Urbanites again.....

The daily temps have been steadily increasing on the Rincon, and Saturday was no exception......by far the warmest morning of the 9, and, of course, with the steady warming the humidity becomes more noticeable.  Saturday was our departure day, and I was up early thinking about what still needed to be done for us to roll our wheels.....put the portable fireplace away after dumping the ashes, put away the campfire chairs, put the left over wood (two bundles) in the VW, un-tilt the solar panels and stow them for travel, turn over the DD 6V92, then delicately extricate the Newell and the trailer from our site.

In all the years we have been visiting Rincon Parkway departure day has always been too soon, but Saturday, after 9 nights and 10 days we were ready to leave.....not so much ready for the heavy urban traffic which we would necessarily have to negotiate on our way to Riverside.  Spending that much time in one spot with good sun each day enabled us to learn even more about our solar system, as well as see the results of our investment in the two extra panels.

We had the trailer hooked up by 1000 hours, and drove south about a mile on Rincon Parkway to a flat, shady spot to load in the VW before making our dash for Riverside.  The traffic steadily increased as we neared the San Gabriel Valley via I-210 through Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and Azusa where we slowed to 40 mph for about 10 miles.  Then we took the plunge into the Pomona Valley and SR-60 eastbound, arriving at my daughter and son-in-law's home in Riverside just after 1230.  For a few days we will be parked way in the back of the yard awaiting the tree trimmer who will be coming Monday to trim the trees along the southeast side of the property where we normally park.

With the help of Nick (our son-in-law) we used his GMC truck to back the trailer into their backyard, then I backed in the Newell, and we were set up by 1400 relaxing with the kiddos.  Nick grilled some hotdogs and hamburgers for dinner, and we were joined by Tim, Sharon, Meredith, and Laila........

......and speaking of Sharon and Katie......they are both expecting....Sharon in February, and Katie in June, so there will be two additional grand babies in 2016.....like I've said repeatedly....this is the best time of life!

So, we are settled in for for probably at least 3 months waiting for the birth of Sharon's little boy before we roll our wheels once again.  There are a few other things in the works, which I'll relate at a later date, but 2016 is shaping up to be a banner year for the Hockwald clan.

Thanks for stopping by!