That is how I got the RV life style under my skin.

I come from a very small country, 400 miles from North to South and 15 Miles from East to West ,no, no mistake that's it...the size of New Jersey.

Or if I insert Israel on the USA map  it will look like this

 

That is why we have no RV's , everything is one hour away, no place for C.G ,no roads that can accommodate big rigs, but we have a lot of guest houses and it is very common to rent a place with a kitchenette and spend some days with the family in the area.

As a kid I remember having a book describing Mike and Minnie traveling the USA with a trailer and somehow I liked even then the idea of pulling  the house behind ,stopping wherever I liked ,spending time in one place as long as I wish -in short doing what I like with full flexibility .

Time passed by and I forgot all about it ,being busy building a carrier and raising a family.

As an Airline employee for many years and stationed for 3-4 years in 3 different Countries ,my wife and I traveled a lot and saw RV's on the roads , it brought back memories from my childhood and to the BOOK that could not be found but the idea was there.

We looked for the book for many years but it must have been lost during the years as we moved from one location to another.

I could not remember the exact title of the book a fact that made the search on the internet difficult but finally one night changing the title name  I hit the jack pot......

It comes without saying that after retiring we a dropped everything ,bought a second hand Truck and 5W and are traveling each summer for 4-5 months since 2002, but ours looks a “little” bigger….

In the book we found few routs very familier, but there are so many more awating us to explore.

Including taking a mule ride down the Grand Canyon which we did by foot due to the mud slide at the time of our visit.

One thing is sure : If you dream you might do it ,if you do not dream for sure you won’t do it….it is so good to actually follow the long time dream of ours.

Wishing you all many happy trails, we will pick up from Central Oregon going North to discover North Oregon and Washington State, but it will only happen from the end of May, till we meet again…

Pictures Disappear

I have noticed that on my last post all the pictures despaired....I am posting as I always do and have no clue how it happened and how to fix it.

BTW if you click on the icon where the picture is supposed to be it will pop up.

If it happened to any of you please let me know how to bring the pictures back again.

Blogger.com did not help at all.

Thank you

End of 15th RV Summer trip

Each time I mention the fact that we RVed for the last 15 summers ,it hits me ....wow where and how the time flew, I only know that we did the best to enjoy every minute knowing that a day passed will never come back, I also realize that when one day I will look back I will have no regrets and I will be in peace with myself.

This year travels started in July with our Granddaughter Zohar that turned to be 12 , we made a point on taking every grandchild with us for a month when girls turn 12 (Bat Mitzvah)and boys turn 13(Barmizvah) .

Zohar is our third grandchild that comes with us and she already knew what to expect ,more or less.

We landed in L.A and took Zohar to Disney ,Universal Studious and the fantastic beaches along the coast.

 

After a few days we picked the rig from Palmdale CA where it was stored during the winter on a friends property and “loaded” the trailer with groceries before hitting the road.

Zohar had to be back in L.A after a month to catch a direct flight home so we did a round trip that included Sequoia & Kings Canyon N.P, Needles N.P where we hiked ,camped and enjoyed the nature.

One of the great pleasures is to meet with friends and relatives , and in this short month with Zohar we had great times with Fred & Carol at Palmdale , with Sam & Chris near Kings Canyon S.P ,with Steve and Debra at Bear Valley Springs and of course with Ron and Sari Shula's cousins in L.A

    

As you can imagine it was very difficult to say goodbyes to Zohar after a great month ,but that is life and on she left on a direct flight home escorted by an airhostess and meet at the destination by her family.

After the sad separation we continued as planned going North Exploring North CA and Center Oregon.

The Coast line of North CA and Oregon are a real gem, you cannot be wrong where ever you choose to stop it is beautiful and needs time to explore.

In Monterey we meet with my Aunt Lucy and her being a volunteer in the Carmel Aquarium was glad to show us around ,what an energy this lady has….

 

The next stop was to meet my cousin's family in S.F, we were so glad that we could get together after many years and spend some time together.

 

In Livermore we spent few days with another cousin of mine and his wife enjoying the weather and the time together

 

Another short stop in Sacramento to meet family and then North to nature ,hiking ,natural hot springs and meeting people.

Thank you dear friends and family for you kind hospitality, friendship and sharing time with us.

From now on it was all about RVing,Camping and nature.

I have posted a few post regarding the beautiful North CA and Central Oregon that never stopped amazing us with it’s Colors,Waterfalls.Hot Springs ,Mountains and Lakes, we could spend a life time here easyly and not see it all-BUT WE ARE TRYING….

These are “ONLY” selected pictures…..click on any to inlarge.

On the way home we stopped to visit our youngest son and his family in Toronto ,keeping the best for the last…..the grandkids sure grew since we saw them last year.

See you all next summer….