Where have we been??

It’s been a wild couple of weeks.  We worked our way south, landing in the Reno area at Becky’s house.  It was soooo good to be back with family !  We had posted Daisy for sale and have a firm pick-up date of September 16^th  for the new motorhome.  There were many responses to our ads.

On Sept 1^st, we worked like dogs to unload the entire contents of our Daisy into a rented storage bay , gave her a good bath and showed to a prospective buyer who committed to purchase her !  She will be owned by a family who are very familiar with Lazy Daze RV’s, and we are very excited for the adventures they will have with her.

Now we are homeless, and without wheels; but, only for a couple of weeks.  Becky and John have been very generous with their home and cars.  We love the opportunity to spend so much time with them and Juniper.  Swim lessons, a pow-wow, a trip to Pyramid lake and walks in the woods were outings we all enjoyed.

Pyramid lake is fed by the Truckee River, and outflow from Lake Tahoe.  It is on Paiute land, and guests need to register for a permit to be on the land around the lake.  Juniper had a great time.

Hiking near Lake Tahoe:

Toddlers fit into spaces most adults wouldn't attempt.  Juniper found a geocache box.  We had a great time unfurling it and leaving something of ours behind.

Remnants of the old Bonanza ranch used in the filming of the TV series:

There aren't many prettier places than lake tahoe.

Juniper is helping Tom with his on-line Scrabble game.

 

On Sept 14^th, we went to watch Junipers swim lesson, had a wonderful lunch together, picked up a Budget rental truck, worked like dogs AGAIN to unload the warehouse of the RV contents into the rental truck, and headed toward LA.  It’s kind of fun being on the road again.

The drive on the Eastern side of the Sierras is beautiful, again, as we saw it at the very beginning of this vacation, waaaaay back in May … in snow.  It is fun to see it all again at the end of the summer.  

 We arrived in LA the afternoon before our appointment on the morning of the 16^th to pick up Daisy Version 2.0.  It never rains in LA … except the day we get there.  POURING down rain – they have no idea how to drive in it.  We saw a doubleton Fed X truck spun around itself on the highway.  THAT snagged up things for a while.

Stinky’s take on the last few weeks:

Well … I don’t get it. We were traveling along just fine, in a daily routine I understood.  Then my parents up and moved into a house with other animals and a TODDLER !!  For my 'safety and sanity' … they made me stay in their bedroom, all day every day, with only some opportunities to play outside.  And if THAT wasn’t bad enough, just when I was getting used to the toddler, they moved me and all our stuff into a small truck with very little room for me to ride in.  

It was horrible.  AND, we had to stay overnight in hotels, in rooms that smelled (to me) like other animals.  I couldn’t sleep at ALL, so I kept my parents up all night.  Then everything got better.  We moved into another motorhome JUST LIKE the one I was used to.  We’re on the road again.  Life is good.

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