TravelingTenor

Day 14 arrived with a forecast for rain, but at dawn it was mixed clouds and sunshine. Horray, however as the day drew on, rain as forecast did appear! Boo! On our agenda for the Bernardo Winery farmer's market, collecting Susan's musical gear from Bertrand's Music and a movie. First the farmer's market. We go there for the last 1/2 hour, it was raining and booths were breaking down but we still were able to buy some delicious strawberries. The Bernardo Winery is set up as small vilage with a very interesting wine tasting concept. There were clothing, sweet shop, handbag store, jewelry store and of course the tasting room Now here's the interesting concept. The Sweet Shop and Winery have joined together so as you get each wine taste, you walk over to the sweet ... read more

Another beautiful morning in Escondido. Overcast initially turns into bright sunshine. Ducks are floating in the pond and waiting for handouts! Bob attended the allegedly hilariously funny resort preview this morning. The only thing hilarious about it was how bad the event itself was. Coffee and pastries (of course early birds got there early and gobbled them up--seriously folks, they weren't even that good! Oh well, I left early and grabbed the refills that were intended for after the event. After 40", I had enough! We ventured into San Diego for a GREAT MACY'S HOME FURNITURE STORE, with a great great selection and have narrowed down a couple possibilities.It's nice to sit on furniture before order, don't you think? Macy's will let you order, ship and setup and let you sit in it, and then if ... read more

Good Bye Avila Beach, Hello Escondido, Today, we left Avila Beach for our 6 hour drive to Escondido, location of the Lawrence Welk Resort. We really enjoyed out time in the Central California Coast area. The proximity of Morro Bay, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Pismo Beach make this a nice location for access to culture and wine country. We highly recommend this area as a destination. What can I say, driving through any part of LA, even on a Saturday, is anything but plesaureable. Heavy traffic with crazy motorcyclists weaving in and out is nuts. It's nice that Costco is well established as my usual gas stop is the Costco in Oxnard. Escondido also has a Costco as does Palm Desert. Gas is $3.759 at Costco. Trader Joe's are plentiful. We provisioned up at ... read more

As our first week on the road winds down, activities of daily living intercede, like laundry. So that's what we spent the morning doing, plus just resting. In fact, we both took naps before we left for the day at 3 pm. Today,our major goal was the San Luis Obispo Farmer's Market tonight so on the way we stopped at Kohls, the Tolosa Winery and then the market. Kohl's was much smaller than in Surprise so we are spoiled. The winery was beautiful with pleasant wine (Bob liked better than Susan) so no wine purchase today. The market was fun. We saw our favorite jazz band that we met last Sunday. Isn't the 12 year old playing the washboard cute. He so enjoys playing his washboard. Two guys on unicycles were an amazing act. Lots of ... read more

Today started out like the other days, an early work out, beautiful sunrise, breakfast. Did you enjoy the panoramic picture I sent separately from my Samsung Galaxy SIII. And to be able to stretch it out on a touchable screen is really great. But then, we finally got motivated to plan our remaining 2013 time share adventures. We decided we wanted to go back to Hawaii, and after researching availability in Kauai and Maui, and then checking airline schedule availability both on-line and on the phone for seemingly hours, we had a plan It took all Tuesday morning, and part of Monday night to all Tuesday morning to research information, but as of Tuesday night we had flight reservations on hold to round trip Kauai the first two weeks of November. Still needed to confirm time ... read more