing with relatives work out? (just... Continue Reading →
Twain Harte RV Trip (22)
We met some good friends of ours at a cabin in Sanora and had a great time visiting the gold rush area, including Sanora and Twain Harte. This is rugged country and everywhere is either up and down and around rather than a straight line. In an RV, this can be a challenge, as the... Continue Reading →
Lake Tahoe’s Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park RV Trip (21)
Thank you, Mr. Isaias W. Hellman, for buying 2000 acres of beach front property along the west shore of a Lake Tahoe. In this ideal spot he built an 11,000 square foot summer "cottage" he called Pine Lodge, where he could escape with his family for the summer from nearby San Francisco. Of course, that... Continue Reading →
Lake Del Valle in Spring RV Trip (20)
Our closest RV Trip to home took us only 12 miles from our home to Lake Del Valle in the hills above Livermore, CA wine country...at least that was the plan.We decided to stay close to home because we just had Camping World install a tow package to our new Honda CRV and we thought... Continue Reading →
American River Parkway RV Trip (19)
The American River Parkway is a 32 mile bike trail along the river from Old Sacramento all the way to the Folsom Lake Dam. Along the parkway you will find many parks and places to enjoy nature. Riding along the trail under the trees and watching the flowing river, it really feels like you are... Continue Reading →
Seacliff State Beach in December RV Trip (17)
The weekend before Christmas, we took a short trip to Seacliff State Beach. It's the beach famous for the sunken concrete ship at the end of the pier. You can read more about that here. On previous trips to New Brighton State Beach, we had walked past Seacliff, a little envious of all the RVs... Continue Reading →
A New Brighton Beach Thanksgiving RV Trip (16)
For Thanksgiving, we took a short RV trip to New Brighton Beach State Park. We had a lot to be thankful for, starting with this view of the Capitola shoreline.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Al, Deb, and Kay
Pismo State Beach RV Trip (15)
We like to stay within a 3-4 hour radius of the San Francisco East Bay for our 3-day weekend RV Trips. On the southern end of this is one of our favorite places to visit - the North Beach Campground at Pismo Beach State Park. This is in part due to the beautiful drive down... Continue Reading →
Half Moon Bay State Beach RV Trip (14)
We had a very enjoyable trip to Half Moon Bay State Beach this weekend. Probably the main reason is that Kaylee, my daughter who is in her senior year at Santa Clara University, joined us for this RV Trip. It was the first time we have had three in our Big White Box (BWB), but... Continue Reading →
Big Basin Redwoods State Park RV Trip (13)
We were blessed with great weather our whole RV trip to Big Basin State Park this year. After the drive through narrow streets we checked in at the HQ. When you check in , you get a map of the park, but it is not that useful for planning day hikes in the park. The... Continue Reading →
Tahoe and Yosemite RV Trip (12)
Last year we went up the coast all the way to Portland for our RV vacation. This year we decided to head up to the Sierras to Lake Tahoe first, and then Yosemite. We met Debbie's sister and brother-in-law in Tahoe at the KOA, after a great drive there. This KOA was built well before... Continue Reading →
Calaveras Big Trees RV Trip (11)
I picked the RV up from Pan Pacific after they finished some warranty work, and drove home, filling up at Costco. We left the next morning early for Calaveras Big Trees. We had a good ride there, and didn't stop till we arrived at the campground. It was already getting hot, so we left the... Continue Reading →
Sonoma Coast State Beach RV Trip (10)
I picked up the RV on Thursday after work, so I did the normal preparations and inspections (adding water, checking fluids, etc.) that evening and we were ready to go early the next morning and we had a great drive to the state park. We took 101 up to Santa Rosa before cutting over to... Continue Reading →
Pismo Beach RV Trip (9)
Dates: 03/15/13 - 32/17/13 I picked up the RV on Wednesday (3/14) after work, as I had my first 5K scheduled maintenance completed by CarTek of Dublin. Ryan at CarTek runs a good operation and he is very knowledgable of RV's as SkyRiver outsources all chassis work to him. We set out the next morning... Continue Reading →
Moss Landing RV trip (8)
Dates: 01/31/13 - 02/03/13 Picked up RV at 5:30pm from SkyRiver...waiting for me as scheduled! I took it home and plugged it into the house power. The next morning, we drove to Moss Landing near Monterey. Left the house at 10am-ish and drove to Half-Moon Bay and then down the coast. Stopped at a scenic... Continue Reading →

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