Home for the holidays

Time to "wrap up " 2018. We leave Joshua Tree on December 14th and start our journey back to Sacramento for the holidays. Stops along the way are:

1. Indian Waters RV Resort & Cabins. We've been here before (refer to our March 2018 post for any pictures of the place). This time of year, it's pretty quite here. It's one of Tom's favorite pickleball stops. However, most of the snowbirds that play don't show up until January. Fortunately or unfortunately, this won't affect Tom because he is suffering from a shoulder injury and would have to forgo playing anyway.

2. The next stop is on 12/17 at the Bakersfield RV Resort. We haven't stayed here before. It is nice to start seeing a little Christmas cheer!

3. On 12/19, we make a stopover at the Lakes RV Resort in Chowchilla. We've been here before. Not much to see here, but it's a comfortable stop on the long drive up and down California.

4.  12/20 is Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort. Once again, we've been here before, but it is one of my favorite places to stay. I didn't get may pictures this time, but they made the ground feel Christmasy.

5. Finally, on 12/22, we arrive at the Nevada County Fairgrounds. This will be our home base for the holiday season.

To get ready for Christmas, Cathy (Tom's sister) and Dave (her significant other) take us to the Victorian Christmas fair, a tradition in Nevada City, to shop for Christmas gifts.

For Christmas this year, our son Andrew hosted us for breakfast and the opening of gifts. Christmas dinner was with Tom's family in Grass Valley. Wendy's family opted to save themselves the drive and instead relax and spend this Christmas in Southern California. We are truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives!

Our breakfast hostess Crystal, guest Matthew, and host Andrew

Our dinner hosts, Dave and Cathy

Brad, Danielle, Ricky, Matthew, Olivia, Tom, Wendy's chair, Dave, Cathy, Andrew, Phil, Easton, Vicki, and Ben

For Christmas this year, Santa brings Wendy a new ELECTRIC, bike. It works with pedal assist, (no throttle like some electrics), so when she pedals harder, the motor senses more torque and supplies more power. The result of this is she just "motors" up big hills, leaving her poor husband behind spinning slowly and sucking air.