10/20: Shows, sleep and broken glasses

We got off to a late start this Tuesday. We skipped breakfast and went straight for a buffet style lunch. Next was another movie while we sun bathed. Well actually, Margi watched the movie "Now you See Me" and I snoozed under the sun. It was hot and when I went to take a shower at the pool, I broke the frame on the left side of my glasses. I was feeling drained by the sun  and so after the show we went back to the room. I took a shower and then snoozed again. We went out for  light dinner of a hot dog and hamburger (not buffet style). Next was the Princess Theater and a comedy show starring Alfred and Seymour. We got there in time to get some excellent seats. Immediately following their performance was another Movie Under The Stars. We watched "Avengers - Age of Ultron".  This theater has to be the most comfortable I have ever experienced. We sit in stuffed lounge chairs with towels or blankets. I fell asleep during the fight scene near the end of the movie. Then it was home to sleep.

10/19: At sea onboard the Ruby Princess - pics

Monday started with a late breakfast. We then explored the ship from floor 19 down to level 5. We also got internet access figured out. I'm fairly certain that they could improve that. I took a nice nap in the room and then it was dinner time. Buffet again and we have this part of the dining running smoothly. Another short rest and then we went to watch the movie "Ant Man" at an outside under the stars theatre.

10/18: We embark on the Ruby Princess - pics

This Sunday started with breakfast at the hotel. We thought the service was not up to par. It was nearly an hour before we were even served. We checked out at noon and then drove with Max and Scorch down to Pier 93 of the World Cruise Center. Here we went through the boarding process; finding a porter for our two suitcases, completed health forms, joined  a long line for our passports and cabin keys, passed through security for ourselves and a carry on (Margi had to dump her full Diet Coke), wait in a big room for our boarding group number to be announced, actually board, pose for two passenger  id pictures. Then we were finally free to find our room on the 11th floor of the Baja deck! We were just about to get a Diet Coke refill for Margi, when we were called to our first muster drill. So, it was back to our cabin for our life jackets and then to muster station D. After they had explained the emergency plan, they had us don our life jackets. Now we were really free and Margi drug me off to eat some lunch and to fill her spiffy new Diet Coke cup. After a brief rest in our wonderful little room, it was off to dinner. We are happy with the free all you can eat buffet type experience. After dinner and another rest we went to a comedy show. We arrived to a packed theater, but I spotted some front row seats. Carlos Oscar was very funny and didn't even embarrass us. Our room steward Salvador Catin had our room turned down while we were gone.

10/17 - Our drive from Yuma to Los Angeles, CA - pics

Today Scorch and Max are driving us to San Pedro that is a part of the Los Angeles area.
We have reservations for the Crown Plaza hotel.   I showed up early to their home for access to the internet and coffee. Breakfast was at an IHOP. There are lots of cars on the freeway here. Traffic was not so bad though and we made it to the hotel about 2:30 pm. Lunch was at the Green Onion a Mexican place right across the street.

Tomorrow we board the Ruby Princess and start our cruise. Much thanks and love to our wonderful daughter Jennifer and her family (Steve, Sir Gavin, Oliver the Rascal, Ms Bugaboo).

10/16 - Ester & our RV - pics

Margi and Max went to visit our old neighbor from Juneau named Ester. They had a nice visit,
Kneaders for lunch of a Dave's blt and some soups. After lunch we went back home to take a picture through the fence of new our new Mokihana (our name) Tioga. We had checked earlier but the yard was closed. It's $30 a month to park there. We washed clothes and a took dip in the pool.  Today was overcast but it's still hot at 100 degrees. Marine helicopter flights have been constant. They are doing a good job of protecting us. Dinner was leftover blts at home.

Us with our 1996 Tioga motor home.

Aft shot of our Moki.

Port side of the RV Moki.

Starboard side of our home away from home.

10/15 - The Q and our Tioga 22e Motor Home - pics

Our breakfast today was Belgian waffles prepared by our own chef Scorch, Next on the morning agenda was a trip to the Arizona market. It was barely open and not much in the way of available wares. After the flea market we went to take a look at downtown Yuma.

Our next adventure was gambling at the "Q" or Quechan Casino. This time we set a limit of $40 each. After an extensive search, I was fortunate to find my favorite slot machine game Secrets of the Forest and had some initial luck. I was up by $11, but didn't cash out and kept playing. Margi stopped by to let me know that she was ready to go. I gave her my other $20 and kept playing until she was ready to go again. Max won $15 and Scorch broke even. His secret is to not gamble... Next was lunch at a Sonics driveup.  Just like the good old days, our order was delivered by a waitress on rollerblades.

After this we went to our new Arizona Foothills bank and got a cashiers check to pay for our new RV. It is a 1996 Tioga model 22E type motor home. Almost as soon as we got back to the Sun Vista RV Resort, we were on our way to Doug and Sharron Smith's home to make the actual purchase. They are formerly from Bonner's Ferry in northern Idaho. We are both happy to be the new owners. It is 22 feet in length and in great shape.

Dinner was a salad at Max and Scorch's. I spent some hours watching some recordings of the new TV show the Bastard Executioner with Scorch.

Will post better pics after the cruise,

10/14 - Tioga day

We went to an IHop for breakfast this morning. After breakfast we went over to introduce ourselves to Doug and Sharron Smith. They are the owners of the Tioga RV. We told them that we were interested in purchasing their RV. They seem like good folks. Doug took us over to the storage lot down the street to see the RV that was in our price range. Later that afternoon we went to the Arizona Foothills bank to transfer funds from Northrim, but found that it was not a simple process. We opened a new account in the Foothills Bank as part of the process. We told Doug that we wanted the RV. Margi completed the encrypted bank form later that evening. Dinner was chicken