Golf in Borrego Springs

Tom and Bobbe waiting to putt

The Road Runner Golf Course is the perfect course for me. No hole is over 200 yds so I have a chance to score well. I had a few pars and one birdy. Long courses just kill me. Tom and I are playing even here at the Road Runner but on other courses he has to give me a stroke a hole.

Bobbe and Linda among the trees.

Thanksgiving near Borrago Springs

We joined the WIN's at Peg Leg in the desert for dinner.

Tom C and Andy P waiting for dinner.

The group is anxiously waiting for the meal to be served.

Our spot in the desert beside Linda L and Bobbe.

Views from 641 Houston Bishop, Ca

We found a place on the Mesa with better views than our present place and it backs up to BLM so no one can build and block any of the view. It should close escrow after Thanksgiving. We are headed to join the WIN group for the holiday. Mt Tom above

The White Mountains and BLM land. The Pleasant Valley Resevoir is not far behind the property.

Mammoth Ski Area 11/16/07

These snow conditions sure look different than the descriptive daily email snow reports I receive. I was amazed that there were actually people skiing and snowboarding. It looks like it will be a while before we ski.

Hwy 395 North

We parked the motorhome in Hesperia at the Elks. Tom took out the inverter to be repaired in Victorville, then we headed to Mammoth. This picture was taken when we switched drivers where Hwy 14 and 395 meet.

Golf on the Island 11/13/07

We played golf at the Island Course followed by a visit to the Elks to see old friends. Our golf games weren't great but we enjoyed the weather and views.

Lake Havasu Nov 10 -13

We are in our usual spot at Crazy Horse (M-25) We are having beautiful sunsets and it rained last night. The view towards town

The setting sun looking towards California.

Parker, AZ Nov 2-10

We had a great spot on the river and enjoyed beautiful sunsets, usually from the floating bar "The Roadrunner" where I spent my Birthday. We kayaked down from the Dam to our site (thank you Allen for transporting our car). The paddle was beautiful with calm wind and few power boats. The rock formations are amazing but I didn't take my camera.

Heading south but separate

I drove the car to San Clemente to see Anna, Aaron and Waylon in their new house and got the added bonus of my sister, Tina and her son Doug too. I was hoping Doug would have his pictures on his blog because this is the only picture I took. Anna with baby to be, Waylon, with Doug, laughing at his moves.
Tom left in the rig and headed to Parker, AZ where I joined him on Monday.

The picture of the mountains was taken on my drive south on Hwy 395. The mountains were just before Mt Whitney and I took this picture without stopping so you get to see the car and road as well.

Mammoth

We had an evening of rain, then when we left the next day to go to Bishop we saw what it had done to the mountain. It is warm so not much chance it will stay.

In Mammoth - Sun-Tues

This is the view of my work area from the balcony. Great weather. If you look carefully my image is in the window.

It is hailing but still warm and calm. The pool is closed but Tom went to the spa just before this picture was taken.

Back from the spa, ready to relax and watch TV.

All Systems = GO

Tom hooked up the car and rig with great success so we are now ready to travel. We won't be leaving for about a week but we now know everything is ready but we still have time to fine tune the system.

Ready to Travel

Tom has changed the kayak racks to the new car leaving the truck looking naked and the FJ overwhelmed. It seems like lots of work but the new car is so much more comfortable and fun to drive it is worth it. The picture below is of our mountains as seen from The Mesa. We have not had any fires here but the smoke from So Cal has certainly traveled here. Our allergies are killing us but we are not the type to stay indoors. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be near the fires.

Back from Reno

We just returned after 3 nights in Reno to get the new car ready to tow and add the accessories we wanted on the car. Everything went well but we were glad to get home. The picture below was taken just before we left at the Bishop Country Club. If you look in the parking lot by Tom's rt elbow you will see our FJ.
I will add pictures later of the car with racks etc.

Taking the FJ Cruiser into the Mountains

We headed up into the mountains west of Bishop I got to drive and allowed Tom to sight see.

At Lake Sabrina we stopped for pictures.

South Lake was closed for the season but beautiful.

Drying Out

We opened all of the bays and tried to clean out the results of several weeks in the rain. The dry sunny weather in Bishop was very welcome.

Reno to Mammoth 10/13/07

I got so excited about the new car I forgot to show the pictures I took on the drive. I followed Tom in the rig with the FJ Cruiser. We drove out to Fallon and down Hwy 95 then headed back west to 395 just north of Mono Lake. This saved us several high passes that we always dread on 395.
The awsome views were just too much for me so these were taken while driving, just pointing and hoping. The snow was amazing. I love these mountains.

Mono Lake

Following Tom.

Mono Lake Tuffas - The sun was just right to see the exposed Tuffa but hard to photograph at 60 mph.

Mono Lake with dormant volcanos in the distance.

We are back on the Mesa 10/13/07

These are the views from our place north of Bishop. It is warm and beautiful. We forgot just how much we love it here. Mt Tom and Wheeler Ridge

Below is the view from my couch with the TV and then the mountains in the distance.

Our new Car the FJ Cruiser

We found our dream car with almost everything we wanted. The roof rack, tow package, and adaptations so it can be towed will be coming next week but we are ready to get home to Mammoth/Bishop. The old truck still looks good but we just need two cars.

The advertisement type picture of the FJ Cruiser in front of Mt Tom on my way to Bishop. Picture taken at the view point on 395 just before you start down Sherwin Grade.

Hwy 89 to 395 Mt Shasta City to Reno 10/11/07

This time I am doing the pictures from begining of the trip on. The fall colors were beautiful and Hwy 89 has been beautifully improved with only a slight increase in traffic. We had some rain but no wind.

When the rain stopped clouds sat in the valley.

All pictures are taken from my seat in the motorhome (thank you Tom for the clean windows)

The above picture was taken from the road into Susanville. It is a narrow windy road but beautiful views. We are in Boomtown west of Reno but there are no pictures past Susanville because it got too ugly to take pictures.

We are using Boomtown as a base while we car shop in Reno and hope to see Stewart and family.