We Have Arrived!

We are here!  at the beach….the trip was good.  A fabulous Christmas in Santa Cruz – thank you Garners – no Christmas day pictures to post, here is one from Christmas eve at the beach with the ‘kids’ sunny warm and fun.

Of course there was the usual events to sort out along the way – detour because of weather!  Interstate 5 chains only, possibly closed so Grants Pass to Crescent City is the alternate route, here we go

 Oh, yes – this is the detour route!

Yet again – plumbing issues – leaky faucet in the galley sink….not much working room for John but the master plumber wins again…..new taps! (is there a best customer award at Camping World)

Palm Springs was very relaxing for a few days – sunny and warm – good for John to do some trailer brake re-wiring…..

….I am finally getting the idea the ‘fixes’ are never ending!!! (I won’t even mention the little leak in the right front axle shaft seal)

Now we are settled in at the beach, made one move already.  We arrived in time to ‘select’ the last available palapa – at the south end in the high rent/high density area!!! what were we thinking?? we are not city folks…so 3 days later we move to the middle beach, no palapa but on the end we call the suburbs, our next neighbours are in the country! 

 Here we are all set up - we did bring our big tent, and are using it for storage, or a guest room???

Looking north to the country.

 looking south, you can see the south end high density area. 

Our first days are busy setting up, re-acquainting with our winter community, movie night, craft classes, yoga, Bertha’s dinner special, happy hours, it’s just like we never left……

Yesterday was our first kayak trip, out to the island we go, Steve, Nan, John & I.  The wind picked up so we returned without the circumnavigation as planned.  Oh well, manana…..