Location: Hot Springs LTVA,Ca
Saturday, Dec. 17 in this LTVA was a
nice warm day with a cool north westerly breeze. The temperatures rose to about
65F in the shade and 73F in the sheltered sun. The sun sure makes a difference
and our choice down here is to always try and face south.
Bill and I did our blog reading in
the morning and decided today was the day to make some semi-permanent decisions
about our travels in the new year. We received a note advising us that Pilot
Knob RV Resort, our membership park, is in non-peak season now until Dec. 31st
so we have opted to pull out of here tomorrow and check in early.
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| this is across the way about 200' is where Oscar and Judy's group are gathered |
As much as we love the boondocking
scene, it will be nice as well to have some special treatment in a park with
full hookups. With Christmas just days away (!!!) I am anxious to put our
little tree up, decorate our home and get some baking done, these among other
things top the list.
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| Our set up with privacy shrubs and lots of sun |
But today after discussing our
options, we took a walk over the road to check out the hot springs, this place
is popular for. The thing with being first timers here, everything is new,
exciting and even a little intimidating. We walk gingerly, we talk sparingly
and we ask questions lightly.
Our friends and family have suggested
many things to see and do and we know we’ll never get to all the things this
year. The good thing is we don’t have to! But seeing the hot springs is
something I needed to do before we moved on. So we walked across. The first
view of the clump of palm trees gives nothing away. As we got closer, the
revealing is pretty neat.
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| view from the road |
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| Closer, nearing the pools |
There were a few bathers taking
advantage of the heated spas and a snapped a quick picture. The pool itself is
in the shade but I knew that I would come back at another time and climb in.
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| Across the pond, watching the ducks swim to me |
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| Bill almost hidden in the huge palms |
Bill and I had a first impression of
this LTVA and thought it was nice but small. We have found a perfect spot but
upon walking further back into the area, we know where we’ll go next time.
There are some beautiful even more private places we’d like to park. Yes, we’ll
be back for sure for a longer stay.
We had a Christmas party to go to at
4:15 pm Pacific Time and it was back home in London. We were meeting 3 other
couples at the home of the Sumnalls’ (7:15pm EST). We plugged in
my Lenova Think Pad, set it up on the hi-lo coffee table, poured ourselves a
glass of wine, and all 3 of us donned our bright red Christmas t-shirts. Well, Clemson wore his Christmas scarf.
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| All decked out for our Google party |
At precisely 4:15 pm we connected to Google Hangouts and made the call. It was a perfect connection and so fun to see them all enjoying their party, with the pretense that we were with them. Merry Christmas, Kathy, Derrick, Sharon, Jim, Lydia and Jeff! We’ll definitely do that again soon!
I warmed up our leftover spare ribs
on the Q for supper with a salad on the side and we sat and enjoyed another glass
of wine chatting about our friends and
all the food Kathy prepares. We watched a bit of tv with the genny running and
found ourselves tired enough to crawl into bed at 9 pm.
Hoping your day was a good one! Thank
you for following along, I love having you!
That is a nice area and there is some very private sites back further, gets busier in the new year like all these places, but always a place to camp. there is also a more remote area under the interstate worth checking out.
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