Panama Canal Cruise Begins

We left Arizona City yesterday and drove to San Pedro California. We left our black fur ball Cookie and our motorhome with our friends, Barb and Roger. Cookie will be very spoiled when we return. Thank you so much, Barb and Roger. We stayed at the Doubletree Hotel next to the Cabrillo Marina, so enjoyed a nice walk yesterday admiring all of the boats. This hotel has quite a deal for cruise ship guests - place to leave your vehicle, bottle of champagne or sparkling cider, cookies, newspaper and a full buffet breakfast all for a very reasonable price that is less than leaving your vehicle at the cruise ship port. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from where our daughter Karen used to live. We will catch the free shuttle to the cruise ship terminal later this morning and board our ship, the Island Princess. We leave on the ship at 4:00 this afternoon and boy are we excited - we managed to get an upgrade from interior to a balcony at no additional cost and we will really enjoy sitting out and watching everything, especially the transit of the canal which will be an all day affair!! We will not have any computer while on the ship, so we will post again soon after our return on May 10. Enjoy.............

Back to Valley Vista

We moved back here on Wednesday and were welcomed by everyone. The management and staff here are some of the most friendly people we have met at any park! It is at the close of their season and they are cleaning out the refrig and freezer, so meals are inexpensive as long as you like what they have left! Unfortunately, it turned cold (for this time of year - 60's) and windy for yesterday and today. However, tomorrow the warm up begins with highs in the 90's by the first of the week. Saturday is a campfire and the fire department requires you cook food to get a permit for a fire - so hotdogs and smores it is. No one is complaining about that. It will be a fun and relaxing week here with time to read up about our upcoming cruise.

Seven Mile Move

Yesterday we had a major move down the road to St. Davids RV park for a week. It is quite empty as the season down here is coming to a close. Cookie likes it with all the new walks and smells and it gives us new walks for our exercise. Here is a picture of Cookie on the day she turned seven months old.