On the Road

I feel like we have finally started our new life. We left Stockton yesterday and headed south. Each day seems to bring new lessons in RVing--you certainly don't learn all there is to know sitting at one park hooked up ;) I'm sure we'll still be learning years from now.

When we left Stockton, we didn't know how far we would want to go in one day. We haven't gone on any long drives with Phoebe in awhile. I had a nice Christmas surprise in that my new laptop arrived on the 24th! Dell had emailed to say the delivery was delayed, so getting it early was my Christmas present. Unfortunately, I hadn't ordered an AC adaptor, so dreams of letting Phoebe watch a DVD or two for entertainment looked out of reach. But we finally clued into the fact that we aren't on a schedule and stopped in at Good Guys for a power inverter/surge protector for the truck. Presto--instant-entertainment in the form of a 17' screen movie player. Not so entertaining for the parents though--all we have that Phoebe really likes is Finding Nemo.

Highway 5 is much bumpier than I remember it. Of course, you notice the bumps more when you are wondering if you packed and secured everything properly in the back. The result--I did great except that I didn't realize how much stuff would fall off the back bunk. I mostly put stuffed animals up there, but also left Phoebe's potty chair and I'm lucky it didn't break out the rear window. The back room looked like a bomb went off, stuffed animal bodies everywhere. Greg almost got brained by cups in the kitchen cupboard, forgetting to guard his head when "opening the overhead compartments" (things may shift in flight, you know.)

We made it to a small town called Boron along Hwy 58 in southern CA. There is a nice little RV park that is only $15/night with full hook ups, right off the road and nice drive-though graveled pads. Funny--years of traveling down this way and I never noticed even one RV park--now I notice them constantly!

Christmas with family was very nice--Phoebe had such a great time being the center of attention. At one point during Christmas dinner, she was entertaining everyone by racing around the room from person to person asking for what she wanted off their plates. No sense trying to rein in that toddler energy by sitting down and eating I guess!