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Sep 22

Operation Sea Breeze

On Thursday we’re going to look at buying another RV. This time it’s a gas Class A and much shorter than our former Newmar – 30′ 5″ compared with 41′.

Also, the Sea Breeze doesn’t have any slide outs which is one less thing that can go wrong.

We’ve been looking for another RV for several months and used RV prices are still high, just like the housing market. We don’t want to spend much, so that really limits our selection. C’est la vie. We were going to wait until next year to buy, but this “deal” came along.

We’re excited, but also wary as this Sea Breeze has been driven. It’s definitely a fixer upper. Since our RV choices are limited by our budget, for any RV we ended up purchasing we figured that we’d end up replacing the tires, fridge, and ACs in pretty short order . . . and that’s what it looks like for this 2001 Sea Breeze.

More info after we come back.

Aug 19

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Food, Fences, and a Mountain Lion

It took us 8 months of living in Mariposa to find the best eatery in town, but what a find . . .

Jan had the linguine special and I had the cajun steak

For dessert, Jan had the Chocolate Toffee Torte (Insane!) and I had the Cheese Cake

THE MENUS

FENCES

Soon after we moved in, I discovered our privacy fence was falling apart . . .

But up close you can put your fingers through the rotten wood

Since the fence was leaning towards our property and it was barely holding up our neighbor’s sunscreen, I figured it should be replaced, so . . .

I replaced the entire fence and a couple of sections that held up the neighbor’s sunscreen required some redneck engineering . . .

MOUNTAIN LION

One afternoon I found this message by our mailboxes . . .

Jul 28

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Donut Run

Ok, enough of the healthy senior meals . . .

Nestled in the back corner of a small Mariposa parking lot on main street is donut heaven – Donuts A Go-Go.

Open 5 or 6, or sometimes 4, days a week, you had better get there when it opens at 7 am. Otherwise, you run the risk that a pickup full of construction workers will buy out most of the donuts in one fell swoop. Regardless, by 8 am or so, it’s Donuts A No-No.