Friday, March 25, 2011

And the rain just keeps on coming!!!

Hi there everyone, well this has been one of the rainier seasons on record for northern California. The ski resorts have reported near record snow fall this year. Some resorts have reported up to 56 feet of snow this year!!! WOW!!! There has been so much snow this year that the 'Carson Spur' which is one of the sections of the Highest pass in California, at 8,650 feet, actually looks like a giant 'bob sled' run!!! Another picture is of 'Hams Station' which is an old 'Stage Coach' station that is pretty high up the mountain as well!!! We are getting ready to move our home location from Plymouth California to Rancho Cordova. Carol's job is in Sacramento, and mine is in Pine Grove. We are needing to improve our financial situation, so we found a new location to park the Moho. Though it isn't nearly as nice as the RV park in Plymouth, it is a safe location, where the monthly rent is half of what we are paying now. Making this change will allow us to get out a bit more often with the motor home and enjoy some new adventures. The new location is between Carol's job and my job, so her commute will get a lot shorter, and mine will get longer, but that's OK, it's my turn to drive for a while. :-) Rosie is continuing to adjust to living in our home. At times, it's been a tough adjustment. She has been given the nick-name 'The destroyer'. She has destroyed some check books and pulled wiring out from behind the dash of the Motor home. Eric almost had a melt down when he found all of these wires from behind the dashboard chewed up. Fortunately, the previous owner of the Moho was a ham-radio operator. The cabling that Rosie chewed up was antenna cables for the Ham-Radio antennas and nothing else. Though Eric's dad is probably spinning in his grave at the destruction, Eric is less devastated by it, now knowing that it wasn't anything critical that was damaged. Speaking of the motor home, we've only owned the Moho since September and we finally found out that the Splendide Washer/Drier has two lint filters! Over time, it's ability to dry clothes seems to have gotten worse. After posting a question on the 'trailerlife' webpage forums, we found that not only is there a lint filter on the front of the unit, but on the back as well. That is one of the problems with buying a used RV, you don't always get all of the owners manuals and the quality walk-thru's that you need sometimes. We were told about the one one the front in the walk-thru, but not the one on the back of it. We are also taking a 'Mystery Trip' next week. It is something that Carol has wanted to do for a while and that Eric has no idea where they are going, but is equally looking forward to it. We'll update the blog after we have had a chance to enjoy our get-away a little bit. Happy camping! Eric and Carol Anderson

1 comment:

Jim and Sandie said...

Cheaper lot rent definitely means more chance to travel. The Destroyer seems like a pretty good name but eventually he'll calm down and adapt. Maybe in a year or two. LOL