Day 24 Sunday 7/14 Final day

Last day…amazingly I am amazed it is last day. Twenty four days…that is how long we have been away from home and driving around this country. It has been…an interesting Vacation like it always is. And my first completed try to do a blog all the way through it. I’ve screwed up in my typings from place to place, but I’ve tried my best. I admit I missed a lot of spelling and grammar errors as we went, but I truly tried my best to do it right first time, but I am human like the rest of you, I make mistakes. But now, without further ado, the last day of vacation

Waking up for the last time, normal all around. We were able to get on the road very close to nine, allowing us to get on the road before it go TOO insanely hot for the old RV. I sort of feel nostalgic as we cross this final stretch. We’ve gone down this road many times back and forth to Las Vegas. But fright now I know…I will not be doing this again for a long time. And yet we have done it so many times that I have grown used to it. Funny how that works.

A good bit before noon we arrived at the California border, and once over it meant we were finally in our home state. And even closer to our actual home.

Just a few minutes before Noon we had to pull off the freeway for some gas, and afterwards it was time for lunch. Me, mom and sister went to a nearby fast food place and got something. And then we were off again.

It was quickly we seemed to get back into the city. It felt nice to see similar freeways. Even if it is LA, it’s still nice to see it.

We were off the Freeway around 2:30, which meant we were even closer to getting home. It really is an interesting feeling; sometimes I can’t decide if I like to be home or if I don’t. But before we were able to get home we stopped at the nearby Costco for a refill in gas. And once through that line we were off on the last leg of our trip. And in a few minutes, we were back home! But that doesn’t mean we are done.

We got a lot of things to do around here, manly in the fact that we have to get the RV into the area as well as get things situated in several places. I know so much fun, but on a different note, the trip went good, which means we are good in that area.

It took a long time to finish up the RV, but eventually we got it done. It was nice to finally finish, but it was a pain in the rear to work as it was. The heat was a giant pain, but hey we eventually we got it done. And spent the rest of our evening relaxing and settling other things. And thus we finished our 2013 Vacation.

It has been a fun time, of sorts. But I have liked the fact that I was able to do this whole thing. I hope those that read like it as well. It has been a blast and I hope I can do this again, but hey time will tell on that.

Typed July 14, 2013

Day 23 Saturday 7/13

Well we are nearing the end, only a few more days…where did the time go? And speaking of time, wake up was normal and all that stuff, but sadly we left late, by an hour. I know not normal for us but we all started moving a tad late and we had a large amount of things to do for some reason. But hey, It doesn’t matter there isn’t really much planned for today, we just want to take it easy as we head off to our next spot.

Eventually we reached the state border, I don’t rightfully remember which one we went into but I am will to say it was Nevada. Which meant we also crossed a time zone and thus gained another hour. A little thing about time changes, you mind understands them, but your body doesn’t…and thus causes a good amount of trouble when you are traveling. And on that note of traveling…the Nevada desert gets old after a while, sure there are a good amount of hills and the small mountains, but come on it’s all dirt and the small bush. So as you can tell…I was getting fed up with just looking at the same old same old after a while.

And around lunch, local time, the course of our vacation hits. We have a tire problem on the RV. One of the rear passenger tires decided it was to be a pain. So we had to pull out at the next exit and replace the thing. And as luck is luck, Nevada heat is at our backs….and extremely hot tires at our fingertips. It was so not a fun experience, but then again it never is. But it was nice to be done with it and for us to continue on with our trip.

But as our luck had it, we didn’t have to go that far before we got off the freeway anyways, this time for a gas stop. It really was sad that we couldn’t haven at least gotten to the gas station, but apparently our luck had decided to flee us.

Well I should say our plan was to fill up, but apparently we dad decided against it given it would have been too difficult to get into it, so instead we went to a different gas station, a “nearby” Costco. And like always, once filled up we were off.

Around 1:30 we got to our stop for the day, and no I did not miss putting in Lunch because we hadn’t had it at this point yet….which meant I was HUNGRY! Well that was eventually settled, and then mom and dad went off to fix a tire while me, sister and nana stayed back and settled into our slowly cooling RV while it was boiling hot outside….why is Las Vegas always hot? Like over a hundred whenever we come here?

Well anyways it was decided we would brave the heat so we could go get dinner, thankfully we just had to walk to the nearby casino and walk through it to get to where we wanted to eat. And then when done with that…I had to move quickly back to the RV to drop some leftovers off then haul my butt back into the building, for we had decided to watch a movie.

The movie being the newest Star Trek, was I really quiet liked. And because of it, I am sitting here thinking about everything I write and how it would sound with Scotty’s accent. Damn that movie, even it was good.

Tomorrow….oh tomorrow…that is when we should begin our final trek home. The last several hours until we are back in California, the mountains, real mountains, and the grand city I have grown up in and still don’t know what is where. But hey, it’s LA as long as you know what the building looks like and the general direction, you’re normally good…normally.

Keep your fingers crossed and knocking on that wood, we may be near the end, but this is when it all comes together. We don’t need another tire going! And if it does…please make it in cooler weather, I hate the heat out here…Next post, Home…

Typed July 13, 2013

Vacation 2012 - Day 3, June 24

Day 3:

     Well I am typing this one up as we go. So far we have been on the road for about an hour.

     Was forced to get up about fifteen minutes till nine, we quickly got the RV ready to go and were on the road sometime around nine.

     At around 10 we hit a road construction and were thus slowed for a little bit. But also while going through that area of the highway we crossed the border into Nevada.

     About 50 minutes after the border crossing we got a stop planned. Exact time of stop to come…Well we are at the stop. It is nothing more than a fuel stop. It is a Costco, and the time of the stop is 10:57. I would just mark it as 11. Left around 11:08

     But sadly we got a railroad museum just five minutes after that fuel stop. Time of stop 11:15ish. The museum was alright, rather small but alright. They also had a couple of old trains in another building nearby. We also learned the museum was not yet complete and was currently being expanded.

     When we were done with the museum we went across the street for a bit of shopping. Some of the things we bought were for ourselves while other things were for our pets. With the first bit of shopping done we drove a little ways and pulled into another parking spot. Here we got something for the computers.

     When we were done with shopping we stayed in the RV and had lunch, each of us having different lunches.  We got back on the road a few minutes before 1 PM.

     We returned to California some time before 2.

     Mom and I fell asleep a bit afterwards. And then we woke up around an hour and half later, me before mom. She woke up when we stopped at a little rest stop that had an odd pump thing. I let the dogs out and walked them a bit while mom, sister and dad explored a little bit. We didn’t stay there for longer than ten minutes before we left again.

     We pulled into our stop for the night around five. Quickly got the power, sewer, water and cable all plugged in. So fare from memory this is the first spot that has WiFi, and good 3G coverage. For dinner we are eating in the RV, something of family creation, which are potatoes and hot dogs/sausages.

Day 3 typed up June 24, 2012