LOST in the US…..

LOST in the US…..
But at least we are now surfing with dolphins..

So we limped it to San Diego, found ourselves broken down in front of a posh garage, who were obviously way too posh to help us with our nearly 30 year old camper. Though they did send us to Bob (‘s Carbs, mister carburator fixer upper) who sent us to Gary (‘s RV fixer upper) who then told us we needed a new engine. Awtsj. After the initial shock stage (lasting 2 days only) we got a ‘second opinion’ at the RV Specialist who after a bunch more research told us that yes, unfortunately we do need a new engine.. Poor old rv, poor old us. Another day of shock, after the hope, and we found ourselves not being able to part with our 30 your old new love that has taken all the effort to make her look so nice, the bamboo floor, the solar panel, the extra leisure battery, the fitted cushion covers with matching curtains. We are giving her a new life. Now we just hope someone will want to buy her after our big (adapted to fit the more than halved budget) adventure. Surely??
Anyway it was time to adapt. Sure enough it is Thanksgiving today. Meaning we had to wait 10 days instead of 5 for our new engine to arrive from Ford. Luckily our RV Specialist Darryl put the hood back on our valves (I think) and we were ready to roll (though at a snail’s speed) again, so away from the Airforce’s backyard that is home to the rv specialist we went. Back to San Elijo, a great cliff top State Park (campsite) so we can surf the river mouth and beaches of Cardiff-By-The-Sea again. Ironic, I know. After some true welsh like weather it was lovely and sunny with 2 foot lovely sets of long board perfection rolling in. Still not as warm as we were hoping to be in by now, as we still need our suits, and I even wore my boots today but pretty nice. As it is Thanksgiving today all of San Diego was in the ocean, though it was all pretty happy and friendly. And then everyone went silent, a pod of dolphins cruised through the line-up, closer past me than I have ever been to a dolphin in the wild…. A perfect start to Thanksgiving.
We also managed to score a campsite again, a big feat as the whole park was booked up for Thanksgiving, so no more scary and noisy roadside camping for us. Yay. Another true adventure, or time-killer really was the Del Mar Dog Beach. An institution. Beaches here are mostly off-limits for dogs, and if you are allowed on them it is leashed only. At Del Mar dogs get to be dogs and run in packs. It is weird but great. So nice to see Omar smiling so much!
Our other time-killer when it goes dark is the 3 box set of series 1-3 of LOST I got us as evening entertainment. We are not quite managing to limit us to one episode a night, and watch a disc a night as it is so gripping… maybe that’s why I am scared when camping roadside!
We may be out of here in 6 days… fingers crossed. I do love San Diego and could live here, if I had a real job. Or a job as it ain’t cheap… and it is time to explore Baja again. Leah’s waiting….