Monday, February 6, 2012
Day 22 Fri Feb 3 - sunny & warn - At GVP
I went over to the clubhouse for their complimentary coffee and ran into Endre Toth from our Dogwood Roamers RV Club. He and Joan are here in GVP. Back to the RV and then up to the pool for Water Volley Ball from 10 to noon. Back to RV for lunch and Paul & Yvonne arrived and pulled into a spot 2 spaces from us. Sheila & Judy Shaffer got together & planned a dinner together for all of us – Bren & Sheila, Larry & Judy, Paul & Yvonne, & Endre & Joan for tomorrow night. We spent the afternoon visiting with everyone, getting WiFi set up, etc. Around 6:15 we headed over for the Brazilian Carnival event in the ballroom which began with a dinner of marinated, grilled chicken breast, white rice and black beans with a garnish of black olives and a dessert of gooey chocolate cake with a syrupy coconut toping. The chicken was quite tasty, the black beans were very tasty and the cake was to die for! The beverages were coffee and a Brazilian drink, called a Caipirinha, a liquor made from distalled sugar cane & diluted with LOTS of lime juice, for only $2.00 for a med. glass. After dinner, the performance began. The dancers, (8 girls) wore carnival type costumes, (skimpy, lots of jewels/rhinestones, feather ruffles and big feather hats), and put on a great show. The girls dancing to the Brazilian beat moved their legs & hips incredibly fast, reminded me of a very fast tamorai, the Tahitian dance. They also had a drum group and male dancers, dressed in white pants only who did the martial arts “dancing” They were also very good, but their act was limited because of the smallness of the stage. The male dancers got girls out of the crowd to go up on stage. Guess who was first up? She did quite well too though they sent her back after a couple of minutes so they could bring up other ladies. It was an interesting evening, but at $30. a ticket, a little pricy. After the show we came back to the RV for some TV.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Day 21 Thurs Feb 2 Mission Bay RV Park to Golden Village Palms RV Park
sunny & warm at Mission Bay and at GVP
We packed up, unhooked, and are ready to go. Left Mission Bay RV Park @ 10:10 @ 149395 km. Arrived GVP @ 12:05 @ 149521. We checked in. I went out to get propane, 2.75 USG, while Sheila checked out the pool area entertainment and visited with Larry & Judy who are about 4 sites down the road from us. I returned, went to our site--#535 on Gingko, backed in & was all hooked up, before Sheila returned. GVP have changed their WiFi supplier so I’m hoping this one works a lot better. We then went over to the pool cabana where they had a lunch plate of pulled pork, beef rib & pork rib with cold slaw for $7.00 and there was entertainment, a singer, Tom Racobs. He was good so we had a very pleasant lunch break. Then I drove Sheila over to the nail place to get a pedicure while I went back to set up our awning and start on the journal. After supper it was Mexican Train night so we went over to the clubhouse. I won my quarter back but Sheila lost hers. We play 3 games at each table & the 2 winners, i.e. two lowest scores, at each table get a quarter & rotate to the next table. We play 3 sets altogether, 9 games in all, with 6 to a table and a quarter entry fee. Back at the RV we watch a little TV & turned in.
We packed up, unhooked, and are ready to go. Left Mission Bay RV Park @ 10:10 @ 149395 km. Arrived GVP @ 12:05 @ 149521. We checked in. I went out to get propane, 2.75 USG, while Sheila checked out the pool area entertainment and visited with Larry & Judy who are about 4 sites down the road from us. I returned, went to our site--#535 on Gingko, backed in & was all hooked up, before Sheila returned. GVP have changed their WiFi supplier so I’m hoping this one works a lot better. We then went over to the pool cabana where they had a lunch plate of pulled pork, beef rib & pork rib with cold slaw for $7.00 and there was entertainment, a singer, Tom Racobs. He was good so we had a very pleasant lunch break. Then I drove Sheila over to the nail place to get a pedicure while I went back to set up our awning and start on the journal. After supper it was Mexican Train night so we went over to the clubhouse. I won my quarter back but Sheila lost hers. We play 3 games at each table & the 2 winners, i.e. two lowest scores, at each table get a quarter & rotate to the next table. We play 3 sets altogether, 9 games in all, with 6 to a table and a quarter entry fee. Back at the RV we watch a little TV & turned in.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Day 20 Wed Feb 1 At Mission Bat RV Park San Diego
sunny & warm, slight wind, slight cloud 67 F
Today we head to Pacific Beach Crystal Pier area for Sheila to try surfing with a boogie board. Yvonne came too since we had 2 boards. Paul decided to ride his bike over to the surfing area. Sheila rented a wet suit, (Yvonne had her own), got into it and they both went into the 57/58 F, (14 C) degree water. She got a few good rides and had fun. She came out periodically to warm up a bit and rest. She said that she wasn’t getting really long rides so she was tiring out getting up & fighting her way back out. Also, there were depressions in the bottom from the waves & currents that you would step into & go down a foot or two, often just as the perfect wave was coming! We were at the beach for a good 2 ½ hours. Yvonne had to quit earlier than Sheila because her hip was aching from climbing out of the “holes”. Sheila changed, we went for a Starbucks after-surfing drink so the girls could warm up. Sheila had chai tea latte which, though it was not as spicy as the Canadian version, she said she enjoyed more than any she’s ever had. Then she returned the wet suit and we headed home. We were invited to Paul & Yvonne’s rig for a nice supper, Sheila provided a cabbage side dish and some dessert pudding cups & cookies. After supper we played bridge for a while. Sheila & Paul won. After that, we all went for a walk along the bay, & around the RV Park perimeter. Back at our RV we watched a show we recorded earlier and did the journal/expenses thing. Sheila always seems to have never ending bits & pieces to do late at night but tonight she actually was in bed before me!
Today we head to Pacific Beach Crystal Pier area for Sheila to try surfing with a boogie board. Yvonne came too since we had 2 boards. Paul decided to ride his bike over to the surfing area. Sheila rented a wet suit, (Yvonne had her own), got into it and they both went into the 57/58 F, (14 C) degree water. She got a few good rides and had fun. She came out periodically to warm up a bit and rest. She said that she wasn’t getting really long rides so she was tiring out getting up & fighting her way back out. Also, there were depressions in the bottom from the waves & currents that you would step into & go down a foot or two, often just as the perfect wave was coming! We were at the beach for a good 2 ½ hours. Yvonne had to quit earlier than Sheila because her hip was aching from climbing out of the “holes”. Sheila changed, we went for a Starbucks after-surfing drink so the girls could warm up. Sheila had chai tea latte which, though it was not as spicy as the Canadian version, she said she enjoyed more than any she’s ever had. Then she returned the wet suit and we headed home. We were invited to Paul & Yvonne’s rig for a nice supper, Sheila provided a cabbage side dish and some dessert pudding cups & cookies. After supper we played bridge for a while. Sheila & Paul won. After that, we all went for a walk along the bay, & around the RV Park perimeter. Back at our RV we watched a show we recorded earlier and did the journal/expenses thing. Sheila always seems to have never ending bits & pieces to do late at night but tonight she actually was in bed before me!
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