A great Thanksgiving....

We had a great Thanksgiving week. Left Monday and drove as far as Barstow where Laura and I spent the night a the KOA...(Kind of a sandy pit off the side of the road, but it was quite.) Next day we drove through the Mojave Desert, down the Tehachapi grade, through Bakersfield, past the James Dean memorial junction, over some unnamed hills, through Paso Robles, over some more hills to Cambria on highway one, then three

miles to our camp ground. Our timing was perfect because as we pulled in to camp, our friends, Doug and Deloris were right behind us....

Vanessa, Chris and Thomas left Wednesday afternoon and traveled all night and got in around two in the morning.

A gloomy looking Morro Bay------------------>

Thanksgiving day was bright and sunny, but a little on the cold side. Doug cooked the turkey in the weber... 5 hours to perfection. It was delicious. Turkey and all the traditional Thanksgiving fixings... out doors with good friends and family... Only thing that could have made it more perfect was if Brett and Brenda could have joined us.

Thomas and Nicole dug a big sand fort down on the beach It was large enough for Thomas to crawl through from one side to the other. It was at least five feet deep. Sadly, on Saturday, huge waves destroyed it.

The beach was great. Chris' sister and husband drove up from LA on Friday with surfboards. Thomas tried his hand a surfing, but the waves were not cooperating. They stayed for dinner and camp fire. It was a fun visit.

On the way home there are two huge hills to climb just outside of Baker, California. As we reached the top, I notice the power cord on the trailer was starting to come out. We pulled over in a truck stop and then I noticed anti-freeze dripping from under the engine.... we had blown a water hose. I called AAA and they said someone should be there within the hour.... three hours later.. Edgar the tower showed up... Towed us into Las Vegas to Pep Boys... they fixed the hose and we were on our way again.... six hours behind schedule. Chris, Vanessa and Thomas were home before we left Vegas.....