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| Boondocking area of Jojoba Hills SKP Park. |
One of the joys of traveling south is to meet up with friends we've made along the way. We are at Jojoba Hills SKP Park in Aguanga, CA and I finally feel like we've 'arrived' in the Southwest! No more Casino camping until our return. We love visiting this place and these people and enjoying the amenities and many activities.
We went to church on Sunday at the Chapel in a neighboring RV community and it was a great experience. Songs we knew, friendly people, good teaching from the Word of God. And we got to ride over in an old restored trolley! I wish I'd gotten a picture of it, but I didn't even think of it at the time. In the afternoon I joined the Zumba Gold class and really got a workout!
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| Roasted drumsticks and pumpkin cheesecake cooked in the Sun Oven. Yum! |
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| Roses from Diana Ruelen's garden. |
Now that we're where the sun shines and not in a parking lot I can finally get out my Sun Oven and do some solar cooking. Since the sun goes down so early (whose bright idea is this 'daylight's savings time' anyway?!) I have to get things going pretty early in the day. I made chicken drumsticks and veggies, then wrapped the pot in a wool blanket while I baked pumpkin cheesecake. Yum! We ate dinner a bit earlier than usual, but I didn't mind one bit! Then we went off for a walk, ending up at the Clubhouse. I got pulled into playing Hand and Foot (not at all hard!), but Jerry managed to sneak out. He's not a fan, and that's OK. He has enjoyed jogging the hilly streets around Jojoba as well as relaxing in the hot tub--when he's not puttering around checking or fixing things on the motorhome.
We have taken advantage of the great shopping in Temecula, so we're all stocked up and ready for the desert. My freezer is packed! I've made more fermented salsa and Curtido, as well as water kefir, milk kefir and kombucha. Travels with my ferment-friends keeps me going. And I love to share these with anyone interested.
All too soon our visit here is over. A week here just isn't enough time to do all we want to do and see all the people we want to see. But we made the most of our time here and we saw those we wanted to the most. Now off to another lovely place.
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| 2 jars of Curtido and one of fermented salsa. Yumminess! |
Well, sunshine, heh? Sounds nice! We have had my favorite kind of weather here in Oregon....lots of wind (love it!), rain when I wanted to be in, and sunshine breaks when I had to put out the trash. Some sunbreaks were long enough for me to indulge in a neighborhood hike. Watching the houses being built is one of my favorite activities while I walk. Have been eating my Kefir and using lots of Stevia to "sweeten the pot." Some of my "older" kefir is very puckery!! I started a new jar of the milk kefir this evening and put my date and time sticker on it.
ReplyDeleteThis afternoon, Evan's two grandmas (I am one of them) went to his school for Grandparent's Day...our husbands weren't available to attend, but we had a blast....Evan is getting so much more grown up and he was completely the kind "host" when we left the auditorium after each grade presented their skits and went to do a craft with him in the classroom... He also had an interview for each of us...cool chart. I plan to save it. :) Jim has cataract surgery coming up and we are trusting that it will be such a help to him. Enjoy the sand, dust, wind, rocks, mountains, cactus, and big sky! Hugs! Sue