journeyacrossamerica: April 27/San Franscico

Welcome to our journey

This is a record of our road trip adventure as we take our first forage into the states with the truck camper and novice camper Daisy Doodle. The plan is to leave tomorrow, the 26th, and spend the first night with good friends inPort Stanley then accross the border at Detroit the next day. From there to the south! Far enough Rob says to remove the long underwear and put on the sandals! After we get a couple of days of relaxation it will be making our leasurely way to California
and up the west coast to Vancouver Island for the middle of May for the anticipated birth of a new granddaughter!

Thursday 28 April 2011

April 27/San Franscico

It felt great spending a day just camping out. The two previous days were long and grueling with lots of miles covered. We did see lots of country though! The only beef about the campground was that they didn't have their pool open yet!! What the....! I had to lay out in my chair but that was okay.... got some quilting done and worked on my tan at the same time.
Met a nice couple that had been from the Toronto area originally but had lived in MapleRidge for a while and still use it as their mailing address. But they are really full time RVers. They go from campground to campground working. They gave us some tips on Highway 1, such as the best place to pick it up to get to the coast and how to get trhough San Franscico.
Well we made it through San Franscico and over the Golden Gate!!! It was the Billy Bob Economy Tour (no stopping, pictures taken from moving vechicle). We did stop long enough for a pee break (thank goodness for that) and get our picture taken with the bridge in the background. Was surprised at how cool it was. Still accustomed to that desert weather.
This KOA is the nicest we've stayed in so far! Also, the most expensive! They even have us wearing wrist bands. Rob figures they only do it to us old people so if we wander off they know where to return us! It does have lots of green grass and big trees. I guess we didn't realize how starved for greenery we were after being out in the desert for so long (almost 2 weeks).
Guess what Sofia? There are peacocks here! I feel like we are camping out in Beacon Hill Park! They have a petting zoo with lot s of animals and the peacocks roam free. Daisy isn't sure of what to make of them! There is even a playground almost the same. This is a great spot for families.
So we're off to the Pacific Ocean and the state parks. They are forcasting sunny (I don't think they have any othe kind of weather) but with wind gusts (what else is new). but the temperatures are supposed to rise to the mid 80's by the middle of next week. It get quite cool at night!