First COVID-era Vacation And I Am Excited!

For a few months late last year, my husband and I were actively discussing selling our 2012 travel trailer. Our thought process was that we now lived in the coastal area we used to frequently visit by RV, our international travel was continuing to consume large chunks of our time, and our granddaughters lived on the opposite coast, necessitating that we fly, not RV, to visit them as often as we did.

Oh my how the world has changed. 

So, yes, we are very, very glad we did not sell our travel trailer, and we are very much looking forward to taking it south an hour's drive, down to San Diego next week with our daughter and two granddaughters. Our timing should be good in that we leave on Sunday, the last day our beaches are scheduled to be closed for the 4th of July holiday weekend. So our plan for the week is lots of swimming pool and beach time, both activities accessible by foot via the two different RV parks we'll be staying at. Pretty much what we've been doing here during their visit, but much more exciting when done from a camping trailer . . . just ask my five year old granddaughter, who is practically beside herself with excitement.

Other 'exciting' activities will be getting take-out from In N Out Burger, and Rubio's . . . oh the life we live during a pandemic!

No, actually, it should be a whole lot of fun. Our two RV sites have large expanses of open grass to run around on, plus one of them has a tree that can be climbed. We're also bringing along a horseshoe game, a new deck of Go Fish cards, oodles of beach paraphernalia, s'more fixings, and scooters for both girls. I'm anticipating a good time will be had by all, and my house will appreciate the break from being overrun by two very happy, but energetic and messy, little girls.

A bit later this month we are heading north just a half hour to RV with them yet again at Newport Dunes RV Resort. This place is a child's delight - it has a long, uncrowded beach, a large bay filled with water toys, plus a nearby bird estuary just begging to be explored by kayak. 

With 14 days of their visit behind us, and just 28 days to go, suddenly time is starting to zoom by, and this Nana is already wondering how she's ever going to be able to say 'goodbye' when it's time for them to depart. My oldest granddaughter, the five year old, in particular. She is heart of my heart, and the feeling appears to be mutual in that she recently, and very solemnly, informed her mama that she loved her 'medium,' because she loved her Nana 'the most.' 

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