It was October 1st. We had a reservation at an RV park just outside Kennewick, WA. We had packed the night before and were ready to pull out of Osoyoos by 8:15 am.
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With no plans to leave Vegas, we tried to settle in. We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving by going to an outlet mall to get new walking shoes for Jamie, ending the day with barbeque pork chops and Betty Crocker Double Chocolate Brownie Mug Treats. Not at all a traditional day of thanks, but Mug Treats in the microwave were memorable!
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Besides the spiders and snakes and goats, there were also birds and bunnies. Black Canyon City was quite a change from Las Vegas.
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More flash flood warnings arrived on my phone. That night, October 24th, 2018, there was thunder, lightning, rain, and hail. The storm didn’t last long, and the heat of the desert the next day quickly removed all evidence of the rain.
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Beside the RV park where we were staying, there was a field inside a gated area. A simple track had been laid out for dirt bikes and ATVs, but we knew dogs were being walked in there. We decided to explore.
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Before we had our daughter, who is now 25, Sundays were spent at home tuned to the distinct sound of stock cars circling a track. That’s when I caught up on my chores, and Jamie watched NASCAR on TV. We always joked that Sundays were spent at the Church of NASCAR.
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We pulled out by 8:15 am. Our gas stop and lunch break in Tacna, AZ, was quick and easy. We saw a number of Volkswagen Vans and a Karmann Ghia parked at the restaurant beside the gas station.
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At the end of November, we were trying to find a routine for our life in San Diego. It was only our second week (we planned to stay a few months), and we were questioning if we should go to another RV park. The noise level from the freeway was hard to adjust to.
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We started off December with a wild idea that we could buy property in BC while we were in California. We were homesick, and things were not peaceful and relaxing in San Diego. Why NOT think about real estate back in Canada?
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Another week, another vlog. Every time we were sure we knew what the plan was, we documented our thoughts on video. Now we were talking about a lake property.
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While we weighed the pros and cons of lake life, we went for lots of walks and found that if we continued down to the end of Santa Fe Street (where our RV park was situated), walked through the construction zone, and down the bike path along the Interstate, we could walk to a quieter neighbourhood in La Jolla Colony.
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We often combined walks with shopping for groceries. It was about an hour to get to Vons on Garnet Avenue. We only needed two items.
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The end of 2018; a year of major change. We questioned how we were going to get through three more months of living on the road. We finished off the turkey on Boxing Day (December 26th). How were we going to make 2019 better?
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A new year, 2019. At the start of January, I was living in sweatpants. No longer black; sweatpants that were faded and stretched and worn.
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Before we even left Vancouver Island, we were looking at one particular property in Coutts, AB. The town is right on the border between Alberta and Montana. Actually, it’s not a town, it’s a village of fewer than 300 residents
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Rolling Hills, a farmhouse in Pictou County, Nova Scotia was our next property of interest. The photos online showed rolling hills off in the distance from the acreage. It was everything I dreamed a farmhouse could be.
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At the time, it seemed like the perfect solution. We found a home that was constructed of cinder block. You could huff, and you could puff, but a tornado was not going to knock this down.
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We weren’t ready to extend our wings fully for the east coast. With all of Canada to choose from, we were looking for the easiest home to get into. At the end of January 2019, we were ready to leave San Diego and drive north to cross the border, but it was still too cold for comfort.
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Before we decided to go east, we revisited areas in BC that were of interest to us as a home base. Immediately, anything with a water view was removed from our list. These west coast properties would not fit the budget we had.
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So here we are at another turning point. This is the end of Season 3, which means it’s time to wrap up our days in San Diego.
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