A Day In The Life Of...

We have been so pleased with how easy our camping experiences have been.  First of all, we packed all the right stuff!  I don't know how it happened, but we have not had one time where we looked at something we brought and said, "what in the world?"  We have also had very few "Where the heck is..." moments.  We know where all our stuff is and have been really good about putting everything back in its place.

As soon as we get to a campsite, up goes Celeste,out comes the cooler, the water jugs, the stove and chairs; we re-arrange our four storage bins, take the suitcases from the car and put them in the Celeste, and can be on our way in 15 mintues if we choose.  David and I have even worked out the signals used so he can back up the car and hitch it up to Celeste in one try!  Wow!  Then when we leave, it is all done in reverse.  Each of us have our tasks which we do without checking out the other.  Very efficient. Here are some photos of us at our campsite and in Celeste.







We did make the mistake of buying a little to much perishable food for the first two shopping ventures, but by now we have gotten used to shopping every two days, and making great use of roadside stands for local produce.

Celeste wasa bit toasty in LA since it was about 95 degrees most of the time and about 90% humidity.  We bought  fan that works well since all the sites have electrical hook ups and we plug Celeste into the hook up and the fan into Celeste's inside plugs.  Of course, we sleep as far from each other as humanly possible in a double bed.

We could not survive with our wonderful GPS (named My Lady), since I am in charge of the navigation.  Of course, surveyor David does not trust her as implicitly as I do, so I am forced to look at maps every so often. David is doing a great job of driving...and I have driven at least 100 miles so far.  I am a far better passenger than driver and spend most of my time looking things up on the internet.

Usually on our vacations we practice the "out of site and out of mind" theory of getting away from it all and are reluctant to even check our emails while we are away.  This trip is quite different, as you can imagine, and we are enjoying all the emails that are sent our way.  We also use the cell phone quite frequently so feel that we are up to date on the goings on of eveyone.  So, please feel free to email and make comments on our website since we would love to know what all of you are up to.

WE ARE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME AND MEETING SUCH INTERESTING PEOPLE.  We are so lucky!