Destination number: 80/160/18
One of the things I did to try to save a little money on this trip was to sign up for Thousand Trails, a camping and RV park company. The idea being that it would save some money in the long run on the trip because once you buy the membership, you can stay at a park up to two weeks for no additional charge as long as you stay out of the Thousand Trails systems for a week between stays. Since we were at a reservoir last week, we could stay at a Thousand Trails this week. This week we are staying at a Thousand Trails Park, this time in Acton California which is about 20 miles west of Palmdale or about 50 miles north of Los Angeles.
This Thousand Trails park is located in an area called the Soledad Canyon and it is indeed a Canyon with mountains on all sides of it. It's a completely different sort of location from that of the Thousand Trails in Morgan Hill which was our first week-long stay. That park was surrounded by wineries. This location is also more remote than the location in Morgan Hill. I've gotten spoiled by living in Sacramento over the years where I was less than 5 minutes from a market. I was a little bummed in Morgan Hill that I had to drive 10 minutes to a Market. Here, in Acton, if you want a major grocery store, you need to drive at least 20 miles to the town of Palmdale to find a store of the caliber of a Safeway or Kroger.
All in all though, this park isn't bad. I have full hookups, so I'm able to get laundry done in the rig which is a win. They also have a large dog run area which is located over the leach field for the septic tanks. The power and water are solid and once again, I'm within a decent range of a Cell tower, so I'm getting a good cell signal and can work without a problem. And, I'm also able to get 45 over the air TV channels so if I want to watch TV, I have no problem doing it. Like at Morgan Hill, they are putting a lot of money into this park. They have upgraded the restrooms and the laundry facilities, and they are also upgrading the Basketball courts as well as the electric infrastructure.
The one gripe I have is that in order to get a package delivered here, they charge you a $25 fee to have a package delivered. Apparently, they have a huge problem with packages never being claimed by people that stay here, and then because of COVID, shipping companies are charging a $25 fee of the park if they return a package that could not be given to the addressee. I only had one package delivered here, I'll never do that again.
Though we haven't been doing much exploring, I have been getting together with Family. On Tuesday afternoon, I visited with Steve and Elena at their home in Long Beach. On Saturday I went to their daughter Morgan and Son-in-law Brian's home in Santa Ana for a visit. It was wonderful to see family that I don't get to see nearly often enough.
I also got to do a little work on a couple of projects that I have needed to do. I got the seat belts for the couch installed back in the motorhome. I also got a riser put in on the desk that I have needed ever since COVID hit and now that I have two computers. A personal laptop and a work laptop.
I had hoped to see Hamilton when I was in Alburquerque, but I found out this week that the show was rescheduled, so I won't be able to see it. The real bummer is though, NO REFUNDS! Ugh. Oh well. :-)
Remi continues to do really well on this trip, she is just the best traveling companion. :-)
Sunday, we pack up and head to Quartzsite Arizona for the big RV and Parts show. I'm not in the market for any RV, but I'm always curious to see what is out there in new Gizmo's that I might need.
Here is the video for this week. I will apologize if there are a number of elements to this video seem like a review of the Thousand trails park more than anything, but I have a lot of friends interested in the Thousand Trails system and like hearing what is out there. Plus, I didn't get much exploring in here because for me it was more important to spend time visiting family if I could. :-)
Safe Travels all!
Remi and Eric
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