This is Wednesday, June 22nd.
Greetings from us in Columbia CA.
Tom & I left our camp spot of 3 nights in Plymouth CA and "trekked" down curvee, narrow Highway 49 on Monday, arriving at the Marble Quarry RV "Resort" in the afternoon.
Here's our "final resting (?) place other
than the Gillliams special spot next Friday & Saturday
nights for this 6-week "Road Trip 2011".
This camp spot is just a few blocks from the Columbia State Park. www.columbiacalifornia.com. We no sooner got everything set up and guess who came for dinner (and a 4-night stay with us)? If you guessed Jeff, Luda, Andrey & Diana, then you guessed right!
It's been sooooo good to see them all after a 5-week stint away from home. They have a Honda Element which has removable back seats. They have outfitted it with special "tent" equipment complete with a comfortable mattress, made for their vehicle and that is Jeff & Luda's nighttime bedroom. This has been quite handy with 6 of us here. Andrey loves his "table" bed inside the air-conditioned trailer (the table drops down and cushions push together to make a bed), and Diana gets the comfy sofa that drops down to make another bed. Gram & Gramp? We get the queen-size comfy bed in our own "room".
There is a swimming pool here which has been wonderful for A&D to be able to go swimming and expend some energy in the afternoons. They both make friends quickly and easily, so their time at the pool has been extra fun for them.
Yesterday, temps soared to a miserable, humid 102 degrees. Today might be a "tad" cooler . . . 100??. . . ! This morning we squeezed all of us into our pickup truck and drove through Sonora (went to Old Town Sonora yesterday & lunched there) and on about 8 miles or so to Jamestown where there is an old steamer train museum. We checked out the un-airconditioned "gift" shop, found out they wanted $5 each to check out the steam engines, decided it was too hot to do that, left there and found Tom's favorite fast-food lunch spot...Carl's Jr. (There were none outside of CA that we could find and he was having withdrawals! HaHa!).
Right now 3:30 p.m., they are off somewhere in a Cavern where temps probably dip to about 55 deg. I opted not to go because I really don't enjoy narrow spots and underground caverns. So they dropped me off at the nice, AC'd trailer where I've vacuumed inside, swept up outside, was going to read a book but haven't done so yet!!! Instead, I decided this Blog would be more fun to do. I've tried to import a couple pictures from my IPhone to my Netbook Picasa program, but without Tom here to guide me I've been unsuccessful.
So, hang on for a bit. When they get back, I'll hit 'em up (Tom or Jeff) to help me and will try to add a few pics before I send it out.
Well, thanks to my picture taking, & Tom's importing technique, we bring this picture of the Cavern Cavorters to you as they disembarked from the pickup truck back at camp. See below!
Even though Diana didn't want to go there,
and even though she'll never admit it in
a thousand years,she had a fun time along with the rest of the group,
as evidenced by her slight smile!
Well, that about covers it for now. Tomorrow?? Who knows what we'll end up doing, but you can be sure that, other than the heat, it'll be a good day. Friday morning, we pack up, loadup and head South once again.
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