Jacqueline’s Jaunts

Steps Today - 5,532 We slept great last night. Barry was up early and made coffee and tea. I got up around 9:00 AM and sat on the sofa with my yummy hot cup of tea! I planned to read the handout for my 4:30 PM class today with Tom Jones, Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Word.  About an hour later, Jan came over and said there was an Italian market on the other side of Pismo, and she wanted to go check it out. She needed to buy gnocchi for a dish she is cooking in the next few nights. So, we hopped in their jeep, and off we went.  Our first stop was the RV dealer down the street. We wanted to walk through the Newmar's we saw as we drove in yesterday. A few new models were right up front. We spent about an hour there, but the person helping us was not pushy and answered all our questions. They have five models we walked through, including a Tiffin Phaeton. All were beautiful, and I thought they were reasonably priced, but Barry thought they were a bit high. Jan loved the mo

Steps Today - 5,048 We left around 10:30 AM and headed to Pismo Beach, California. One of our favorite spots. It is a five-hour drive for us but a pretty easy and picturesque one. We are spending the next ten days with our friends, Ken and Jan Reynolds. We are staying at the Oceano State Park campground. Great location because it’s only about a 10-minute walk to the beach.  We arrived at about 3:00 PM and set up camp. This campground is full of eucalyptus trees, and watching the gentle winds carry the eucalyptus fuzzy flowers everywhere was hypnotizing.  We took a picture of the campsite the Reynolds will be in and sent it to them. As I finished texting them, they pulled into the campground. As they pulled into their campsite, we said “hi” and let them set up.  In about a half-hour, we checked on dinner plans, and Jan really didn’t want to cook. We decided to go down the street to Old Juan’s Cantina. We have eaten there before, and they have the best huge margaritas. Great drinks and d

05-31-22 Tuesday Pismo State Beach, Oceano Campground Jeeps in Parking Lot: 5 Drive Time: 0 Miles: 0 Arrived: 0 We had cereal for breakfast this morning. Jan brought over watermelon after so I’m going to have some as a snack later. I love really cold watermelon. Barry is not a melon person so I get to eat it all myself....YUMMY!.  Barry had to install the AC cover on top of the coach this morning. Last week when he was bringing it home from the service place in San Jose it blew off. Thank goodness it didn’t hit anyone. While he did the installation, I drove down to the beach to get our day pass. It’s like driving from our house to Safeway. If I didn’t have to show our vehicle and license plate, I would have walked. It was a quick trip. I could see some of the flags on the beach and it was crazy windy.  Barry had the installation almost done when I returned. We decided to walk around the pond and do a little exploring. There is a concrete path and some wooden walkways. Nice trail that l

05-30-22 Monday Memorial Day Pismo State Beach, Oceano Campground Jeeps in Parking Lot: 3 Drive Time: 4 hours Miles: 232 miles Arrived: 3:00pm We headed out this morning about 9:30am to Pismo Beach. Hooking up with our friends Jan and Ken. We've had this trip planned for a year. Traffic was light. We stopped at this place in Gilroy, The Garlic Farm, to top off our propane tank. We couldn’t find it so drove around a bit and finely did. It was so crowded we just decided to get back on the freeway. Nice drive the rest of the way.  We pulled into our spot, talked to Jan and Ken, then finished setting up camp. Ken and Barry drove next door to buy firewood. The next thing we see is Barry pushing a wheelbarrow of wood to our campsite. Not something Jan and I expected to see. The guy at the store just told them to bring it on over and return the wheelbarrow. Ken came driving up in the jeep, and he took the wheelbarrow back. I was so shocked by the him pushing a wheelbarrow I didn't get