The journey is complete!

We undertook this trip to see the last of the 48 continental United States. We accomplished that goal by camping in California. While we'd visited Washington State and California by air, we'd never camped there, so we didn't feel we'd really "seen" them and didn't qualify to put our sticker for that state on our map. Yes, we have one of those! LOL It's mounted on plexiglass and rides in the RV.

We covered 9,660 miles and saw some really beautiful country. Even if it wasn't the most beautiful spot, it was still unique in that we'd never seen it or there was nothing like it in Alabama.

We visited 21 states on this trip.

We didn't eat out a whole lot. Most of the funds were taken up with fuel costs. If you've been following our blog, you'll know that I recorded most of our gas stops. I might have missed a couple in Washington State, but you get the idea of the upward rise in cost. Some people asked us why we didn't wait a year to see what was going to happen with fuel prices. The answer is easy: How often do gas prices go down significantly? If we'd waited another year, the fuel would probably be higher, we'd be a year older and who knows what next year will bring?

We enjoyed meeting old friends on the road and enjoyed making new friends. Each is special to us. Thanks for dinners, lunches, hugs, and your friendship!

Thanks to all of you who prayed for our safety and things that were happening here at home. It's great to have friends who take care of things for you. Then you have neighbors who go above and beyond the call of duty. All of you will never know how much you mean to us.

We're working on next year's trip already with the idea of going to Prince Edward Island. We've been to three of the Canadian Provinces so far, so we'll start adding to that list of stickers! LOL We watched a marathon of "Anne of Green Gables" on PBS when that was the only channel we could pick up. I've since read the books and think I'd like to spend a couple of weeks on PEI. Who knows? I may change my mind and head to Alaska!

Thanks for reading the blog. We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them!

We'll see you down the road at some point in life!

Jenny and David :)

Day 51 - Homeward Bound!

Spent an interesting evening at the Days Inn/RV Park. Had breakfast free - wow! Danish for me and waffle for David. I'm sure we'll stop somewhere later to eat some real food! We pulled out about 8:00 a.m. headed for Memphis and the turn home.

We reached Tennessee at 9:20 a.m., Mississippi at 9:52 a.m. and Alabama at 12:17 p.m. Getting closer to home!

We saw more crop dusters....uhhh, aerial applicators...only here they're call "Agricultural Aviators." Does anyone know why they're all yellow planes?

We came through the new Corridor X/Future I-22 from Memphis to Birmingham. Since we last came through here, a new section was opened up and it cut about 30 minutes off our travel time. Only problem was a car was stalled on Arkadelphia Road in Birmingham and it backed up 18 wheelers, cars, and us for about 30 minutes. We finally pulled in about 3:30 p.m. It was good to see my mother's house (where we keep our RV).

We didn't unload a whole lot so we could get home to our house! It's been 2 months since we've seen it. Can't tell you how good it looked! The bed felt even better! LOL

Wrap-up coming in the next post!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 50 - A very long day

Short post as it's going to be a long day. We left about 9:00 a.m. and stopped about 9:30 a.m. so I could get my blood pressure meds refilled at Wal-Mart in Oklahoma City. We left again about 10:00 a.m.!

Not much to see on this stretch of I-40. It's really rough riding!

Arkansas at 1:45 p.m. Got entertained by several yellow crop dusters.

Got to the Days Inn and Suites/RV Park in Brinkley, AR. We're about an hour west of Memphis. We'll be home tomorrow.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 49 - Alabama meets Oklahoma!

We headed out early to OKC because we're meeting Donna, another of my online friends. We've come close to meeting before, but never could work it out, so today is the day!

It was nice and cool when we pulled out and stayed cool most of the day.

Just past Groom, TX we saw a leaning water tower. It really is leaning! LOL

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1266

One thing I saw along I-40 that I REALLY liked! A rest area with a tornado shelter! That was just perfect! LOL I did see one really funny looking "vehicle" on a side road that looked like the TIV.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Intercept_Vehicle

At 4:00 p.m. we met Donna at the campground! We've been emailing for years, but it marked our first visit. We went to dinner at a GREAT BBQ restaurant. Best ribs I've ever had! Chrissy really like visiting with Donna, too! LOL

All too soon we had to stop talking and go back to the campground. Donna lives in Tulsa so she had a drive back. It was great to finally meet her.

On a somewhat sad note: Our vacation will be ending here, but it's going to take two hard days of driving for David to get us home. My mother is back home from my sister's and she's not doing well. We've arranged for friends to help with her care until we get home. We don't know yet what's ahead, but pray for all of us as we travel home. The next few days will be difficult, but with your prayers, we'll make it. I will continue the blog until we reach home.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 48 - Part 2 - Palo Duro Canyon

After the main heat of the day, we headed to Palo Duro Canyon. It's gorgeous and it's hard to believe that it's Texas! It's not what you'd think you'd see!

You drive down into the canyon on an eight mile road and back up the canyon on the same eight miles. It takes a while to drive it, but it's gorgeous.

There are lots of hiking trails, bike trails, and horse trails. There are many pull-outs to view the canyon, also.

They also have a number of flash floods here, so the roads are marked where they occur and how high the water is. Not sure I'd want to camp here. Uh, yes....David did cross where the water is. Said he was cooling his brakes!

We saw lots of wild animals....deer, turkeys, tarantulas! Yes, tarantulas! No, I'll never go camping here, but was rather proud of myself for getting out of the truck and taking the photos of them. If one had turned toward me....I hate to think!

We made our way out of the canyon just before dark and just before I freaked over all the spiders! LOL

Early to bed as we have a long drive to Oklahoma City tomorrow! OH! Rain during the night and it's much cooler here!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 48 - Part 1 - Groom, TX

We got up kind of early and headed out for a tour. We started to Palo Duro Canyon, but decided to visit there in the evening. A friend had told us about Groom, Texas so we headed there. It's the home of the largest cross in the Western Hemisphere. But it was way more than that!

Around the cross are statues and explanations of the 14 stations of the Cross. There is also sculptures of the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and the Tomb. It was very moving. We ran into a church group from Tennessee returning from a mission trip to Arizona. They were all as amazed as we were. http://www.crossministries.net/

After we spent some time there, we rode into town to the Blessed Mary Restaurant. It's the only place in town to eat. The menu has about 15 items on it and no prices. The "cash register" is a jar by the exit and you put in what you feel is proper for your meal. The two specialties are hamburgers and enchiladas. I had the hamburger and David got the enchiladas. Each table has the name of a disciple and a Bible verse. There are all sorts of religious pictures on the walls.

Check out this story about the place: http://www.route66university.com/study/inthenews/121.php

We truly enjoyed our visit to both places! Headed back to the campground for a short nap and get ready for Palo Duro Canyon.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 47 - Amarillo by morning - errr - later afternoon

Woke up early and realized something was wrong. My left eye had something in it. Tried washing it out, but no luck, so I thought maybe I'd just scratched it. Didn't get any better. We stopped along the road at a grocery store and David got some plain tears eye drops. The pharmacist told him that if it wasn't better if a couple of hours to get it checked. Back on the road.

Strange things on the road (according to David's terminology):

Free Range Solar Fried Chicken
Dry Aged Road Kill (YUCK!)

We got to Texas at 2:30 p.m. and now we're back on Central Daylight Time.

Looked for a WalMart with an optical center along the way as the eye isn't better. We finally found one - in Amarillo. Dr. Luke and Kim could not have been nicer! Kim lives in an Airstream similar to ours! Dr. Luke took me back and started looking at my eye. He put some staining liquid in my eye, but didn't see any cuts or scratches. I'm kind of funny about my eyelids and when he flipped my lid up, I just about had a stroke! LOL It was there he saw the great offender! I had a grain of sand embedded in the upper lid! He deadened the eye so I wouldn't freak and run and very gentle cleaned the upper lid and the lower part of my eye. He told me I wouldn't know if anything else was in there until the feeling came back, but he didn't see anything else. He gave me some drops for it and told me to call his cell if I had any problems or come back on Saturday if I needed to and he wouldn't charge for a visit. He and Kim were super!

We got set up at the Amarillo Ranch RV Park. The sites are HUGE! We're right down the street from the Big Texan Steak Ranch and we planned to have dinner here. We made a reservation for 7:00 p.m. and a limo with horns showed up to pick us up. Our camping neighbor, Jerry Lewis, was waiting to go, too, so we decided to have dinner together. Dinner was great! We also had a coupon for a free desert and it was Texas-sized, too! In the picture above, you see a table near the cooking area. If you can eat a 72 oz. steak and all the trimmings within an hour, you get it free. That table is reserved for them! Unfortunately, no one was willing to try it that night. Take note of the trash can. Guess what it's for????

Here's a link to the restaurant: http://www.bigtexan.com/

We took the limo back to the campground and talked a bit. My eye feels much better. Two songs keep coming to mind: "Dust in the Wind" and "The Answer My Friend is Blowing in the Wind."

Tomorrow we'll visit Palo Duro Canyon.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 46 - Visit with Liz and Family!

Before we left this morning , we swept, vacuumed, and mopped. We also rearranged items in the RV, and removed mysterious items from the fridge.

Leaving with a few sprinkles falling this morning and headed to Albuquerque to visit our friend Liz and her family - Bob - husband, and kids, Max, Wells, and Keely. It's not a long drive today, so we'll stop to shop along Route 66.

We stopped at Continental Divide, NM to do some shopping and do some sight-seeing. James wanted his photo taken at the continental divide sign and the Route 66 sign on the highway, so we took a moment to do that.

I went inside the first store, but didn't find anything I couldn't live without. Inside the next store, something was going on. The three people who worked there kept saying "I hope she's alright....I wonder where the ambulance is." They kept looking out the window, but I didn't see anything. I paid for my purchase and step outside. There was an older lady on the ground having a seizure. Her husband was trying to hold her still. I asked him if needed any cold water, but he said no and that the ambulance was coming but was coming from some distance. As we pulled out, the ambulance pulled in. Hope everything turned out alright.

On to Albuquerque! We get in and get settled. We'd stayed here before and liked this campground. It's on Route 66 and has a lot of vintage cars and campers parked around. Best of all, they have trees!

We call Liz and arrange to meet her at her house about 4:00 p.m. We headed to Camping World and Walmart for a little shopping for the RV before heading to her house. We finally get there! I didn't take a picture of Liz's yard, but wish I had! Flowers everywhere and it's gorgeous. I need her to visit me and fix my yard!

It was good to see her again. The kids have grown a lot in the two years since we've seen her and the family. We also got to meet Pita the dog. She's gorgeous and great with the kids. She really likes playing with Bob!

We headed to dinner at Garcia's. It was a great Mexican restaurant. The fun part was, Liz knows everybody there! She even knew some of the kids in the place. Dinner was wonderful! Thanks for everything!

We headed back to the campground as we have a 300 mile drive to Amarillo, TX in the morning. When we got there, we realized that a storm had moved through the campground. It had rained in parts of Albuquerque, but the campground got wind and sand. Our doormat was buried in the sand and there were small tree limbs down over the park, but no damage to any one's unit that we could see.

Off to bed and an early morning! Oh, don't forget to check out David's new cut!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 45 - Gallup-ing off!

The high in Flagstaff yesterday was 83 degrees and this morning it's clear and cool - 43 degrees! Caught the laundry up and re-arranged the inside stuff!

We've now traveled 7,822 miles!

Off through the desert and then into some hills. More dust devils!

Stopped in Holbrook, AZ for a bite to eat for lunch and back on the road again!

New Mexico at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time

I think Stephen King developed my seat belt. For no apparent reason, it suddenly grabs me and holds me against the seat. The only way to get loose is to take off the seatbelt. You can fix it and the next minute you're right back against the seat. I bet I took the seatbelt on and off about 50 times!

David decided to get a haircut in Gallup. If you've been a previous reader of our blogs, you know that these "vacation" haircuts don't usually go well. When he got out of the truck, I should have told him to not get "scalped." I'm sorry I didn't as he came back with a haircut that won't grow out before Christmas. He says it's cooler and it really doesn't look bad, but it's SHORT!

Liz - we took your suggestion of dinner at Earl's. I'll get even with you somehow! The food was great as was the service, but you forgot to mention the "visitors." Just wait.... LOL

After dinner we went to the El Rancho Hotel/Motel. It was great. It's an old hotel on Route 66 just down the road from our campground. During it's hey-day, many movies stars stayed here. They would film westerns in Monument Valley and come back here for the night. There was a player piano in the lobby. The top of the piano was playing the keys and a piano roll, but the bottom was playing percussion instruments. It was pretty neat!

Back to the RV and enjoying the breeze. No AC for us...fans feel great. Looks like it's raining off in the distance. They told us in the office that they get 12" of rain here a year. I can believe it!

Off to Albuquerque in the morning and to meet Liz!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 44 - The Heat Lets Up...a little

We have about a three hour drive today across the desert and mountains to reach Flagstaff. We left while it was still cool.

A large portion of Highway 89 runs through the Navajo Reservation. It's hard country here and I'm not sure how they make a living here.

Just before Cameron, I noticed dirt in the air. I first though someone was plowing, but realized you don't plow in the desert! It was a dust devil. The photo I got was shot out the window while we were driving. We could see it for a long time.

We got to the campground and is it ever nice here. It's breezy and in the 80's. It's a "senior-oriented" campground so it's quiet. We'll stay at a KOA sometimes, but its usually full of kids. This campground isn't a KOA and it's nice and quiet.

After lunch outside under a tree, we met our neighbor. She has two dachshunds. They're much older than Chrissy and Chrissy couldn't understand why they wouldn't play with her!

Nap time again!

Spent the afternoon catching up the blog. Ahhhh. Wi-fi!

Happy Anniversary to Keith and Rebecca!

David's cooking dinner and I'm signing off now. Tomorrow is Gallup, NM!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 43 - Part 3 - Stormy Weather!

Being hot and tired when I returned from Antelope Canyon, I took off my socks and shoes - inside. BIG MISTAKE! My shoes were full of red sandstone. I dumped it on the floor. Cleaned it up and we all took a nap.

I woke when I felt the RV move. I got up thinking someone must have knocked on the door, but Chrissy was sound asleep and David was, too.

I looked out the window and saw a huge storm coming. It was blowing dust our direction. The wind was making the RV sway even though David had the stabilizers down. When the storm got really close, the RV rocked really hard one time. Then it was over. Saw one or two raindrops hit the window and that was it.

We decided to ride down to the marina at Lake Powell. HUGE yachts and boats use the lake there. The photos I took are of the storm moving away over the mountains. I wasn't scared and it was actually pretty. It was too late in the day to see a rainbow. That would have made it perfect.

We're going to Flagstaff tomorrow instead of driving on the Gallup, NM. That change will put us back on schedule. It's hot and it's taking a good bit out of us, so a shorter day will be welcome.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 43 - Part 1 - A Bridge Experience

Most of you who know me know that I don't like bridges, especially when they are very high off the roadway. Well, Glen Canyon Dam Bridge is one of those.

We stopped at the Visitor's Center and I asked David if we could walk across the bridge. After he got over his initial surprise, he said yes. Off we went--me, David, and Chrissy.

We walked the dam side first. You can feel the bridge flex and you can feel the traffic going by you. There is fencing up so you can't throw things down, but along the way there are openings so you can take photographs.

The dam picture features the dam and Lake Powell.

The canyon side features LARGE boats on the left side of the river. Yes, the little things are big boats!

The bridge picture is the bridge we all walked. Well, most of us walked. Chrissy got scared and David ended up carrying her! LOL

See Day 2 for more info!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 43 - Part 2 - Antelope Canyon

Sorry the parts of the day got out of order, but I can't change it. If you know how, please let me know!

We went out for more sightseeing after the dam visit. We went to an overlook where you can see the marina. We meet a couple of Holland visiting the US. We told them about Antelope Canyon and they headed back into town to get an 11:30 a.m. reservation.

David didn't go with me on the shoot as he doesn't generally take photographs. The truck picked me up at the campground and it goes into Page for you to pay and get your reservation pass. Soon our guide, Dorothy (featured below) called our group. She first loaded groups of four, then groups of three. The Dutch couple, Yeroen and Yose and I made up a group of three.

It's a 10 minute ride on the pavement and then 10 minutes of jumping through sand on a huge truck. I had visions of Rommel's Raiders jumping dunes in Africa! We got stuck once, but easily got out.

Before you wonder what Antelope Canyon is, here's a link so you can read about it:

http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/antelopecanyon.htm

When you enter the slot canyon, your guide leads you through and suggests photo opportunities. It's crowded as your group isn't the only one there. Photographers have also paid to stay longer, but they deal with groups like us. After leading you all the way through, the guide takes a break and tells you how much time you have left to work your way back out taking photos. You're inside the canyon for 45 minutes.

Because I'd been here before, I suggested to my new friends that they take a photo when they see something they like or just shoot as it looks different when you work your way back out of the canyon. It's also hard to remember what you wanted to photograph on the way out.

We finished our tour and headed back into town. Yeroen and Yose dropped me back at the RV. They visited with Chrissy and toured our RV. They're headed on to Yosemite and we talked about our visit there.

It was a pleasure to meet both of them. They were so excited to see the US.

Off to part 3!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 42 - Page-Lake Powell

We pulled out of Las Vegas EARLY headed toward Page, AZ. I remember some of this road from our early excursions here and remember we have to cross Glen Canyon Dam to get into Page. We also cross in and out of Arizona a number of times.

Utah - 11:45 a.m.
Arizona - 1:18 p.m. (MST) They don't observe Daylight Saving Time, but the Navajo Reservation does.
Utah - 3:09 p.m. (MDT)
Arizona - 3:20 p.m. (MST)

Along the desert we saw a number of dust devils. The wind is really blowing across the desert.

Ahead I see the bridge! It's the metal one you see in the picture. On the driver's side is the Glen Canyon Dam. On the passenger's side is the canyon....

We made it into the campground a few minutes later. David registered me for a photo shoot at Antelope Canyon for tomorrow.

Early evening and some rest.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 41 - I promise I'll be good! It's too hot to play outside!

We decided to skip Barstow, CA and go on to Las Vegas even though it means we're a day ahead of schedule. Of course, we're going through mountains and a desert and it's very hot!

Not much to see along the road:

Breakfast at McDonald's
The 10 Commandments on signs along the road
A town spelled Zzyzx in California
World's Tallest Thermometer - Baker, CA - 104 degrees
World's Tallest Convenience Store
Air Conditioning off for the next 16 miles (BIG HILL!)
Joshua trees outside Joshua Tree National Park
Bypassing Death Valley - already there I think!
Enter Las Vegas at 12:30 p.m.

We came through Las Vegas on the back side of the strip headed toward Nellis Air Force Base and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (already been there). We get to the campground and it's a fortress! If you stay more than a day you have to buy a gate remote to get in and out. Fortunately, we're here one day.

We have trouble getting into the spot assigned to us, so David walks back to the office to tell them we need a different site. He's gone forever and then I see him walking back and forth. He could find a way to get back to the office as he can't get the gate to open. It has to be opened by the office when they see you on camera. Apparently they weren't looking. He finally got in the gate when someone else came in.

We finally get set up, but it's a 50 amp site and we need 30 amp service or an adapter. Back to the office. Keep in mind it's 110 degrees now. He finally comes back and tells me that a 30 amp service is "hidden" on the spot. Great!

We go inside the RV and it's 116 degrees and now the AC doesn't want to work! We started looking for a motel that would take pets because it was too dangerous to stay in that heat! David got the AC to work by removing the cover of the breaker box and pointing a fan on it. We could get the temp to come down a couple of degrees at a time. Took quite some time to get it to 89 degrees.

We go to bed with the fan running and the AC struggling. I woke up sometime during the night and realized the fan had stopped running. Then I realized the AC wasn't running! I woke David up and he looked outside. It was quiet...no generators running, no AC's running anywhere. It was a power outage. We managed to get back to sleep and sometime during the night the power came back on. The fridge stayed cold because it switched over to gas when the power went out.

Think we'll leave early tomorrow!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 40 - The Happiest Place on Earth!

We decided to head to DisneyLand! We've been to DisneyWorld many times, but we were right here in Anaheim and had not good reason not to go! We even decided to take Chrissy along as they have a kennel there just outside the gates. We were within walking distance, but decided to take the truck. Good thing! It was hot!

We got to the park just as it opened, but it didn't seem very crowded. Since we only had one day, we chose Disneyland instead of trying to go to the California park, too.

Dropped Chrissy off and in we went. It's very much like DisneyWorld, but smaller. Many of the rides are the same name, but not the same ride. Pirates of the Caribbean was great here! I loved the animatronic Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow. The ride is longer and more involved than Florida.

We rode some of the "kid" rides and went through the Enchanted Tiki Room a couple of times just to get cool. It's different, too, from Florida.

The one ride we didn't like was "Indiana Jones." I'm not fond of roller coasters and the dark....what did I get? A roller coaster and the dark! I wasn't the only one screaming! LOL

We split a lunch plate that could have fed an army! Food was delicious. Also stopped for some ice cream and got to watch a show in the air conditioning....Aaaaah!

We went to check on Chrissy in the kennel and she was doing great. They had a number of dachshunds in there that day.

We really had a great time in the park and proudly wore our First Time buttons we were given. Cast members stopped us a good bit and asked if we were having a good time. Of course we were! It was the happiest place on earth. Although....we saw a bunch of parents and kids who were not happy! LOL

My feet were really hurting (got blisters on the balls of my feet), so we gave up about 6:00 p.m. It was also about 100 degrees! We collected Chrissy at the kennel and she was awarded a VIP certificate! Very Important Pet. We'll take it home and have it framed! LOL

We arrived back at the RV to find the power had been off. We later discovered it was a problem with the power box and one of the breakers. If we had left Chrissy in her cage, she would not have survived the heat. It was 106 when we went inside. We cooled off some eventually. Got to watch the Disney fireworks out the window of the RV. Gorgeous!

Off to Page, AZ tomorrow and we're still a day ahead of schedule.

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)

Day 39 - Huntington Beach! NOT! But we meet Linda again!

We got up and left early while it was still cool. Quiet, peaceful night, and very restful and needed. Yesterday was a hard day.

I'm so proud of my husband...he negotiated his way through Los Angeles pulling an RV. No moments of panic, no wrong turns. He did an excellent job. I could see the Hollywood sign, but couldn't get a photo, but I did get one of Capitol Records. You "Earthquake" movie fans will know this one! The other road photo is going into LA....look closely and you'll see the buildings in the "air."

We got to the campground and it's conveniently located to where we needed to go next - WalMart! I had to have a prescription refilled and David needed the oil changed in the truck. No problems with either, but the mechanic reset our trip indicator! Bummer!

We also went into AAA to find out more DisneyLand info. The girl at the counter sent us on a long wild goose chase looking for discounted tickets. She didn't know the place that had sold them previously was no longer doing it! Oh well!

Before we left to meet Linda, David took another spill. One of the underground sprinklers in the park was leaking outside our RV. He was walking Chrissy and stepped over the wet area and put his foot on the water meter where it was dry. Unfortunately, it sank because of the wet ground. No serious injury, just a scraped leg. They had the wet area repaired by the time we returned.

We didn't have tooo far to drive to meet Linda - on to Huntington Beach where my brothers live. Only my brothers are out of town in Hawaii with the whole family. The live next door to the campground we had chosen, but since they were gone, we decided on one in Anaheim. Makes it easier to go to DisneyLand! LOL

We got to the campground about lunchtime and discovered it's "four blocks to DisneyLand and you can easily walk that." Of course, it's 100 degrees here and I'm not up for that! We eat a light lunch because we're meeting Linda at Duke's in Huntington Beach for dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Off to Duke's! We don't want to get on the 5, so we take PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) all the way in. We stopped at every light along the way and were a little late getting to Duke's. Linda was already there and had gotten a pager for our table. It was great to see her again. She was as lovely and gracious as I remembered from our previous visit and know from our emails.

I noticed it was getting dark in the restaurant when we were seated. I wondered why they didn't turn on the lights and I remembered! They keep it dark until the sun sets on the ocean and THEN the lights come up. We tried to get a table near the window, but it was graduation night and those spots were not available. It was a little noisy in the restaurant, but that didn't stop us from talking for about 3 hours! We wished Colleen and Breezy could have joined us, but Breezy was moving and Colleen was helping her.

We walked out on the pier and Linda explained the "fog" that rolled in is referred to as "June Gloom." It was also cold and windy and she and I wimped out on David. We talked a bit more as the valets got our vehicles and it was too soooon time to go.

Going back to the campground was relaxing except Sir Garmin kept telling us to turn right on PCH. That would have put us in the ocean and not on the way back to Anaheim. Fortunately I knew the road and area and we were soon back to the campground. We're going to DisneyLand tomorrow! I may be too excited to sleep!

See ya down the road!

Jenny :)