Airstreaming with Sally & Betty

Sally & Betty at Mountain Valley RV Resort Heber City, Utah Emily and I decided to spend some time this winter in Utah to take advantage of the excellent skiing. Initially this was going to be a two-month period, but one thing led to another and that period was extended. We arrived November 16 with the plan to leave April 1. I was going to title this winterization, but that generally means putting your airstream in storage for the winter. In a cold weather climate you need to protect the water tanks and lines from freezing and potentially damaging tanks and lines. Winterization does have some overlap with what we needed to prepare for winter use in Heber City, Utah. I started this process by reading the section on winterization in the Airstream operators manual.  The winterization process was important to us, because we planned to leave our trailer for some extended periods. While gone we wanted to take similar precautions against freezing that one would take when

On Tuesday, November 13, we set off to our winter home in Heber City, Utah. Even though I think we could have gone a more northern route that may have been shorter, we chose the southern route to be sure to not run into any weather issues in the mountains. This meant we drove south on the 101 some more through Ventura County which was really pretty. The highway is very easy to drive and hugs the coast providing beautiful views of the ocean along the way. The 101 turns into the 134 and then the 210, all while heading east toward San Bernadino.  Of course, I knew that being ringed by mountains is the source of the LA smog, I guess I didn’t really understand that a good part of the city is actually in these mountains, or at least in the foothills. This is the prettiest part of the city that I have seen. We eventually ran into the 15 which would take us all the way home – almost. The entire journey was about 850 or so miles. Our first logical stop was back in Las Vegas. This time

Jeff, Jay and Jay's birthday socks We left Santa Barbara after only 2 nights at what I would say is the worst RV camping spot we have had so far. We were warned of course, but there really was no other choice. We think our friends Nicole and Jess should build their RV/Tiny Home Resort in Santa Barbara now! They are pretty set on Oregon, so I doubt this will happen, but someone should open up this college town to some RV traffic. We were lucky enough to have Jay and Jody drive up from Long Beach to meet us there and we all enjoyed lunch and shopping along State Street, the main drag downtown. Several purchases were made at Lucky, a Clark family favorite. On the following day, Jeff and I got our exercise on the UCSB campus in order to check it out for Isabelle. This is one of her 3 top choices for grad school along with Tulane and Oregon. We sincerely hope she gets a good deal at UCSB because the area is just lovely. I have decided that we will come back next s

On a Sunday, we were finally poised to move from Bodega Bay down to Half Moon Bay. This meant we would in fact, drive our rig over the bridge and through San Francisco. A quick check of the map showed that we were passing right through Mill Valley where Scott's best friend and his family live. The Rossingtons graciously entertained us with lunch and a tour of their beautiful home. Phil, Maeve, Drew and Flynn Phil is an architect and Maeve is a real estate agent. Together they could entertain and educate me for months and I would still want more. When I heard about the massive renovation that they did on their house, including lifting it to create taller ceilings and turning it from a duplex into a single family home, I was even more impressed with the final product. Flynn and Tule They had just completed a landscape redesign when we arrived. While we were there, we all wondered what sort of critter was pulling up the mondo grass by the front sidewalk.  As we were abou