2-13-09 Friday (Rest Area Lasagna)

This morning my Aunt called; they took my Mom to the Emergency Room because of severe stomach pains. I booked a one-way ticket from LA to Fort Myers. One-way was easier. No pressure for departure, and not locked into a specific airport. I've booked for leaving Saturday at close to midnight, and arriving on Sunday morning. Now we just have to get from here to LA. It starts snowing. It's snowing HARD! We scramble to shower and pack up. The snow is sticking quickly. Jim walked the dog while I was showering. He found out the mountain pass we need to take is on a tire chain only restriction. They say once the snow stops, they'll plow and then the restriction will be over and we can pass. Now we need it to stop snowing.

It's now 1pm and it stopped snowing quite some time ago. The snow is very wet and melting fast. It's a slush-fest out there. Jim has been monitoring the California DOT website and currently it's closed for an accident. It's been closed a long time so we drove up toward the road and it was indeed closed. It turned out it was a truck that jackknifed and a 20 car pile up.

We got on the road for the 8 hour trip. I tried something new. I put a lasagna in the oven while we were driving. When it was done, we pulled over, had salads and fresh baked lasagna. How many people can say they had homemade lasagna at a rest stop?

We arrived at the campground in San Diego at about 10pm. It was a disaster trying to navigate these narrow streets and get into the spot. The employee helping us get into the spot was pissing me off by saying they don't get such big rigs here and that we might not be able to put the slide all the way out and that there's another park around but it's expensive. We made a reservation. We tell them it's a 37 foot, 1 slide. We got in just right and the slide goes all the way out. These spots are very tight, as Ken warned us in advance. Jim and I aren't sure what to make of this place.

We could barely open the compartments to make the connections. By the time we set up, it was 11:00 or later. We walked up to a Circle K next door and Jim enjoyed a beer. Well, he enjoyed it up until the point I became bitchy about some stuff and he dumped out the can. We won't go there.


I didn't publish this entry until I arrived in Florida so as not to spoil the surprise for my Mom. It was unlikely she'd read the blog because last I knew she was behind and had been sick lately.