Spring 2019

On a sad note.....

We started our Fall 2018 trip last August and after two days, we got a call from my brother back home and was told my dad had a massive stroke. We flew back home and sadly my dad passed away the morning we flew back to Hawaii. We got to spend an hour with him before he passed. I know he waited for us and just so grateful that we got to spend a little time with him.

Papa Rudy in Vegas last year

So needless to say, the last few months have been very difficult for our family. Joe and I was very close to dad and we miss him terribly. But life goes on....things are going well enough and we feel like we need to take another trip to unwind.

On this Spring trip we are meeting Josh, Casey, and kids in San Diego. Miki will also be spending some time with us in San Diego. Then Joe and I will go back to Desert Hot Springs for a couple of weeks, then onto Scottsdale, Arizona for an RV show.

Las Vegas

Feb 11   The weather last night out of Honolulu was pretty crazy. Very high winds and rainy. When we boarded the plane we met Winky & Leslie's friend Luana. She was one of the flight attendants on the flight. She told us we got tail winds so the flight will be fast. We got out to the runway and it was taking a long time for anything to happen. Then the captain announced there was something wrong with the brakes and maintenance would have to come out and tow us back to the gate. We ended up being delayed 3 hours.

We arrived in Las Vegas at 830am and it was very, very cold. Winky and Leslie picked us up and we went to Omelette House for breakfast. Then they dropped us off in Henderson to get our Kia. The car started right up so we started our errands. We went to Costco to put air in the tires, then drove to a carwash for our dusty car, got a smog check, then went to the DMV to pay for our car registration. By this time it was 1pm. We went to Sunset Station to see if we could check in and thank goodness our room was ready. We were both real tired and ready for a nap. We'll stay here for 2 nights comp.

Bento Box at Tata's Asian Restaurant

Winky woke us up around 5pm to meet for dinner. Tata's Asian Restaurant in Henderson, pretty good. My bento box had shrimp and vegetable tempura, teri beef, sushi. So ono!

Feb 12   We spent the day getting the RV ready because we'll be leaving for San Diego tomorrow.

Santee, California

Feb 13         Las Vegas, NV - Santee, CA                345 miles     7 hours  45 minutes

We got an early start this morning, left Vegas around 6am. The first half of the trip went pretty smooth. We didn't realize there was a lot of uphills and mountain areas between Las Vegas and San Diego, mainly on I15. The wind really kicked up in some areas and we had to take it slow. Joe finally took a break at Pechanga Casino in Temecula. I was curious to see this place but it's set away form the freeway. We just made a brief stop to have some lunch.

Some ugly weather coming up

We checked in at Santee Lakes Recreational Preserve for 10 nights. Good Sam rate here is about $51 per night. It's very nice here. Nice walking area around the campground and lakes, and lots of playgrounds. Lots of wind and rain so can't do much of anything today.

Feb 14   Santee Lakes is about 20 minutes from San Diego. The weather is really bad today. I planned the San Diego Trolley On and Off Tour today but it's storming. Lots of wind and rain. There's even flash flood warnings. Since we can't go anywhere today I decided to do some laundry. Expensive! $2.75 to wash and $2.00 to dry.

Miki came in late tonight. She will be with us for about 1 week to explore San Diego.