We are driving down the foothills from beautiful Ramona towards the coast, checking out the amazing views we have come to deeply love, when some unfamiliar noises accompany our regular symphony of interesting noises on the Jeep.  These are new and these are scary.  We look to one another, hoping that perhaps the other person didn’t…

Wine, food, and family.  We more than just enjoyed the rest of our time with family in town; we loved it! We visited Mike and Pat’s vacation rental and took a nice walk along the beach and checked out some of the cool houses (just a bit outside my price range). We spent a day wine tasting…

I took some time to practice my photography skills on our hike from yesterday.  Check them out: We took a two-mile hike through the beautiful foothills near our new home. Rock art.  I’m not a fan of defacing things in nature and I do not like that they did this but I thought they were…

Northern California, Minnesota, New York City.  They came from all over the country and we got to see them all!  Family is where it’s at.  Being on the road with just the two of us is sometimes hard because we miss so many of the important people in our lives.  It is such a treat…

No need to check the forecast, every day is SUNNY in the Valley of the Sun! We are certainly not used to spending February in shorts and tank tops but I think we could get used to it.  We are certainly getting our share of Vitamin D this winter; maybe that’s why our moods are…

We have been in our new home for almost two weeks now and have been learning a lot about the history of the park.  And it is far from uninteresting. The land for our park was donated to the city in 1909 and to the county in 1913.  It is technically the first park in…

We have been traveling in our RV for four months now and have been technically living in it for nine months.  It’s about time that I give a brief update on what life is like living full-time in a motorhome. To recap, we live in a 34′ National Dolphin RV (hence the name ‘Wandering Dolphin’).  When…

Wake up at 6:45, tend the park, bike around town, go wine tasting, find the closest pet store, set up yard, close park.  Feel the burn in your legs from walking the park, biking several miles, and working outside.  Feel the fresh air blow through your hair and the sun warm your skin.  Relax at…

Our trip to Cali is proving to be a successful one so far!  Knowing our time living in Oceanside was coming to an end, we spent a fun night out with the sea lions and visiting a couple of breweries in town. After three weeks of camping in Guajome County Park, we took our last…

Let’s go get you fingerprinted. Background checks are commonplace for most employers.  However, I have never before experienced such an in-depth process for being selected for a position, let alone a volunteer position.  I appreciate the steps towards public safety that are taken to get a county job but it was a totally new and…