Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 28, 2013 – 54 F and sunny. Today is moving day. We are going to Los Angles for a few days. There were vegetable farms, mountains passes, ocean views all along the way down Hwy 101. We are now at Seal Beach, CA at the Naval Weapons Center RV Park. It is a very nice RV park with concrete pads and paved roads. It also, has free washers and dryers. It is located 30 mins from Disneyland. I checked the tire lugs and pressures today.

Along 101 to LA

Along 101 to LA

Along 101 to LA

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 27, 2013 – 54 F and Fog.  We went to Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and several other cities around them. Lompoc has many vegetable and flower farms around it. We had a wonderful Mexican dinner/lunch at Los Agaves in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is a beautiful city. They had venders all along the beach front, a nice beach area (brown sand), a boardwalk and marina. We visited the Santa Barbara Mission and drove along a scenic route along the top of the city. Top of the hill would be a great place to live if you like steps.

Flower farm outside of Vandenberg AFB/ Lompoc, CA

A street in Santa Barbara

A street in Sana Barbara

Entrance to Pier in Santa Barbara

Inside Los Agaves- Great Food

Los Agaves Restaurant with mountain homes in back ground

Vendors along beach in Santa Barbara

Mission Santa Barbara

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 26, 2013 – 57 F and sunny.  Football day! Alabama vs Tennessee. Oh! Well there is always next year. Alabama 45  Tennessee 10.  The RV park has 2 nice lounges with new 46 inch TVs and padded chairs. We got to watch the game in style today. Also, the washer, dryers and showers are in the same area so you can do it all and still watch football.

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 25, 2013 – 56 F and cloudy. We did our shopping. The base is a missile base. It has a nice flightline but no airplanes.  The AF tests ICBMs, trains missile crews and launches satellites here. NASA has some tracking stations for their work. It does not feel like a busy or highly populated base. The BX and Commissary are small but well stocked.

 

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 24, 2013 – 55F and cloudy.  We drove down the San Joaquin Valley on hwy 101 to Lompoc /  Vandenburg AFB. There were vegetable farms all along the way. You can only come into Vandenburg with a RV through the Lompoc Gate. The base stops all RVs and searches them. We had to open all compartments on the truck and trailer. It took about 30 mins. The RV park is ok. We have not had a chance to wonder around base. We will go to BX and Commissary tomorrow.

RV Park lounge - it has 2 lounges

Vandenburg RV Park

Vandenburg RV Park

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 23, 2013 -- 53F and Foggy. --  We cleaned the trailer and had a excellent dinner-- pork chops, corn bread , field peas, baked potatoes and cold slaw. We finally had to change the gas bottle. We have been running the refrigerator and stove/oven since July 2. I am surprised it lasted that long. Prissy has some new litter- Fresh Step Crystals. She likes it and we do also. It is lighter than clay, has a blue color and does not have an odor. We are hoping that getting new litter will stop our coughing. Tomorrow, we move south to Lompoc, Ca – Vandenberg AFB Fam Camp. We will be staying a few days and visiting Santa Barbara and other places nearby.

 

Orange trees

Along 101/1 toward Lompoc

Vegetable farms everywhere

Trip to Alaska and West Coast

October 22, 2013 – 52F and foggy.  The sun came out and off we went down Hwy 101/1 to Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur. It was a beautiful drive and fun shopping and eating. We had tacos at a little place in Carmel – Island Tacos. We also, had ice cream at a yogurt place. We visited Monterey’s Fishermen’s Wharf, Cannery Row, and downtown area, downtown Carmel, and Big Sur.

At the beach in Monterey

A beach home in Monterey

Down Hwy 101/1 between Monterey and Big Sur

Beach area in Monterey

Along Hwy1/101

Along Hwy1/101

Along Hwy 1/101

Beach at Monterey