its Christmas time!

So traditionally in our household we had held off on decorating for Christmas until after Katie's birthday on the 8th of December. Since I'm now flying solo these days, I decided to decorate as soon as I could after Thanksgiving was over. So, I decorated this weekend. Today is the 29th of November 2020. 

I started out by pulling all the Christmas decorations out of the bay that we have had them located in the past in order to decorate the motor home. I found a few strings of lights that weren't working quite right, I fixed one of them, the other 1 I was able to utilize for this year but that I will toss after the end of the Christmas season.

I put together the imitation Christmas tree, and prepared to put it on the pedestal over the steering wheel as I have done for years prior. However, because it is such a weird year of 2020 and not being able to see family and such, I decided that I was going to get a live Christmas tree. And not just a cut Christmas tree, but one that was live and would live on for years to come. So, I ran over to the nearby Safeway store, went to the floral department, and there they had a selection of potted Christmas trees. I picked one out, brought it home, and put it in place and subsequently decorated it. I really do enjoy the Christmas season,  it's going to be very weird not buying a significant number of Christmas gifts, but that's OK. I'm always enjoying the Christmas holiday season, and this year will be no different.

I went yesterday, the 28th of November, to check out a potential campground at Lake Comanche in Amador County. I wanted to have a place to go for Christmas that I could enjoy and again get away from home a little bit just like I did at Thanksgiving. I went out to their website entered that I wanted to stay 3 nights and I seemed to be under the impression there was gonna cost me $52 a nigtt. This was a bit of a shock. But nonetheless I went to Lake Comanche to check it out. I knew that Lake Comanche was dry camping on North Shore, so I was a little baffled at this high price. When I got to security gate and explained to the lady that I just wanted to check out some potential campsites, she said please go help yourself. I asked how much is it per night to stay here? She said, about 10 to $12 a night in the off season. Then when I explained to her what I had seen she said the website can be a little confusing. Well now that I know that it's reasonable price for dry camping I'm all set up a who were the reservation.

Stay tuned for future posts this holiday season as I go forward preparing for the Christmas holiday. 

Safe travels all. 

Eric Anderson