Hemet, CA

We're here!!! We are so excited to be where it's warm and sunny. We were fortunate that it stayed very nice in Ukiah until the last 12 days. Then it got rainy and colder - but not unbearable. We had a wonderful Christmas with Julia, Beth and Jim and were sad to leave them. As we drew closer to Hemet, we looked forward to it more and know that we'll see the family again before long. We've already met our neighbors who all seem very nice. It took quite a while to get set up since we're staying for 3 months, but we're in pretty good shape now. We'll keep you posted about our antics!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Our little Christmas tree in Journey!

Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends. We wish you the happiest of holiday seasons. Forget about the economy, the price of fuel, the bad weather and rejoice in the love of your family and friends. We are celebrating our good fortune in Donna's restoration to health, being with our beautiful granddaughter, daughter and son-in-law, and the fact that we are still able to be travelers full time. We are looking forward to getting to warmer weather and will miss our little family here very much. It's been a blast to spend time with them. Our best to everyone!!!!!

Meeting new friends

Recent pic of Julia, the hippie! She loves to play dress up!

Yesterday, we went to Williams, CA, and met a couple, Bruce and Jenna, who Tom has been in contact with on the RV forum. We had lunch with them and a nice long visit. They are very nice and we look forward to seeing them again. They brought along their new puppy, Clancy, and he's a doll! He does love to pick up all sorts of things and eat them though.
We have been having a wonderful time with our granddaughter, Julia. She keeps us hopping for sure. Of course, we're enjoying our daughter and son-in-law also. We haven't been doing too much other than spending time with them. We are getting excited about Christmas with them and also about heading south to the warm weather for the rest of the winter.

Winter Plans

We're having a wonderful time here in Ukiah, CA, with our 4 year old granddaughter, Julia, (and her parents, of course). She is full of energy, funny, smart and entertains us daily with her antics. She can climb a tree , dance, play "Go Fish" and generally just keep us hopping. We'll be here until after Christmas which we're really looking forward to with her.

After the holidays, we're heading south to Hemet, CA, which is near Palm Springs. We're going to Golden Village Palm RV Resort (http://www.goldenvillagepalms.com) for 3 months. It's an over 55 park, beautiful, with lots of great activities to keep us busy and healthy. After our experience this fall we're ready for that "senior summer camp fun" of an RV resort. We're both gearing up for all the activities. We'll be further away from our granddaughter and daughters than we'd like, but it won't be for long and then we'll head back north in the spring and on to Portland for the summer. The west coast is our home for this year anyway.

We are also loving the great weather we've been having here in Ukiah and are getting out and enjoying it as much as possible. Hope this finds all of our family and friends healthy and happy.