Hemet, CA

Trip to Reno

We are in Hemet now for the winter. We arrived last week but were unable to do much with the blog as the Wifi was terrible. We are now in good shape with it and Tom is so glad. We left Ukiah on Oct. 22 and went to visit friends in Winters, CA, overnight. Jane and John were great hosts and we had a fun visit with them. From there we went to Reno, NV, to visit Paul and Mary Wells. We had to go over Donner Pass to get there and it was closed because of snow. After waiting around Sacramento for a few hours, the pass was open and we were able to get over it with no problem. While in Reno, Tom and Paul went to the car museum and had a grand time. They also did a 3 hour tour of Reno on Segways. Here's a little videoclip of Tom being released from "turtle" mode and allowed "rabbit" mode!! They had so much fun. While they were having their fun, Donna and Mary went yarn shopping and lunching. We also had some time to catch up on our knitting. Sunday evening we went to a performance of the Jersey Nights and it was fabulous. Paul and Mary are wonderful hosts and we left Reno reluctantly to head to Hemet. We traveled down Highway 395 which is an amazing route. We saw beautiful mountains, colorful fall leaves and the time just flew by. The day after we arrived in Hemet, Donna went to a Red Hat tea - very posh! It was nice having such wonderful treatment and the food was delicious. Since we've been here, we have been busy seeing our old friends, going to water aerobics and Tom has been busy getting things done on the rig - no new news there. We are leaving in about a week on a trip back to Oklahoma and Texas to see family and friends. We are driving the car and taking a "vacation" from the rig. Every once in a while, it's good to leave home at home. We're excited about it and we'll post from the road to let you all know about how much fun we're having.