LEAVING SAUGUS

AFTER WE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE WENT TO OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL MEAL. ON CHRISTMAS DAY WE WENT TO THE MOVIE, STAR WARS. IT WAS REALLY GOOD!

WALKING TO THE MOVIE THEATRE WE CAME UPON THIS ICE SKATING RINK....IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, WE STARTED GETTING READY TO LEAVE. WE WERE HEADED TO TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA FOR A FEW DAYS OF REST  BEFORE GOING ON TO MESA, ARIZONA.

WE  HAD RESERVATIONS AT PECHANGA  CASINO RV RESORT IN TEMECULA. WE GOT AN EARLY START THE NEXT MORNING. IT WAS STILL CHILLY FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE GOT DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE WAYS....TRAFFIC JAM....SAT ON THE INTERSTATE FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR!

WE FINALLY GOT TO TEMECULA!

AND PECHANGA RV RESORT!

WE COULD HARDLY WAIT TO GET IN THE HOT TUB!

WE HAD ACHES AND PAINS THAT NEEDED  TO BE SOAKED AWAY!

IT WAS CHILLY IN TEMECULA TOO, EXPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS WHEN WE USED THE HOT TUB. 

WE LOVED OUR LARGE SITE WITH GRASS....FIRST TIME MAGGIE AND MARLEE HAD BEEN ON GRASS IN THREE MONTHS.

WE FOUND A WONDERFUL SPORTS BAR THAT SERVED THE MOST DELICIOUS HAMBURGERS!

WE ENJOYED OUR STAY HERE, BUT IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN. WE LEFT FOR BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA ON DECEMBER 30.  MRS. GARMIN SENT US ON SOME CUT ACROSS ROAD TO THE INTERSTATE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE, BUT IT WAS A VERY NARROW,  CURVY ROAD, WITH  SNOW!!

I FOUND OUT I HAVEN'T MISSED SNOW AT ALL!!

FINALLY WE WERE IN PALM DESERT!!

WE DROVE ON TO BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA OASIS RV PARK, A PASSPORT AMERICA PARK. WE WEREN'T TOO  IMPRESSED, VERY SMALL SITES. THANK GOODNESS WE ARE ONLY HERE ONE NIGHT!