On our way east

Well, we've at least started on our way east! We've gone as far west as we will go this winter, and we're heading back toward Yuma, AZ now.

The internet was SO SLOW at the campground (our own Verizon service, even with the Wilson Cellular Booster, as well as the campground WiFi) that it just wasn't "fun" posting things... so I have a collection of odd-ball things that I haven't posted and I'll get them done now.
(For sake of reference, we are in the WalMart parking lot in Brawley, CA right now - excellent Verizon signal here!)

This was the configuration that we had for the hummingbird feeders - a pole across the top of the ladder and a feeder on each side. It was nice because it put the hummingbirds up at our window level so we could see them easily from the bus. Downside was that it was hard to use the ladder. By the way - on the hill behind and under the feeder on the left, you can see the road we took on our way to "Arroyo Burro Road" a few days ago. http://trekincartwrights.blogspot.com/2016/02/when-directions-get-you-confused.html

This is a picture of Tabitha on Patti's side of the bed, looking into the mirror on the side of the bed. Patti calls this Tabitha's "disgustipated" look (from Popeye-the-sailor-man's use of "disgustipated"). We have been trying to get her to be a little more active, so we have her food at the kitchen part of the bus now - it seems to have gotten her a little more interested in being out and about (not hiding all day - in this case, she was still in bed instead of hiding even though we were up).

A bluebird came to check out our hummingbird feeders. He was not pleased that there was no other bird food available!

I didn't get a very good picture of this one - it was more of an orange hummingbird.

I posted a couple of videos of the hummingbirds,
The first one shows how they flash their red color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJTyFVubAk
The second shows a group at the feeder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyS4ki4f1Nw

Moonrise on our last evening at Rancho Oso

Dwayne drove most of the day today, including the part on route 154 (the road that the Garmin didn't think we should be on - http://trekincartwrights.blogspot.com/2016/02/moving-on-up-to-west-side.html ). When we stopped to hook up the Jeep at the end of the driveway in to the resort, Patti noticed that the doors to the closet where the washer is located were open; we just figured we hadn't closed them well. A few miles later, we switched drivers so Dwayne would be driving the downhill part, and again the doors to the washer closet were open. Dwayne adjusted the catch so it was tighter and we drove on. Going down the hill (with lots of curves), Patti heard something in the back and looked around to see....

Yep, the washer slides out on a drawer-like platform. It is supposed to be latched at the two sides, but since we didn't know it slid out, we hadn't noticed the latches before either! Patti worked on it a little bit while Dwayne was driving down the hill - getting it latched well enough to stay until we could get to a better place to work on it. It was rather disconcerting seeing the washer sliding in and out madly as we drove down the road!

 

Pacific Ocean along route 101 heading south toward LA

Rincon Parkway Campground - right along highway 1. The "camping" is parallel parking, $28 for boondocking (no water, electric, or sewer hookups). I think I read that maximum RV length is 35'.