Saturday, April 16, 2011
Off Again
We are getting ready for another trip. We enjoyed a drink with Harvey tonight before getting ready to leave.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Home Again
For all of those who followed the blog, thanks it was great fun knowing people were watching. We are home! Arrived home Saturday night. It was a wonderful trip but it really nice being back home. Have printed a few pictures and they are really fun.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
On the road again
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We found a great auto mechanic in Carmel and he fixed the van up with a new distributor and it is running great so far. We are both ready to be back on the boat so heading north directly. Had a nice time in Monterey while waiting for the van. Got a great picture there. We went to Capitola yesterday south of Santa Cruz and camped. It is a cute little seaside town.
See you all soon.
We found a great auto mechanic in Carmel and he fixed the van up with a new distributor and it is running great so far. We are both ready to be back on the boat so heading north directly. Had a nice time in Monterey while waiting for the van. Got a great picture there. We went to Capitola yesterday south of Santa Cruz and camped. It is a cute little seaside town.
See you all soon.
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Adventure Continues
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First let me correct the last blog. I said we went through the oil fields in Modesto but I meant Maricopa. We spent last night in Cambria and today headed up Hwy 1 north. We were doing just fine and were about 40 miles south of Big Sur when the truck started having problems. It was going along fine and then it just died. Now here is where Jimmy and my idea of adventure takes a divergent path. When we are on Hwy 1 south and north of nowhere and there is no cell phone service for miles and it is all hills around us and the truck is dead some how my sense of "Adventure" and Jimmy's takes a different path. While my sweet, patient, never riled husband takes it all in stride I am very not a happy camper. As our friend Denny says "It all works out" We were able to nurse the truck to the Big Sur campground where they had a payphone. We called AAA and after a few hours they came and towed us to Carmel. We rented a car and found a nice hotel in Seaside, CA to stay in. On a bright side lucky it didn't happen yesterday when we were in the mountains and we never would have made it to a payphone. So other than spending a little extra money all is well. Not sure how long it will take to fix the truck. Jimmy and the garage guy think it might be the distributor.
We did stop and see the elephant seals before the van quit working and if you check out the pictures you can see some great pictures and movies of them. If you have never seen them it is an amazing site. Hundreds of them on the beach with newborn babies. They are only here in the winter when the breed and have their babies. The males weigh up to 5000 lbs!
First let me correct the last blog. I said we went through the oil fields in Modesto but I meant Maricopa. We spent last night in Cambria and today headed up Hwy 1 north. We were doing just fine and were about 40 miles south of Big Sur when the truck started having problems. It was going along fine and then it just died. Now here is where Jimmy and my idea of adventure takes a divergent path. When we are on Hwy 1 south and north of nowhere and there is no cell phone service for miles and it is all hills around us and the truck is dead some how my sense of "Adventure" and Jimmy's takes a different path. While my sweet, patient, never riled husband takes it all in stride I am very not a happy camper. As our friend Denny says "It all works out" We were able to nurse the truck to the Big Sur campground where they had a payphone. We called AAA and after a few hours they came and towed us to Carmel. We rented a car and found a nice hotel in Seaside, CA to stay in. On a bright side lucky it didn't happen yesterday when we were in the mountains and we never would have made it to a payphone. So other than spending a little extra money all is well. Not sure how long it will take to fix the truck. Jimmy and the garage guy think it might be the distributor.
We did stop and see the elephant seals before the van quit working and if you check out the pictures you can see some great pictures and movies of them. If you have never seen them it is an amazing site. Hundreds of them on the beach with newborn babies. They are only here in the winter when the breed and have their babies. The males weigh up to 5000 lbs!
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