Enjoyin' Life

Us on the hill by Girard in San Clemente, CA


The coach getting a new awning at the Girard factory in San Clemente, CA


Near Camp Pendleton when we were in San Clemente



Enjoying the campfire at the birthday party



Making s'mores over the campfire in the backyard at the April birthday party


The birthday boys, Todd and Vince, getting ready to blow our their candles


The fire that was very near our campground. If you look close you can see the flames.


Awesome picture Larry took from the top of the coach of a plane dropping retardant on the fire that finally put it out.


Taken the next day of the aftermath of the fire. (we changed the batteries in the camera and forgot to correct the date, really was taken April 12,2009)



Looking up at the London Bridge at the crowd gathering around the gazebo where the speeches and music took place.



Some of the crowd on the London Bridge during the speeches at the 'Tea Party'


Larry wearing his 'Uncle Sam' hat at the 'Tea Party'




Sign at the beginning of the Front Sight road leading to Front Sight Firearms Training Center


One of the many buildings where training takes place at Front Sight


We met with the kids and three grands for May birthdays (in Apr. since we won't be in AZ in May) and had a good time. We were disappointed the two older grands had to work at the last minute but that is life and we are glad they at least have a job! We went back to the Colorado River for a week and had some excitement as a wildfire broke out about a mile north of us. It took over five hours to get it under control and Larry was able to get some great shots of the planes that dropped retardant that finally put it out.

We left the car and trailer in AZ and drove the coach to Girard in San Clemente, CA to get the automatic awning fixed. We took a hike up the hill in front of Girard and could see the back side of Camp Pendleton while they were working on the awning. We saw a lot of Apache helicopters coming into Camp Pendleton.


We went to Lake Havasu City a day early so we could attend the 'Tea Party' on April 15 at the London Bridge. There were over 2,000 folks at the party! We thought that was a great turnout.

We are currently in Pahrump, NV and will be here another week before heading back to our home base in OR. We visited Front Sight Firearms Training Center just 20 miles from our campground. It is an awesome place and we hope to be able to take a class in the future.