Fresno!

We made it to Fresno this afternoon and have great internet service.  It's going to be a quick trip here to visit the kids and get ready for our Lone Pine/Death Valley trip with friends.  Unfortunately we are on our own for dinner tonight...meaning I'm cooking!  The kids are all busy.

We may not get to see Craig and Claire's new house until Friday night because they both work all day and have school four nights a week.  We are excited to see what they have done with their new home!  Pictures will be posted!

I've been enjoying my new camera.  It has a better zoom and faster shutter speed than my old camera.  I've been playing with it but just downloaded the manual to learn more about it.  I have been taking some pictures this week:

 Jeri, Mallorie & Trent

Trent, Gina & Mallorie 

Della and the frog she kissed!

 Otay Lake

 Otay Lake

 The Dukes baseball team:  Trent on far right!

 Big Bear!

 Tehachapi Mountain (light snow)

Tehachapi

Ted and Max got stuck being my subjects when I first brought the camera home.  Max didn't care that I was taking a ton of pictures of him, but I think Ted got a bit tired of it!

Cartoon of Ted (and he's not happy about it)!

Max is big news!  Came out a little blurry!

You can put two pictures together:  Max tearing up his toy & Ted not happy about it!

Having fun with my new camera..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Sunshine and baseball!

This morning was baseball. Trent's team didn't do to well but they tried hard. We had breakfast at Cafe 67 in Lakeside with Stach and Jeri. We are headed home because it got colder than 35 degrees so it shut off and wasn't warm enough to come back on before we left. Unfortunately it won't come back on by itself! I have to call the manufacturer on Monday.

Yesterday we went to the Red Door for dinner with friends Bill and Jany. It was fun catching up with them and a great dinner!

We leave here Tuesday headed to Fresno to see the kids!

Kids baseball..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Happy belated Valentines!

We had a nice Valentine's day with our friends Jeri and Stach. Lunch and casino time at Barona. Visited with their grand kids, a fun day. Ted got me a new camera. Can't wait to be able to post pictures. Just don't have enough bars down here at Pio Pico.

Running errands today..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Catch up Blog!

I'm way behind in blogging!  We are still in San Diego at Pio Pico and have a little cell/internet service.  We can text and we can do some internet stuff!  Can't open large files and everything is very slow.

Our slide seems to be fixed and we are thankful for that!  We've been visiting with friends, movies, cards and great dinners. We saw the movie the Descendants the other day and enjoyed it.  The scenery and music were really beautiful.  I didn't care for the kids in the beginning but by the end they won me over!

Yesterday we visited friends up in Rainbow.  Our friend Sally bought a house up there and we met friends David and Carol and their daughter Sophie and her friend Maddie.  David barbecued steak, ham and vegetables for us.  It was a fun visit and to see the progress Sally has made on her property. Shes got her plants and vegetables started, a couple of her horses housed, some rescued chickens and her sweet lab, Mac!  

Today we are going to hang out with Max at the campground!  It's cloudy and seems like a good day to stay home.

We will be in San Diego until the 21st and then we will be going up to Fresno for a couple of days to see how Craig and Claire's house is coming along!

Relaxing at home..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Slide issue is finally resolved!

On Thursday the parts came in for slide out. Finally at 3:00 on Friday Dave tries to bring in/out the slide! It's about 1/4" to tall. Apparently they changed the rollers after 2006! So off to Pio Pico we went for the weekend. Of course on the drive there the slide fell into place! And of course we couldn't get it out. Long story short, we came back today and they have resolved the problem while we went over to the Galley and had a nice lunch with Jeri and Stach! And even had a Mimosa!

We are heading back to Pio Pico. Park is really full so we will have to get on the crossover list. Will not have Internet or cell until we move to south side, if then!

Happy to have slide fixed.. "Ain't Life Grand!"

Pio Pico?

We hope to be at Pio Pico some time this afternoon.  They have the rollers replaced and have fixed the bottom of the slide that the rollers damaged and are working on rebuilding the box that holds storage and our bed!

Pio Pico is pretty full with snow birds and a big billiards tourney that is going on.  This means we will be on the north side without sewer until we can cross over to the south side, probably Monday or Tuesday!  We will also have little or no cell/internet service so be patient with us if we don't answer calls or emails right away.  We usually go out every day so I check my email and we both can return phone calls and texts.  Ted checks his email on the computer so may take longer!

I did the blog over my phone the last couple of times so couldn't add pictures so thought I'd add a couple now!

Della and Susan at Snooze (home of the former Corvette Diner).  Ted and Jim are in the next picture.  Very good restaurant, highly recommend it!

The very old Banyon tree in Balboa Park, over 100 years old!

Spent the afternoon strolling through Spanish Village after our delicious lunch at Snooze!

Being back in San Diego..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Having fun in San Diego!

On Sunday we went to see the play "Eternal Reach" at Horizon High School. Our friends' Jeri and Stach's son directed the play. Tony has been involved with drama since high school and has donated time to Madison High's drama dept. It was an intense play. He really got a lot out of the four kids that were in the play. They have been asked to bring the play to other venues. We are very proud of Tony and the kids!

On Monday we brought the RV to get the bed slide fixed. We are "parking lot camping" until probably Friday!

On Tuesday we met our friend Peggy for a movie and dinner. We saw the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. It is very intense, but I enjoyed it. The books were rely good.

Today we met our friends Jim and Della for lunch. We went to Snooze. I didn't know that the Corvette Diner moved to La Jolla and Snooze took its place. It is really cute and the food is really good. I had red velvet pancakes! They were delicious! After lunch we stopped by Bread and Cie and brought home dessert! Next we went over to Balboa Park and walked around Spanish Village. We looked in the shops, enjoyed the beautiful weather and walked off some of our lunch!

We left Jim and Della, fed and walked Max and then took off for Horizon High School. The basketball coach had heard Mallorie (Jeri's granddaughter) sing at her school talent show and asked her to sing the National Anthem at the start of the Varsity team basketball game! She was very nervous and had a small problem at one part, but really did a beautiful job! We were really proud of her! After she sang we watched a few minutes of the game and then we went out for Chinese food!

A beautiful young woman singing the National Anthem..."Ain't Life Grand!"