I know- I am very, very late in updating my posts. I will work on that tonight and update soon, but right now we are hidden from the view of most of the Verizon 3 G upload capability- so this will be short and sweet.
We are camping in California, about 50 miles N of Fresno at Hidden View Campground at Hensley Lake. It is a small campground with all of the sites on sides of the hills, nothing level and most having a wonderful view of Lake Hensley. We are on a hill overlooking the lake, the boat ramp and some of the other camp sites - so the big screen does work. We have 2 boards under each of the front tires (and I don't mean small ones either) and we still slant somewhat forward, so that should tell you about the leveling issues. At least our heads are higher than our feet and of course i will not be baking, so having the oven level for a flat cake isn't a real issue. The refrigerator works fine and the bathroom door closes to give us privacy in the back, our screen room is shaded, the grill is on the picnic table and we spend most of the day outside. The TV picks up some of the local channels for night time viewing and of course we have not run out of either ice or adult beverages so all is well.
The weather has been temperate to hot, but we have not needed the AC. Nights are in the 50-60s and looks like we will be experiencing a cold front this weekend with lower temps and probably some much needed rain, and of course the ever present wind.
The closest town is Madera, CA where they have all of the support stores such as Walmart, Home Depot and Lowes as well as the necessary Wash & Fold for catching up on laundry (That was Thursday's chore). We are in the middle of Pistachio growing as well as wine making - so there are orchards and grape vines aplenty. We can see the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the distance and have been trying to guess which peaks are part of Yosemite (moving there for 2 nights on Tuesday and you can just bet we will be without cell/internet for those 2 days).
Anyway - I will try to upload some pictures of the past sites/areas when we go into Madera next- although they will probably be commentless unless I can add something to all of them before that happens. Did you notice that you can now see where we are at any given time when you open the blog? I added a Where Are We now area on the right side and I will update that even if there is no new post- it can be done on the fly while the posts take a little more time and thought(although you may not realize that from the content).
I will work on the more complete update now, but post this small blurb immediately. Later.
Drive safe and Retire Early!!
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