May 16, 2008 through 27th

Friday 16th We are now in Chula Vista, it is quite warm here today and the air conditioning feels good. We are going out for pizza tonight as that is one of Kent's favorite foods and it is his birthday. we delayed starting this morning waiting for a package from Bodie and Blaize that was to have been here in time for his birthday and it still didn't come. That is aways a disappointment but typical of the Postal Service Slug Mail to take more than 6 days to get mail to us. We are at the Elk's Club here again and a lot of the people we know are here. We also visited a couple of the Casinos, with Kent's birthday in May, he got $15 gambling money and a $25 dinner certificate from one of them. Whoopee!!!!!!!! He is having fun telling them it is is birthday. ha Plus our anniversary May 6th. Sunday 18th~~~~We went to Old Town for Mass this morning and stayed for breakfast, we talked to some neat people there. Next we drove to the "Cabrillo National Monument" in San Diego.(picture of San Diego Bay with San Diego in the background) There was a man dressed like the Spanish Seaman Juan R. Cabrillo who claimed 800 miles of the Northern Coast for Spain 50 years after Columbus. It is now known as San Diego. He had the compass's and tools and dishes and dried food that they lived on while at sea. Very Interesting!!!! Next we stopped at "seaport village" right on the harbor in San Diego. We walked around the Marina and looked at all the yacts and boats tied up there. There is always a band playing and lots of people eating, drinking and dancing on the concrete. Sharon's feet were moving with the music!! What a fun busy day we had. Tuesday 20th~~~~~ This morning we drove to Otay, Mexico (San Sidro) for fuel. some of our friends drive there for gas, and we decided to cash in on the savings too. It is only 12 miles from Chula Vista where we stay and diesel here is $5.15 and gallon and in Mexico it is only $2.15. When you need 30 gal. that is quite a savings/ Sharon doesn't like to go there, as they question you at the border and have the drug dogs that are all over and it is uncomfortable she thinks. She doesn't mind walking across though. "Go Figure"!! The town is an industrial town, so no fun shopping there. Thursday 23rd~~~We did wash and Sharon cleaned the 5th wheel.
Saturday 24th We sat outside with some of our friends today in the sun just visiting and enjoying the day. We drove to Old Town to Mass and one of the couples met us for Mexican dinner later. When we got home, they came over and we played a card game of "spite and malice". They left about 10:30 PM and we stayed up and watched a movie until almost 1AM. The park is full of campers, as it is the Memorial weekend. I guess there is a picnic for all Elk's members tomorrow in the park here. It is a nice shaded area with tables and all.
Tuesday 27th~~~~~~Today is another chilly blue jeans day (64 degrees). We will be glad to get to Las Vegas where it is warm. Just before we went to the picnic yesterday, we noticed our fridge wasn't working. We got some bags of ice and put them in it and took everything out of the freezer and put it in the cooler. The repair man came this morning and will fix it tomorrow. Someone here in the park has a small fridge for us to use until then. What a pain, but we are so lucky we rarely have any problems with our rig like some people have had. Maybe we will ride the trolley today to Balboa Park. Tuesday is Sr. day and they have a lots to see and do free. There is a great art museum there. We are playing cards again tonight with our friends Cindy and Howie.