Rio Vista

Today Dave & Trish guided us around the local area, across private levees, past the flock of sheep and sheep dogs, the boat that's going nowhere, the road with the askew drawbridge and Rio Vista. While in Rio Vista we stopped at the local emporium. The emporium, Fosters Bighorn, is well know for 300 mounted animals, 95% shot by the former owner, a bootlegger who bought the bar when he was chased away and changed his name. There must have been big $$$$ in bootlegging and owning a bar after prohibition huh?

Isleton, CA

We made the 160 mile trip today and arrived about 1:30. Dave & Trish were here to greet us and we have the adjacent campsite. It's great to see them, the last time was in Hollister MO last fall. After chatting we started testing margarita recipes for the Beer & Bean rally next week. We walked across the street to the marina for cocktails and a snack then returned, Trish had made an excellent chicken chili for supper. We continued working on refining the margarita recipe some more and started talking about our summer and winter plans so we ensure our paths will often cross.

Coarsegold, Yosemite & Clayton

I'm baaack! Sunday we went to church and they remembered us as "the Michigan folks". I watched the races and Judy did the laundry here at the CG. We also cleaned the trailer carpet this weekend. Sunday evening we played "California rummy" with Joyce & Arlen from MN who we met in this CG, they have a Discover America HitchHiker, good people. Monday Clayton arrived and Judy made a good pork roast supper and we talked then played 3 handed euchre. Tuesday we drove to Yosemite about noon and spent the afternoon there. We explored some of the places we were last week and went to some new, to us, places. It was solid cloud overcast with the mountain tops in the clouds so it looked quite a bit different from the sunny day last week. We had lunch at a park hotel and returned via a different road. We stopped in Coarsegold for supper then back home for round 2 of euchre. While we were in Yosemite Judy decided to come down with a cold and can't breath. Clayton left about 1pm this afternoon and we will be seeing him next week or the week after while we are in Isleton and Winters.

I have to say one more thing.......today is the first day since we started RVing a year ago that we spent absolutly ZERO dollars or cents!!!!!! We have always had to pay for, at least, a campsite but now with the park membership it's prepaid!!!! Caching caching caching.