Rear View Mirror – Hwy 1 and Gas Problems
Wow! All I can say is wow!
But I am me, so I’m gonna lie to you and say more.
Besides what I stated about 5000 lb. backsides, dancing and seals, the road is a must-drive. Although smaller vehicles recommended, I loved the opportunity. The Santa Cruz RV place guy said it is worth every bit of 4 hours and 35 mph.
The catch. Make sure you have enough gas. We were getting low and there are few places. SEE photo. Also notice the price. Captive audience… supply and demand! I’m a capitalist so more power to them.
By the way, running behind, we end up taking the final Hearst tour of the day (evening tour) which was exquisite. Yeah, I said it. With a lisp. And a pinky-cocked wrist. And it also was worth it.
Not much has changed there since 1988. We did enjoy the evening tour and live role-players. SEE gallery above. Who woulda thunk it… LARPers at the Hearst Mansion. (again, ask a geek next to you)
Rear View Mirror – Friday Morning
So very tired trying to get over to Santa Cruz RV Park that posting was the last thing on my mind. Let’s look back…
We had to skip a San Francisco mini-tour due to time so after a Walmart Trip and REI, we got stuck in a circle trying to find a gas station that had enough ROOM for my 5000 lb butt (too many carbs). Once we got on the road, tempers flared with a visit from Mike Mike over clear communication (speaking clear English) and directions… we finally reached our campsite destination.
Note to self, use the built-in furnace to warm RV while sleeping. If I wasn’t so tired I woulda got up and put all layers on! Becca was snug in her 15 deg bag. “Summer” bags don’t lie.
But it was well worth the learning experience. We woke to huge trees and a river next to us. Something out of the forest moon of Endor. (Ask the geek next to you)
Now off to the Hwy 1 roller coaster of views and Heart Castle.
Catching Up
So Thursday night was tiring and Friday was a dance with Highway 1. Imagine an overly-obese gentleman with two left feet being paired with a sleek, curvaceous dancing teacher… but having the pair and ability to whip that big butt into Fred Friggin’ Astair. I was that fat guy wearing a 5000 pound RV suit. (Speaking of 5000 pounds, we saw some elephant seals on the way)
But more on that and Thursday later.
We are now in Santa Paula at a little RV park cleaning up and about to head out for Ruben’s wedding at 10am in Panorama City (LA). There is some things definitely to be caught up, but first, let’s get this guy hitched and we’ll catch up afterwards. Capice?
In the meantime, check out the Gallery page above. Hopefully it is working and some of the pics we uploaded yesterday morning are there…
Also we woke up to this in the morning. Cool things you don’t see arriving at 1am!
Holy Big RV Batman!
Got it. And it’s long! (Liam, Darren, Carr, Jim, Dave and Nicole… enter crude joke here)
I’ll have to do a video and post it. It’s a soon-to-be refurbished 2006, 30 foot model. At $30/day, free 1500 miles, no drop fee… it’s a great deal! And the Cruise America folks were really nice and helpful. Totally recommended.
Now off to Walmart to get supplies and food.
Bizarro World
Getting off the plane you start “seeing” people you know… or similarities of the people you know in your world. So I have this theory (which isn’t an original thought but stick with me I’m riffing) that with enough distance between locations a person can have a similar. And that location mimics the one you are in… I.e “that person looks just like… and that person could be so-and-so!”
You could even go as far as applying the Bizarro World theme to it and add personality traits… opposite or not. For those that just got lost, find your way to a Seinfeld fan or Superman comic reader.
Maybe I’m just hungry?
Either way, here’s a normal picture of Becca on BART, entitled “Becca does BART”.
