Still in the Learning Curve Baby

We are still in California but now in Acton which is just outside of Lancaster.  We finally got out of the parking lot they call a campground at Antelope Valley Fair Grounds.  Which for some is nice and a good place to stop for a night or two and for some to stay a while.  There was a nice man there in a wheelchair with a German Shepherd and it worked just great for him due to the mobility thing.

Sunset 

We moved to Acton last Thursday to a Thousand Trails.  A place that was once nice in it's "heyday" but a little run down now.   It's a wooded area with campsites a little close to one another but the spaces are plentiful. We found the high rent district with 50 amp spaces where we had to be a little close to one another.  We put out the slides and got ourselves set up under a nice shade tree.  Having learned a lot since being in the repair shop about setting up and breaking down day in and day out for the coach to move, it has become a little less daunting to put things away and pull the slides in and put them out.   We are calling it our "learning curve" as we work our way down this road.

So Tom hits the super cool button for the new dish to do it's Ritualistic spin on top of the motorhome and find the God in sky of TV and beam all those lovely programs to us.  I am running around getting other things set up for our stay.  The dish just won't find that illusive God in the sky.  It seems to be playing hiding and seek behind the beautiful pine tree I wanted to park under so that I would have some lovely shade.  This is about an hour or so after parking.

Against some better judgement we decide to pull the coach forward about 3-5 feet with the slides out so that we don't have to put everything away again.  In addition, we have to pull the sewer hose out some to so we don't roll on it, which would be really bad.  We pull forward and try the ritual again.  I stand on the ground and pray a bit and nothing.  We try again and I am ready now to break out the incense and light some candles but to no avail it won't work.  That pine tree is in the way and illusive TV programs refuse to be beamed through them.  We must now give up the 50 amp service and move down to the 30 amp service where we can get a clearer shot of the sky. The lower rent district, although we still paid the same amount, we just don't get as many trees.  

I walked in the motorhome and remember that learning curve again.  Then thinking to myself to check the dish before you push out the slides and get all set up in the future silly girl.

We moved down to another space next to a rather small motorhome and once set up realized we were right on top of them.  So close we could almost touch them.   But alas we pushed the button this time before setting all the housekeeping up and found the lovely programming worked and all was right with the world.   Well in the morning a space came available 2 over and as if we were not crazy enough we moved again.  This time 2 spaced over so that we had some breathing room.   Good thing we did seems the electrical all around us does not work so we have quite a large area.

In the evening  another big rig showed up just 3 spaces down and Tom goes over and says hello and it seems it's the same rig that was in the repair shop we were in, having repairs after us for the same water heater problem.  Can you say small world??  That's crazy.

The area we took our hike in.

We took a nice hike the other day and I found my foot is getting better although still not fully recovered and a long way to go.  There is a creek that runs through this campground and I found myself with my foot in the creek soaking it in the snow melt water.  It was quite chilly but felt very good.

Sam said "You are not going without me so I am laying on your camera to make sure!!!"

Tom striking a pose behind the camera to take a "photograph" not a picture of a mushroom

One more thing the dogs are loving  the gophers.  There are holes every where.  They dig and dig as evidenced by the following pictures of them.  Coffee's nose is covered with dirt and Sam has just taken over the hole Coffee started.  They were in the dog run yesterday and before I knew it Coffee was in a hole up to her hips and turn a corner.  I know she'll never catch one.  It just makes her tired.  A city dog doing country stuff now and it's all new and different.

Until next time....