Day 4/July 26
Two years ago we used the same company, Tracks and Trails, to do our RV Trip to Utah and Grand Canyon. Our first night in Vegas was in a suite at the Mirage that reminded me of the suite in “The Hangover.”
Monday night, our first official night of the trip, was also in a suite. At a Best Western Plus between the San Francisco and Oakland airports. The Mirage it was not.
The recent renovation must have involved one of those bath fitter tub rehab jobs except it wasn’t fit quite right. Depending on where you stood the floor of the tub would bubble up and throw you off balance, requiring some quick reflexes not to fall. Also the water shot from blazing hot to ice cold with no warning so you’d scoot to the back to avoid freezing and then have to move again to avoid third degree burns. But we survived and were rewarded with yummy pancakes at the Millbrae Pancake House before Ubering to Road Bear RV to pick up the Sunseeker LE Forest River RV, or Sunny, our new home.
A “quick stop” at Safeway to load up on food took at least an hour and our bill was so high and we were such a spectacle with three carts that a supervisor of some sort came over to ask us where we were going, asked us if that was our RV in the parking lot and then rewarded us with a bouquet of flowers.
With that done, we hit the road for 90 miles to Monterey and checked into our campground, Marina Dunes. This is a really nice spot, with volleyball, a clubhouse, tiled bathrooms and, bonus, is literally across the street from a state park beach.
We set out to explore the beach, which was mostly empty. Thanks to a little boy from another family we saw a whale spout water up (sorry no believed you at first, little guy) and Ally and Mallory got in an IG photo shoot, which is extra funny because Mallory hasn’t posted anything since 2019, and the kids played beach football.
At dinner (burgers on the grill) the kids got into an argument about whether a whale could swim from Maine to California. This comes on the heels of an argument about who won an Imaginary baseball game between Ron and Casey that was played in line last night waiting forever the return Alcatraz ferry. And when I say imaginary, I mean completely stupid argument because there was no ball. And the bat was a rolled-up poster I bought at Alcatraz. Casey said it was a ball and Ron called strike. And I know as sure as I know the Lions won’t win the Super Bowl this season that when they read this, they will argue about it again.
Other arguments include Mallory and Casey arguing that Casey was sniffling too much, Ally arguing with everyone about her toiletry bag having to go in Casey’s suitcase this morning, all three knuckleheads argued about what charging cords were working, and I argued with the girls at Safeway because Mallory kept picking Ally up and hugging her instead of finding items on our very sizable list.
Sunset was at 8:15 and Ally and I made the walk back to watch it. We were rewarded with a lame sunset due to clouds but Ally did entertain me by re-enacting an episode of season 17 Grey’s Anatomy when COVID-stricken Meredith reunited with McDreamy on the beach. See for yourself and enjoy (just hit the play button!).
