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Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Tuesday, January 05, 2016

January 1 to 4, 2016: Happy New Year! Mesa to San Carlos Mexico

JANUARY 1, 2016; FRIDAY; Mesa to Desert Diamond Casino
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!  Day one of the first month of the year!
We were up by 7 am this morning under a sunny but cold morning.  After breakfast, I packed the Jeep, unhooked the water system then we walked over to Marcel and Aud to wish them a Happy New-Year.  We left at 10 am and headed East on Hwy 60 to Hwy 78 and eventually Hwy 79 where we stopped for a bite to eat and a beer.  We continued on to I-10 East then south on I-19.  At the Indian Reserve in Sahuarita, south of Tucson, we arrived at our destination for today: Desert Diamond Casino.  We set up the chairs outside and had a drink under sunny and warm sky (68*F).  Audrey even put on her shorts!!!  Louise and Dave arrived here at 4:30 PM from Yuma and we had a big reunion and caught up to all the news.  We all walked to the Casino, had dinner then the girls decided to go gambling.  Dave and I walked back to our rigs and Marcel stayed behind to keep an eye on the girls and made sure they didn’t overspend!  We visited for a while afterwards and were in bed by 10 pm.  A good day overall!

N32* 00.461’
W 110* 59.328’
Alt: 2739’
We travelled 121 miles in 2.5 hrs


JAN 2, SATURDAY; To San Carlos, Mexico
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DAUGHTER ROCHELLE!!!
This is it!  We are on our way south!  We left around 7:15 am on I-19, crossed into Mexico without any incident after fueling at the Border in the USA and got onto Hwy 15 MEX at 10:15 am.  We were stopped about four miles later to declare anything we were importing then continued to KM 21 at 11 am where we stopped to purchase everyone’s TOURIST CARD.  We had ours already.  We then continue on Hwy 15 and stopped at BENJAMIN HILL for lunch and a break.  Back on the road, we soon were going through HERMISSILLO without any incidents then an hour and a half later, we turned on our final road to San Carlos and TOTONAKA.  There was a lot of construction on the highway coming down.
Anyway, we paid our dues (3 mths) then set up at site 116.  Aud and Marcel are across from us and Dave & Louise are two sites down.  We were lucky as a lot of sites are reserved and we are together.  The park is about three quarter full right now! 
After set-up, we drove to Brian and Carol’s place in the RANCHITOS and had dinner there.  They are good friends of A&M and bought a house here last year.  We had a great dinner of spare ribs and potatoes and vegetables.  We visited afterwards and got home at 9 pm.  A long day and we are tired so to bed!  Nice to be in warm climate again.

N  27* 57.889’
W 111* 01.476’
ALT: 38’

We travelled 308 miles in 6.25 hrs at an average 48 MPH.  We were stopped for 3.5 hrs


JAN 3, SUNDAY; San Carlos
We woke up to sunshine a balmy 57*F at 8 am.  It warmed up to low 70’s in the day.  Val and the gang went for a walk on the beach while I continued setting up.  Dave, Marcel and I went to EL CHEQUE for our fix of hot-dogs!  YUM! YUM!  The rest of the day was relaxing and we took A&M for a tour of the town.  Linda and Steve showed up to welcome us back and to meet A&M.  They already knew Dave and Louise.


JAN 4, MONDAY; Music Festival at Totonaka

It got quite cloudy this afternoon but the rain held off and the sun did come out long enough for Brian, friend John and Marcel to set up under a canopy and have a jam session.  It didn’t take long and we had a big crowd gather around and sing along whenever they could.  It began at 2 pm and lasted until 7 pm.  Everyone enjoyed it and demanded more in the future.  No doubt Marcel will cater to their request!!!  Steve and Linda also showed up and enjoyed themselves

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