The Movie in Progress

At the movie shooting in Santa Clarita, an ancient kingdom.

 

Pomona, CA

We're all set up for the next week here in Pomona, a beautiful area of the San Gabriel Valley northeast of LA. We spent three nights north of Oceanside at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton Beach Club area. The view out our front window was of the Pacific and it was a good 20 degrees cooler than the rest of LA. Loved it! Had dinner with my Father and his wife in Oceanside, as well as dinner with MAJ Sandy Parriott and her husband Dan of the USMC. A fun time!
Friday we moved up to Pomona to the Fairplex KOA for the next week. All the usual campground amenities, but, best of all, time with our Daughter Sabrina.

We went out to Santa Clarita yesterday and watched her working on a filmshoot for an indie film, "Lady Death." Maybe you'll get to see it someday. More later.
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Rog and Meg

Here's a beautiful Arizona sunset! And we're glad to see it leave everyday, since it's been in the 90-110 range AT NIGHT! We're in Indio, CA tonight, then on to the RV park at Camp Pendleton for the next three nights. That's on the beach south of LA and the temp is roughly 20-30 degrees cooler than out here in the Mojave. Oh, yes, this is the Mojave desert. The third desert we've been in. The Chihuahuan desert is in west Texas-New Mexico, and the Sonoran was Arizona. We'll be very glad to leave the desert far behind us!
Before leaving AZ we saw an earlier "RV" on exhibit in Tucson; here it is:
I like ours better!
Rog and Meg

The beautiful Sonoran desert! Wow! Quite a change of scenery from even west Texas! Just outside Tucson is the Desert Museum I mentioned earlier. The scenery here is from the short drive out there. It's all a city park right next to Saguaro National Park-West.





The animals are the Mexican gray wolf (lobo) and the caracara, a national bird of Mexico. Another hot day! You have to do these things in the morning around here; then stay inside during the mid-day. On to Phoenix tomorrow.
Rog and Meg

 

St. David and Benson

Bet you didn't even know there was a "St.David, AZ", did you? It's a little burg 7 miles south of Benson, which is not much bigger. Together maybe the size of Floresville? We stayed at a nice place, the Western Horizons Rv for just $13/night. We spent the day yesterday geocaching in the Texas Canyon. Then stopped by a Benedictine Monastery for a short visit to their birding trail. A very interesting day!
Today we moved on to Tucson and Beaudry's RV Resort. It's a beautiful place with all the usual amenities and a real bargain at $10/night (it's off-season!). It's also 115 degrees in the shade! ("but it's a dry heat..") Like sticking your head in an oven! We're enjoying every day in spite of the temperature. Tomorrow our Tucson friends (known from Lincoln, NE) will be taking us to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Should be a lovely time! www.desertmuseum.org

On Saturday it's on to Phoenix for a few days. Wish you could be here, too. God is gracious; we've had no real problems and are really enjoying the "life on the road."

Rog and Meg

Apache Petroglyphs

Several of those Apache petroglyphs north of Deming, NM. (see previous post for more info)
Rog and Meg
 

Geocaching in Deming

Today in Deming, NM we spent a full day geocaching in the city and in the mountains nearby. The pictures are of some local fauna outside our home. The last cache we found was also the best: Apache petroglyphs in the hills north of Deming. We did a little climbing to reach them and took lots of pictures. If you're not acquainted with the sport/hobby of geocaching, check it out on www.geocaching.com. Great fun and exercise!

We plan to leave tomorrow and spend 1-2 nights in Benson, AZ or nearby in St.David. We have the names of two nice RV parks there. We'll plan on going into Tucson probably on the 19th and staying there for several days, visiting with friends and learning something of the city and environs. Then on to Phoenix and southern California. More later.
Note to children: we are leaving our cell phones on now; it's just that some of the places we stay are off the beaten (Cingular) path.
Rog and Meg

 

Fort Bliss

We had a hesitating start on Weds. spending the night in a Freightliner repair facility while they checked out and replaced an electronic component in the engine. Oh, well, part of the journey!
We got away by 5PM on Thurs the 13th and drove to Balmorhea State Park. Had a great swim and really enjoyed our two nights there. Now, I'm sitting in a free wi-fi area at the Fort Bliss Food Court in El Paso. We might spend the night here or go on to New Mexico. It's still early and we haven't found out about space availabilty yet. More later.
Rog and Meg

Ready to go!

Here's our rig: a 2003 Dutch Star Diesel Pusher. We plan to leave tomorrow and spend the next few weeks on the road between here and South Pasadena. Our daughter, Sabrina, lives there and we need to spend some long-deferred time with her. More about the trip as we go. Bye for now. Next stop? Who knows?  

Final Prep!

Retirement is almost complete and we're getting the final preps done on the rig for our Wednesday July 12 departure! Yeah!!! We still don't know where we're spending our first night on this grand adventure, but hey! isn't that part of the fun? More later.
The Wandering Bruces