Fiddlers Cove We traded our spot on the beach for three weeks overlooking San Diego bay. Our new digs are Fiddlers Cove Marina and RV Park, operated by the Navy on the Silver Strand, south of Coronado Island. I’m hoping from the picture of Fiddlers Cove, that you will agree that this is a very
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Campsite Review: Lake O’Neill Campground is on Camp Pendelton, on the north side of Lake O’Neill. This is a military-only campground. The full name is Lake O’Neill Recreation Park which includes the campground, lake, and other recreation facilities intended for use by military personnel. The nearest city with services is Oceanside. The campsite has 40
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Surfing on New Years Day in San Diego (Alas, we don’t surf) Camping at Camp Pendleton this December and January has been interesting. In mid-December, we moved north from our campground at Admiral Baker in Mission Valley San Diego to Lake O’Neill in Camp Pendleton (spared by the Lilac Fire). Mission Valley was great but
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Tiffin Open Road 34 TGA Our RV is a Tiffin 34 TGA. There are lots of choices for size and type of RV for full-time travel. I think we were lucky to find one that fits our lifestyle. There is also a huge variation in price. You don’t need the most expensive or the biggest
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(I promise this will not turn into an hour by hour blog.) On our first night, we have a problem. First, there was a loud knock on the door and the neighbors are screaming fire. Who could make this up? Indeed there was a brush fire, racing up the hill directly across from the campground.
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On our first day, as full-time RVers, we weren’t going to go very far. Towing the toad On our trip to Idaho, we towed our car. It hardly seemed worthwhile to hook and the car up for twelve miles on our first day, so instead, I drove the car behind the RV as Tami drove
This is our first-day damage control story. Wildfires With our hotel stay extended and our RV not in the direct path of the fire we are set for one more day. I got reservations starting on the next day, December 9th at a different military campground in San Diego named Admiral Baker thirty miles from
Gumby Style means, be flexible. On our first day of RV living full-time, we are cancelled before our arrival at our first campground because of a wild fire.
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Horseshoe Bend – Bad Roads for RVs is located on Idaho Highway 55 north of Boise and goes through Horseshoe Bend. This road is steep. This section of ID-55 is the primary route from Boise to McCall and is busy especially on weekends. Departing Eagle northbound, the road climbs to Spring Valley Summit and then descends
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The Path of the Total Solar Eclipse I have seen many partial eclipses and knew that a total solar eclipse was better, but I didn’t know how much better. How much better — a total solar eclipse is way better. Our life was busy and we knew a slowdown was in order and this trip
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Campsite Review: Oasis Las Vegas Campground is located in south Las Vegas at the corner of Interstate 15 and just south of Blue Diamond Road. From Blue Diamond Road turn south on Parvin street which turns into West Windmill Lane. Do not attempt to gain entrance from the south or east of the Resort, use
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