From Jacumba, California we headed west to Santee Lakes, which is east of San Diego, to visit Michael’s dad for Christmas and New Year’s. Santee had all the amenities including a Costco. After a couple of weeks in remote Jacumba, it was nice to have the luxuries of a large city again.
From Palm Springs, California we headed south to Jacumba, California, which is at the USA-Mexico border. The area is stunning because of the large eroded boulders strewn about the mountains.
From Las Vegas, Nevada we made our way to Palm Springs, California via Lake Havasu, Arizona. We love the vistas and barren beauty of the southwest.
Las Vegas was a perfect location to spend Thanksgiving with Terri and Jerry. We were lucky to have warm days and cool nights to explore Las Vegas, Red Rocks Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park. It was about a 5 hour drive from San Diego. There is a Freightliner service center north of Vegas where we spent a couple days having our annual service, steering alignment, and warranty shock replacement done.
We still have a property in San Diego that we had rented the past couple of years. They moved out, giving us a great opportunity to make renovations and put it on the market. We changed our travel plans and stayed in Escondido, which is the closest RV park to the house. Southern California is an amazing place and it was good to be back after a 2 year hiatus. Great year round weather without mosquitos, black flies, tornados, hail or hurricanes. Just fires and earthquakes. It’s easy to see why so many people live here and pay the insane cost of living.
From Idaho, we headed south to see Great Basin National Park in Nevada, Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah, then Las Vegas.
