Blogs from Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States, North America

Welcome to another blog from your Wandering Gal, I am so looking forward to sharing my next adventure with anyone that is interested enough to read it! You will never guess where I am if you knew me at all. Up to this point I have tried to have to use a passport on any trip and the further the better. But you know what they say about exploring your own backyard first. So I have embarked on a journey to a less exotic place but a warm region, english is the language here but there is lots of diversity of culture everywhere, enough with the suspence I am in southern California my homesbase will be Oceanside, I must confess I am a Californis Native so it shouldn't be to different, wrong I am from Northern ... read more

Hi all, Well, we're still here. Brian and I have been cutting holes in the boats and the tanks and trying to figure out what has happened. On Monday, October 26, we dinghied out to the Shelter Island fishing pier and watched the Ha Ha fleet sail away. We were both a little teary eyed watching them go. All of our crew except Bonnie and Ray found another boat to go on, so we hope they have a good time. It turns out that there is another Cooper 416 her in San Diego. She is named Redcoat and her skipper is Brian Cavilier. He sought me out so we could talk about the boat. Brian invited me onto his boat and I was able to see the differences, and look at his fuel tank, which had ... read more

Starting Point = Carlsbad, CA Final Destination = Virginia Beach, VA We are putting the west coast in our rear view mirror and heading east for our new/old home in Virginia. We will be camping in our 1985 Land Cruiser across our greatish country. We are sad to leave sunny California, but looking forward to the new stage in our lives. This blog entry is intended to allow family and friends to follow our trek from San Diego to Virginia. We aren't doing this to rub in that we are taking this way cool trip, but hoping that our trip might inspire others to go out and see what is beyond the boarders of your town. Entry #1 - 11/08/2007 - Move Planning and Trip Preparations As I am writing this first entry, our current travel ... read more

Oceanside Well, we're back in Oceanside, where we lived before we moved all of our stuff up to Washington. We spent the day playing with Echo, running errands, and Danielle was reading. It's an official week of relaxation as we wait for warmer temperatures in Yosemite, the Sierras/Nevada, the Grand Canyon, The Utah Nat'l parks, and Colorado. The new plan is to spend a week here on the lake and ocean on Camp Pendleton, simply relaxing and not driving anywhere. Then we'll head east to Arizona and spend some time there, in Tucson and up to Flagstaff. Then we'll attack the Grand Canyon and all those other places as the weather becomes more camping-friendly. So, lazy days, not many pictures except those of us chilling out! Lots of love to everyone, hope you're all doing ... read more