Friday, October 25, 2013

Free camping in San Diego - week 031

Hi to everyone,

 One of the greatest things about traveling in an RV is that you can stop anywhere you want to and stay for as long as you want.  That's a good thing.  We left our motorhome in San Diego for repairs before we went to Hawaii.  They took our service requests and ordered parts before we left.  Unfortunately, not all of the parts are here yet!  Prior to this stay, the longest we stayed anywhere was eight days in Yuma, Arizona with our neighbors, Ben and Sid.  We will have "camped" in the RV service over 20 days!  If we were not fulltiming, this might have been a frustrating time.  But for us, it is great.  We have a nice parking spot with no neighbors.  We have electrical hookup and can dump and get water whenever we need it.  The lot is alarmed and gated. And it is free!

 However, it does not leave much to write home about.  We did find a few pictures that we missed last week.

 This was the view from church on Maui.


 There were about 70 people at church with us.


 A final photo on the way back to our suite to pack to go back to the mainland.


 This is the world's largest Banyan tree in Lahaina Village on Maui.


 This has been our "campsite" for the last two weeks.


 Ellen next to the Star of India in San Diego Harbor.


 We visited Uncle Bob and Aunt Glenda at their new home in Bradbury CA.


 We also met up with cousin Bob and Barb in Carlsbad CA.  Bobby drove us up to see the Prowetts.


 Pete, Emily and Chad tore Emily's dash apart trying to fix her dash fan.

Hopefully we get a new windshield this week and get back on the road.  But we are so thankful for the time to spend with Emily, Melissa and Chad and we are thankful for the free and nice place to stay. God is good!

 Love, Pete and Ellen

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Wowee, Maui - week 030

Aloha friends and family,
On Sunday we boarded the Aloha jet for Kahalui, Hawaii.  Pete, Ellen, Melissa and Emily headed off to the Marriott Ocean Club in Ka'anapali on the West Coast of Maui Island.  After settling in, we headed off to the huge pool and relaxed.  During the week we swam in the ocean, played water volleyball, enjoyed the sun, walked the mile long beach, shopped, ate, watched a video, snorkeled on the Molokini "Island", watched the whales, toured the new timeshare models, played on the waterslide, took island drives, took pictures and just plain relaxed.  You could enjoy a 7-day trial with an included rental car for about $700.00.  Email us, if you like and we will submit your name, address and phone number to Marriott.  Besides the room and car, you will need round trip tickets and food.  While it is not cheap, it is an amazingly beautiful place to vacation. You must schedule a 2-hour timeshare tour.  But they are not pushy and it is one of the best things we have ever done.  We have been to Hawaii four different weeks and every week is as good as the first.

 See for yourself!  These are photos of the resort, Marriott's Ocean Club on Ka'anapali Beach.


 The girls look great in Hawaii.


 Molokini was a crescent-shaped "venting cone" for the Haleakala volcano.  This was on our trip to Molokini.


 Snorkeling at Molokini was great.  Below Melissa is holding a Pencil Lead Urchin.


 The whale sightings were phenomenal as well.


 This humpback whale was up close and personal!


 There are a lot of different ways to enjoy yourself here.

Ellen and Pete drove the narrow road around the Northwest section of Maui.  While the road was only as wide as your car, the traffic was two way.

At the end of the road you reach the Iao Valley just west of the city of Kahalui.


 Well, that's it for the week.  Rested and relaxed we headed back on the jet to San Diego.  We left our motorhome for repairs.  When they are done, we will, for the third time, head off for the East Coast.  Mahalo for your interest.

 Aloha, love, Pete and Ellen
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