Leaving Jojoba Hills

They added a third horse before our departure.

It is with mixed feelings that we leave Jojoba Hills.  There is always the excitement of going somewhere new and yet we stayed long enough here to meet some wonderful people and I hate to leave them.

Saturday we went to lunch at The County Line.  It's a quirky little place and at first glance it appears to be a dump.  But the Yelp reviews all say the food is delicious and different.

 The menu features items such as brats made from your choice of elk, bison, lamb, pheasant, rabbit...well, you get the idea.  It also reiterates that there is no ketchup, mustard or mayo available and not to ask for it.  Apparently the French chef, Jacqu, gets quite upset when that happens.

I opted for the brat combo with one elk brat and one bison brat.  It came with a side salad, some incredible bread and a tasty dipping sauce.  Ketchup would have been an insult to this meal and I'm glad it's not allowed.

Left Brain went with the black angus burger, prepared medium rare...something you can't always request.  He had the side order of County Line potatoes, of which I stole a couple...yum.

I enjoyed my last day of playing pickleball on Sunday and said goodbye to new friends of Jim and Kim, Luann and Terry and Maggie.  I'm going to miss playing with these guys - they are not only great players, but good sports and put up with my continual ribbing and teasing.  Sorry Jim...but you're just too fun to pick on.

George and Gracie are going to miss the birds here, which they stalk relentless...inside their mesh tunnel.  But, they still envision themselves as mighty hunters.  This is where I need help from Tex-Wis Girl, my bird expert.  What are these?

Long Live the Pickleball Queen (thanks Terry for that idea)

Seaport Village in San Diego

We ventured further south to explore parts of San Diego before the family comes to join us over Christmas break.  Since this is a military town, Left Brain was in his glory watching all the low flying airplanes and ships.

Since this was more of a reconnaissance search, we didn't take in a lot, but gathered up several sources of things to visit with the others later.

My only complaint was with the public bathrooms along the waterfront.  The Queen was not amused!  My Queendom for a door!

I always admire the way they try to disguise the cell towers like palm trees.

The buildings are beautiful along the waterfront.  We decided we'd take that top apartment in this towering structure as it has the best view.

One of the human powered taxis along the embarcado

This seal bus looked like fun for later, it does about a half hour on land and then spends about an hour in the water around Shelter Island.

It is a beautiful area and being America you find the homeless mingling among the monied.  We enjoyed the approach of a uniformed person collecting money to assist the homeless in the area.  I felt better giving him money instead of individually to those in the park, since you're never sure how they are using the funds.

Long Live the Queen

And again we move!

Well, we moved into our new site on Tuesday and today we find that the owner of this site is coming in and ...you got it...we need to move to another site three spaces down the road.

Saw this lovely bird of paradise in Seaport Village while on our excursion to San Diego

Then we found out that the people causing the initial move cancelled, so we wouldn't have had to move at all.  And we're not moving now...except to leave the park.

The lady that drew the short straw to tell us of this feel really badly for all the mishaps and this is only the second time in their history it has happened.  They don't generally give refunds but assure us they will do so if we decide to just go to the place in Hemet five days earlier.  A call was made and we will be entering the next phase of our adventure on Monday.

This experience caused me to think of a song from one of my favorite musicals "The Wiz" and she sums up my thoughts exactly.  For those of you who missed it, it's an all black version of "The Wizard of Oz".

We're pretty good sports, but I really don't want to pack up everything for another short move and only stay a few days.  So now we need to kick things into gear.

I went back to the laundry and erased my name from the schedule since we'll be gone before those dates come up.  So much for my theory having a convenient laundry.  I may still sneak over after hours and just do it when nobody is around.  What can they do?  Kick me out of the park?

So, we will go to lunch at The County Line tomorrow as I wanted to experience this place.  It looks like a dump, but apparently has a French chef and the food is awesome.

Sunday I'll do some last minute shopping and have Indian food at a place I found recently while Left Brain immerses himself in football all day.  Then I'll start to ready things for departure on Monday.

But before we leave, I wanted to share the little town of Aguanga with you.

This is where we get our mail:

Here is the little general store, okay for basic supplies, but I really prefer to go into Temecula:

And finally the junk shop (at least I think that's what it is):

That's it, I hope you enjoyed your tour of Aguanga.

Long Live the Queen....but not of Aguanga

Good Fences Thursday

Good Fences

It's amazing how many fences you become aware of when starting this meme.

While touring the Seaport Village in San Diego I noticed this interesting bike and snapped a quick shot through the car window.

Well, wouldn't you know it....there was a really cool fence behind him.

Long Live the Queen

Taking our RV to new heights

During our brief sojourn up the hill to our new spot we sang the theme song from 'The Jefferson's'...moving on up....it seemed appropriate.

Good thing we only remembered the chorus because in literally minutes we were there.  George still hid behind the bed as if it were an all day drive and seemed pleasantly surprised to be done so quickly.  I think we've spoiled him for future trips now.  I didn't even have to put on his Thundershirt to calm him.

It wasn't long before we met our new neighbors who exclaimed "now we've seen everything" upon viewing the tent city.  They said in six years of full-timing they'd never came across anything like this.  We get this a lot.  I'm almost afraid to add the vertical component to it that I've seen on the website.

The sweetest surprise was later in the day when I heard a voice calling out my name.  One of my pickleball people had noticed our set up gone and feared we had left early.  It felt so good to be noticed and cared for that I almost got a little weepy.

When you spend your life always "passing through" you fail to feel part of any community.  Not the one you left or the one you're currently in.  It can get a bit lonely that way and having someone actively search me out and show relief that we hadn't gone yet really warmed my heart.

The new spot is even larger than the old one and up a level so we have a nice view of the evening sky.

There are trees to hang my bird feeders in and an area where the quail like to visit....especially after tossing out some unwanted sunflower seeds and crackers.  The cats really enjoy their visits as well from the end of their tunnel.

The laundry is directly across from us, so catching up on this chore before we leave will be simple...I just have to remember to sign up.  Yup, we have to make an appointment for the laundry.  But the nice part is knowing you have the machines to yourself and are not rushed.  There's nothing more frustrating than hauling everything down and finding no machines open and having to sit and wait for an opportunity.

The woodworking shop is also very close and Left Brain had a couple of boards that needed to be trimmed down.  Since there were saws available and no one to question, he just took care of it quickly and left.  We believe it's always best to beg forgiveness than to risk being denied permission.

Soon we'll be heading into San Diego to check out the travel times and find our way around for when the family comes to visit over Christmas break.  Oh the things we must do for family!

Long Live the Queen of New Horizons