Windy in Hemet Town!

Hemet is a south Californian town that is surrounded with mountains and usually is free from the winds. Many towns around us have normally breezy winds, especially during the day. The weather man always predict winds, but seldom do they come. But last night, today and tomorrow is different. The winds came in last night and shook the rig most of the night. This AM it calmed down a bit and we went to our weight class, had breakfast out and the winds hit big time about 9:30AM. Three electrical poles about 2 blocks away went down and we lost electricity for about 8 hours today. Donna and I went to aid in the shut in and elderly taking food and just generally supporting. Most of these folks are alone and get scared with weather issues. As you can see by the pix the dust and sand is a big problem. Here's a little video clip I took this morning from the rig.

Our 8 day California Coast Cruise

On the 21st of March, we left San Pedro, and headed north on the Celebrity Century cruise ship. Our friends, Gail and Janice, also went on the cruise, so we decided to car pool. We had lots of fun getting to and from the cruise. After a long wait in line to get aboard, we finally made it. We had the obligatory safety lecture, then headed to the café to have a little bite of something to hold us until dinner. After unpacking and getting settled (the room was great) we went to dinner and started our cruise adventure. Our awesome waiter (Romit) and assistant waitress (Khanitha) treated us like a king and queen. That's one of the things we really love about cruising - being treated so specially. Our room steward, Vital, kept everything in our room so nice all the time, it really spoiled us. The food was great, the table mates were fun and we were very excited. We went to the welcome aboard show after dinner and (surprise!), we were chosen to do a little skit with Brad Cummins, the ventriloquist appearing on the show. It was lots of fun and fortunately we were able to get a copy of the video of our silliness. During the cruise, we stopped at Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Monterey, Catalina Island, Ensenada, Mexico and then finally arrived back in San Pedro on the 29th to disembark. We ate too much, had too much fun and met some fun people. We had a great bus tour of San Francisco, even though it was cold and raining. Then, we had fun on Catalina Island because we rented a golf cart and spent an hour buzzing around to see the sights, followed by happy hour at a really good Mexican restaurant. The entertainment on board was great as it was with our other cruises so that added a lot to our experience. Everyone should get the opportunity to take a cruise and enjoy being treated like they are the most important people on the planet!!! It was tough to come back home and have to make our own bed, cook our food and do the taxes!!!! We are adjusting to our regular life, which is pretty great, and looking forward to our next adventure. We plan to leave here the end of April but that could change. By the way, Donna had cataract surgery on both eyes and can see almost perfectly now!!! Yay!!! Oh, yeah, I still think Tom is pretty okay and I'll keep him around!