What a Mess!

Wednesday we spent the day trying to get back to normal. We had lots to put away and organize as well. Lots and lots of mail to go through! We had promised Joshua he wouldn't have to get in his car seat for a few days, so while the boys stayed home, momma went and did lots of errands. We had planned all our food just right, so we had absolutely nothing in the house! So it was off to the grocery store, Target and Costco and we were up and running again!

Well, that's it! Just like that our trip is in the history books! We have about 2000 pictures to prove we were out there, and a lifetime of wonderful memories....we hope you enjoyed coming along with us, it was nice having you!!!!!

Going Home!!!!

Tuesday morning we got up and did our last minute cleaning. We started the drive home, keeping an eye out for a big do-it-yourself car wash. We found one just off the freeway somewhere in Camarillo, so we stopped and spent a couple of hours cleaning and wiping down the outside. The entire time we spent cleaning the rig we were smelling In-and-Out Burger across the street, so after the rig was spotless, we figured we had earned a nice, juicy hamburger!

We arrived home about 2:00 p.m and spent a couple of hours unloading everything. We couldn't believe how much stuff we had and how much more we had acquired along the way! By 4:00 the rig was empty and spotless, it was time to take it home.

As happy as we were to be home, we found we were really sad to say goodbye to the rig that had been through so much with us. We grew very fond of our little home on wheels, and it was sad to say goodbye....

Happy Birthday Papa!

We spent Sunday night at a little RV park in the heart of Santa Barbara, and we got up Monday, the 9th, Joshua's papa's 41st birthday, and spent the morning at the zoo. It was a mile or so walk from our home to the zoo, we wandered around for a few hours, had a picnic lunch on the huge lawn and then we were ready to go.

We took a little trolley bus that cost us a quarter and it took us to the downtown area. We wandered around there for a few hours as well, doing a little shopping, but mostly just window shopping. It was a very leisurely day, we then walked home, had an easy dinner, and then started cleaning the rig. Our trip was coming to an end and it was time to think about going home.

Cambria

This morning we took the short drive into Cambria. We took a nice long walk along the wooden pathway. We saw lots of little squirrels, very friendly, we think the people feed them too much. We also went down onto Moonstone Beach which had about two dozen sea lions lounging on the rocks. They were very entertaining. Moonstone Beach also is a great spot to check out the tide pools. We saw lots of little hermit crabs, all different sizes and we saw some anenomies. Josh is a little too young to appreciate everything we saw today, but we'll take him back when he is older!

After we left there, we drove the few blocks to the little main street of the town, again, not much there but we did find a good spot for some lunch.

From there, it was on to Santa Barbara. We're almost home now! We found an rv spot right inside of town, it's a few miles from downtown and the zoo, we will do all that tomorrow.

We think this will be our last stop on our wonderful month-long journey. There's is not anything left that we want to see between here and Northridge.

Tuesday we will spend the day here, cleaning, packing up, doing laundry, and papa will try to actually do some work, he brought it all with him and has never had an opportunity or a desire to do anything with it!

We will leave here very, very early Wednesday morning, as we have to have the rig back by 11:00 a.m., the plan is to find a big rig car wash of some sort along the way to wash the beast, then we'll arrived home early a.m., unload everything, and take the rig back to its home.

Carmel

Saturday we got up early and drove into Carmel. We knew parking would be tough there, so we wanted to get there early, hoping that would help. We found a spot down by the beach with out any trouble.

We started to walk around hoping to find a good place to eat breakfast, it was still early and none of the stores were open yet. We passed a nice guy sweeping the outside of his store and we asked him for a place to eat. He said, I know lots of places, do you want the closest or my favorite? Of course we want your favorite! So he sent us to Katy's Place a few blocks over. We arrived just on time, because we were seated right away, by the time we left, there was a huge wait! It turned out to be a really good choice! It was small and crowded and noisy, and the food was really good, we'd recommend it to anyone, but be sure to bring your cash! That's all they take!

After breakfast we wandered all around the town, again, not much to do there either, unless you are rich and you like expensive clothes, jewelry and art work. It was a nice easy saunter however. We saw Jane Seymour in person at the local radio station. The broadcasting room has a big picture window that looks right out onto the street. The entire building is owned by Clint Eastwood, as is many buildings in that town.

We ended up at the beach for awhile, just sitting and watching all the people. It was early afternoon, and we were ready to go again.

We drove all along the coast, down the 1, and it is such a beautiful drive! The sheer cliffs, the jagged rocks, the turquoise water, it's just so beautiful....

We ended our evening at a campground in San Simeon. We had another relaxing evening without internet and tv...

Cannery Row & Solitaire!

We finally set out on our walk about 10:00, it's took us about 45 minutes to make it down to Cannery Row. We wandered around a bit, and discovered there isn't a lot to do there.

There are a few shops and restaurants, a few hotels and nothing else! Half of the block is under construction right now, looks like a big hotel is going in. The Aquarium is also there, but we didn't feel the need to go in, it was way too busy.

We sat outside the Aquarium by the water for awhile, papa went and found us some yummy thai take out, so we ate that there while we watched all the kayakers out in the water.

By then, we figured we had seen everything and it was time to go home. We had planned to take a taxi again, but because it was so early, we just walked home.

We arrived about 3:00, and we were hot and tired, so we threw out our picnic blanket on the nice lawn next to the rv and we all lied down and rested awhile until we got too cold!

We had a nice simple bbq dinner that evening, and Josh fell asleep early, we had an entire evening to ourselves, and we didn't know what to do! We had no internet, and this was the first time in our entire trip that we actually missed tv! Up until now, we had done pretty good! We were tempted to knock on a neighbor's door and see if we could borrow a dvd! We thought better of that, and instead, I taught my hubby how to play solitaire on the computer! He is now officially hooked!!!

Waiting for My Hubby....

Friday I woke up bright and early (thanks to Josh) took a jog around the fairgrounds, came back, took a shower, got ready, ate some cereal, packed our things that we needed for the day and sat and waited...papa needed to sleep extra today, the poor man, his allergies and been bothering him the entire trip, and between sneezing, blowing, and taking his medicine, it wipes him out! So he needed a little extra today...