Only 2 miles away.....

 8:13 am - Friday - May 24th - LPG&RVR - 52° F, humidity 35%, wind 2 mph out of the west.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 69° F.  On this date in 2011 TLE and I had just finished our fourth month of living full time in the Newell at Rancho Jurupa Regional Park....our first workamper position....life was, and is still good....

Miss that T-Bird

.....we would have our buddies from Integrity Mobil Detail come out once a month to wash, wax and detail the Newell, the trailer, and T-Bird.  Does not seem like 13 years have elapsed since that day.

We began our first of four days off work by restoring order to our wind swept 'lido/dining/gaming/viewing decks', which initially involved completing the demolition of our beloved Ozark Trail dining canopy begun the day prior by the 'wind event'.  Within 40 minutes we had disassembled what remained of it, and after setting aside a few components, which might be used to repair our future canopy, we tossed the remainder of the debris into the local dumpster.  

Once that sad task was complete, we redeployed the patio awning, and the sun screen, as well as the two market umbrellas to provide some shade for the picnic table until our new Ozark Trail canopy arrives this Monday....

......our lawn is looking wonderful after doing a lot of watering to get everything green again....

....after completing our cleanup we took another of our 2 mile out and back walks....TLE wore shorts, but I stuck with Addidas track pants, and a long sleeve shirt.  The views were stunning....

....in the distance you can see smoke from another proscribed burn up in Jess Valley.  Some use the term controlled burn, but as DeWayne Matthews (Likely Volunteer Fire Chief) says, there is nothing controlled about it....you just hope the wind doesn't freshen, and that it doesn't break out of its boundaries.....

.....there is a new eatery in Likely.....a food truck....Cuatro Palomas Taqueria.  They are on site serving great Mexican food Monday through Friday 10 am to 6 pm. Since we were driving into Alturas to do our weekly shopping we decided to check out the cuisine.  I had two asada street tacos, and TLE their chicken burrito.....the burrito was ginormous, and will provide at least two additional meals....lol...the street tacos were wonderful, too....I neglected to take pictures of the food.  We ate our entrees across the street at the General Store picnic tables.....

The Likely Volunteer Fire Department is in the background

   .....additionally, some time before the end of the year they will be turning this large parking lot into a Rest Area complete with restrooms, so this will be a great way to get people to pull of the road and bring a little business back to Likely.....the General Store is right across the street from the parking lot, so they will, hopefully, get more business, too.  It is nice to know that good Mexican cuisine is just a couple of miles away now.  There was a steady stream of people pulling off the road to check them out while we were there, and that is good news!

We were back from our shopping trip by 2 pm, and it was time to relax after all that early morning work.  For dinner, TLE served me another portion of her large chicken burrito, and there is still some left....lol! For our evening entertainment we watched two more episodes of 'Welcome to Wrexham' (Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney).

As I sit her composing this latest missive the park is about 90% full, and you can hear a pin drop.  This is one of those amazing things about LPG&RVR.  Even on holiday weekends the customers are so respectful of their neighbors, and really keep noise to a minimum.  We've never worked at any campground that was this quiet, and it is one of the numerous reasons we have returned to LPG&RVR for our third summer season.

Thanks for stopping!