November 30 - December 7, 2008
Thousand Trails - Wilderness Lakes
We do have some adventures on the road! It took us an hour and a half to get here...a trip that should have taken only half an hour. You wouldn't know there's a bad economy here in Southern California. New neighborhoods are going up like crazy...both retirement neighborhoods and those with the large family homes. They tend to add new roads and take out the old ones. Since it was such a short trip, I drove the car leading Ken. We got into Menifee and my next left just wasn't there. So, we did a u-turn (not that easy in a motorhome) and tried again in vain. Pulled over to check the GPS once again and figured we would try to go in from "the other side"; got on the highway to the next exit and turned right only to come to a single lane, dirt road. Another u-turn and we're on the phone to get some new directions. The GPS was going absolutely crazy "recalculating"!!


Bill told us he had been there earlier in the week for dinner; sitting there in a corner by himself when an elderly gentleman (everybody in the room was either an elderly gentleman or an elderly gentlewoman) started to choke on something he ate. Bill jumped up, went to the man and wrapped his arms around a very large body. Squeezed and squeezed and finally the guy started breathing again. Bill saved the day...the funny part of the whole situation was the other elderly gentleman sitting with our "victim" just sat there and continued to eat!!! I guess, as you get older, your priorities change.


This part of California is an anomally to us. The weather is absolutely perfect! We enjoyed Hemet with its new, clean atmosphere. Menifee, as we said, was new roads and neighborhoods, good shopping, nice atmosphere. It's an area gearing up for the baby-boomers...too bad it's so far from home!

Next stop...Palm Springs!!
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