Leaving L.A. (2/23/10)
This is the first blog post from the road!
Staging is complete. All the storage things are in the storage, and all the traveling things are in the trailer! The cable modem is returned, the post office is notified, and were ready to go by 1 pm. Of course, we realized that if we left, we’d immediately be hungry. So off we went to lunch. After a fine Jewish Deli lunch at Weilers, we came back, hooked up the trailer, and by 2:30, we were on the road.
It was destined to be a short travel day, since we left late, but as I told my father earlier this morning, I don’t care if I get ten miles down the road, I just want to start, so I’m not continuing to endlessly prepare.
Traffic was pretty bad, and it took from 2:30 to 4:30 to go 75 miles. We stopped in Ontario at an RV shop to buy a needed part, then traveled another seven miles to the Fontana Elks Lodge, which is really in Rialto.
We got a lovely dinner of burritos and taco salad at the Elks lodge, met Phyllis, the Exalted Ruler (President), as well as a bunch of lovely people. We did not remove the trailer from the truck, and we are snug in our rolling home with water, electricity and a dump station. Verizon Wireless brings us Internet. We haven’t put up the TV antenna.
Tomorrow, we’d like to travel about 185 miles to Blythe, CA, which is on the California/Arizona border. We shall see.
2 Responses to “Leaving L.A. (2/23/10)”
Comment from angel
Time February 25, 2010 at 12:35 pm
You made it out and early, no less. Good luck on your travels. My best to you both.
Comment from Art Zemon
Time February 24, 2010 at 6:25 am
I’m looking forward to reading many, many more of these as you wander the world. There’s a part of me that is jealous, except of the part of your trip where you were stuck in LA traffic for two hours. Bon voyage!