Back in San Diego

August 9, 2015
Yesterday we had lunch with our SLO Real Estate Agent friend, Cindi Petrovich. We ate at a taco shop in SLO. One of the properties we looked at with her, less than six months ago, that was on a lake is all dried up now. SLO has a water shortage like the rest of California. Anyway, it was nice to catch up with Cindi. She promises next time we meet to bring her partner Karen. We gave her a hard time about Karen being a figment of her imagination since she keeps promising to introduce us but the scheduling never works out.

We stayed last night at a Walmart in Oxnard. We got rousted at about 10PM by security and had to move. The security lady told us where we could move to so it was not much of an inconvenience for us, but we are tired today. I think all of the excitement of the last couple of days is catching up to us.

We arrived in San Diego today and we are staying at Joan and Pete's house for the night. We have a real bed and bathroom to use. It's ironic because their house overlooks our old house. So we are back at where we started over three months ago.

We can see the slow progress on the new pool at our old house. It is not near completion and I thought it would have been done by now so I could go swimming in it. The new owners promised me a swim and a look around at their remodeling of the house.

Judy just told me we visited 29 states on our trip. She is updating our progress on a paper road map that is yellow highlighted with our route. I will have to figure out how many miles we traveled.

I am not sure how much longer I will keep up the Blog since we are back at the beginning again.

Tomorrow we start preparing for the move to San Luis Obispo. We are feeling overwhelmed with excitement and fear. I suppose it will be like our Epic Adventure and we will ultimately have fun and be rewarded with new experiences. This is what happens when you, "Don't Quit Your Daydream".

Monica parked at our new residence

car parked in downtown SLO

Sadie and Joan

The House on the Hill

August 8, 2015
We signed a one year lease on a house on The Blue Stone Ranch, San Luis Obispo. It is a small two bedroom one bath with a single car garage. The layout will work for us and we will have room for both our cars and Monica.
More to come later...

Maybe the One

August 7, 2015
This was the last one on our list and we had almost given up on a place in San Luis Obispo. This one looks good and we filled out an application. We decided to sleep on it and we are not sure we will be chosen, but it looks good. Hopefully everything will come together tomorrow or fall apart.

We are at the free Concerts in the Plaza, San Luis Obispo eating bratwurst and drinking beer.

Tucked in the trees

Garage and parking

Free Concert

Rental Properties Near SLO

August 6, 2015

We looked at many rental properties today from Pismo Beach to Cambria. At least 123 miles on the odometer. There are not many rental properties in this area to look at and they don't last long on the market. We looked at shared living arrangements, places in the city, at the beach, and in the country. We have a couple more to look at tomorrow.
We are staying at Chorro Regional Park for the night.

Morro Bay

August 5, 2015
Bay Pines Travel Trailer Park

We spent last night at a Walmart in Stockton, Ca.

This morning we woke up at 6:15 to someone trying to steal our bikes off the bike rack on Monica. We looked out the rear window to a black guy messing with the bikes. He said he was just checking out the wheels. Judy yelled he's taking the bikes. I jumped up and went out and the guy said he wasn't taking them, but he had my bike on the ground and was getting ready to ride away. Two other guys were waiting in a running car next to the van. I said to the guy stealing the bike ; " you're taking it" he said back to me, " I'm not taking it". We kept saying the same thing to each other three or four rounds until I said,  she's calling the cops.

Judy came out with my cell phone and I told her to take a picture of his license plate. Judy put the phone up like she was taking a picture. The thief looked to get on my bike, but noticed the pedal was folded up and so he dropped the bike and got back in the car and they sped off.

We were lucky because the pedal was folded up on my bike so he couldn't pedal away.  And when he went to steal Judy's bike it got stuck in the bike rack. This guy didn't care we were there watching him attempt to steal our bikes.

The get-away car had no license plate and the phone was not turned on to take a picture. The whole thing seemed surreal to me,  especially my exchange with the thief about taking and not taking the bikes.

We will be locking the bikes every night from now on.

And no, Pumpkin did not bark. He didn't even get up out of bed.

Walmart, Stockton, CA

August 4, 2015
Judy says we are all business now. We are not interested in sight seeing so much because we can always come back this way once we get settled in our home. Our priorities have shifted to finding a place to live.
We are at a Walmart in Stockton, CA and on our way to San Luis Obispo, SLO. We have an appointment in SLO with our Real Estate Agent Cindi Petrovich on Friday.

Shasta Lake, CA

Electrical Towers, Walmart

Roseburg, Oregon

August 3, 2015
We drove most of today. We are camped at Rising River Campground for $34 per night.

There is also a picture of all my clothes and the Ebags I packed them inside. I brought more than enough clothes for the trip. I packed one pair of hiking boots, one pair of tennis shoes, and some CROC sandles.