March 11, 2009
We dry-camped overnight in Primm, NV in a large parking lot behind the Buffalo Bill Casino. We had dinner and after a quiet night of sleep, we had breakfast in the casino. We re-fueled at the Lenwood exit just past Barstow on our way to Los Angeles via I-15.
While there was some traffic we had virtually no hold-ups all the way to Playa Del Rey, a state campground on the beach just south of Marina Del Rey. We arrived there just before 2 PM. This place is at the beach end of the Imperial Highway, or I-205. Our 40-foot bus just barely fit into their spaces which they claim are 37-feet.
We found out that we did not have to be home by March 13th, because of a misunderstanding of dates, except that we wish we were home for Gramma Gin’s 90th birthday March 10 (too late for that!). So we are visiting a grandson, Thomas, and his girlfriend, Desirae, in Marina Del Rey, LA. He has been a highway patrolman for four months and is really enjoying it. Desirae has a job with Wells Fargo so they are doing well. We had dinner with them last night and today are going to take them with us to meet our niece, Cathy in Long Beach. Cathy is a kindergarten teacher whom we think they would enjoy meeting. Cathy has been in the area for some time.
On the way north we will visit granddaughter, Jenny, who started going to the University of Santa Barbara last fall, and is probably anxious to see some family. Then we will visit Jenny’s father who is our youngest son, Jamie, and his girlfriend, Marna, who last fall bought an almost-new house in Tracy. They both work at the Livermore Lab in Livermore. He has an exciting job working on a huge laser machine with 192 lasers aimed at one little piece of matter the size of a BB. Their work is expected to be a major breakthrough in many aspects of nuclear physics and is expected to result in the development of a safe source of atomic energy with little radioactive waste.

Then we should be home Saturday, March 14th to catch up on what we let go while having a marvelous time in Mexico! JoAn’s sister, Carol, is anxious to see her and have some help making some choices with Gramma Gin, who is apparently ready to go to a rest home, a heavy decision. She cannot get around well enough anymore and needs more care than Carol can continue to give. She has been living with Carol and Dan for almost a year.
I plan to work on the bus and whittle away on my long to-do list before we take it up to Infinity Coach, Inc. in Sumner, WA to finish the list. When that is done we hope to be all set to travel care-free!