Dec 10 2009
“The Weather Outside is Frightful…”
We are sitting in the RV settled in here at the Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma listening to Christmas music (Dean Martin singing Christmas songs always gets me sentimental.), writing Christmas cards, and admiring the frost on the ground – a perfect scene for the moment. In between the kids writing their Christmas cards to friends here and in Germany, and my wife and I writing the family’s cards, we’ve had an assortment of Christmas gift ideas – things an RV family might wish for:
- Full hook ups at RV parks with large “pull through” spots
- RV Parks with cable TV access, playgrounds, pool, and a hot tub (you can see what our kids are interested in)
- Courteous drivers who don’t cut me off while I am driving a 35,000 lb vehicle
- Drivers behind me who don’t take my “changing lane” blinker as a reason to change lanes themselves
- A nice house on an acre or so waiting just for us to buy at a low foreclosure price
- Someone looking to hire a person of my many writing, teaching, training, marketing talents (okay, making “talent” plural might be stretching things a bit)
- If I can’t have the above, at least the gift of a reply from people who received my CV/resume
- Safe travels on a wide and smooth road with little traffic
- Wildlife sightings
- Red Ryder BB Gun (I know, he’ll shoot his eye out!)
And, in the “better to give than to receive” category:
- Working blinkers for all these drivers in cars with apparently inoperable blinkers
- New pairs of glasses for those drivers who, apparently not seeing a 41-foot long, 12-foot tall RV, pull out in front of them
I’m sure we’ll have more later. But, to all of you we wish you safe travels and Happy Holidays!
Anna is almost as tall as MC! I think of you guys all the time this holiday season because I have your Christmas tree from last year sitting in our family room
Happy birthday to Anna who should of at least had Patricia for a middle name:)
Tom when I want people to pass me when I am driving I put on my blinker and it works everytime they speed up and pass me!
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and that this time next year you have found that perfect place to settle down.
How long are y’all in California? We’re flying out next week and will be in the Sacramento Valley from the 21st to the 28th.
@Pat: That was fun last year in FLA. Anna looks taller in the picture because she is standing on an elevated ridge. Joe is still taller.
Don’t forget Joe’s birthday (the 20th), Joe who should have been named Patrick.
We wish we had our tree back!
@Rob, email us at wahlsacrossamerica@mac.com.
How about good wifi service in all RV parks.
@Larry: Forgot about that wish, WiFi would be nice, especially in the base parks. We were at Nellis and had great reception with full hook ups, but when we moved to partial hook ups, we lost all reception.