A night in a winery

A winery somewhere in California.

March 21st, 2017

We have a membership in Harvest Hosts, which allows us to stay in Wineries, Farms and Orchards all over North America.  We are not obliged to buy anything but we do like to go into the tasting room and if we find a wine we really like, we will purchase a bottle or two. If you decide to join up, please add our email (michaeldaryl@gmail.com) as your referral. Then we both get an extra month added.

The directory lists all the places that allow us to stay overnight. so we picked one that was about 2 hours from Flying Flags and what a good overnight stop it was. we were one of two RVs that stayed overnight.

The weather report was predicting rain so the winery staff told us to park on a paved area so that we did not get stuck in the field where overnighters usually stay.

We went into the tasting room and enjoyed sampling their fine wines and ended up buying a couple of bottles. There was a great atmosphere in the room as there were about 10 other people tasting wines. 

Here are my pictures of our overnight stay. I cannot give the name of the winery because it is protected under the Harvest Host organization so that only members can know which wineries are a part of their membership.

A very artistic barbecue area with some pretty fancy rock and brick work and beautiful hand hewn tables and benches.

Next to the vineyard and the warehouses

Our neighbors had a toy hauler trailer for their 3 Weimaraner show dogs. 

The front verandah at the Tasting Room

Very happy buzz inside

Come on along, Lots of room for more tasters

Thanks for following along. Feel free to leave a comment.

A change of plans and heading home

Northshore RV Resort

Needles, California

When we first set out on this journey in November last year, we had pretty much decided to wander around Southern Arizona and California for December, January and February and then start heading up the west coast into British Columbia visiting friends along the way.

We have really enjoyed our time so far, spending time in RV Resorts and boondocking in the desert at Holtville Hot Spring and Quartzsite. The extended boondocking was a first for us and I must say that we coped very well, considering the fact that we have no solar panels and small tanks in the trailer.

Our first boondocking experience was at Hot Spring LTVA near Holtville, CA. $40 for 2 weeks. We kept our batteries charged with a small generator we had bought while we were in Benson.

Our spot in the desert at Hot Spring LTVA

After a brief storm

Dee in the hot tub

Dee and Aline in the hot tub

The oasis where the hot spring run off goes.

A little piece of desert paradise

 After a week at Pilot Knob Resort near Yuma we moved up to La Posa South LTVA just south of Quartzsite. We stayed there 2 weeks while the big RV show was on.

The views around Quartzsite are wonderful

The sunsets are spectacular

The space between RV is fantastic

Just find a spot and pull in and set up. No neighbours, Very few rules, and lots of peace and quiet.

We started off close to a small wash, but after a storm we got a bit of a scare when it filled up rapidly, so we moved!

Lots of Happy Hours with friends from Ontario.

Now we have come to a crossroads, we will be going to Palm Springs on the weekend for 3 weeks and then the plan is to go to Wilderness Lakes in Menifee for 2 weeks, but we have decided not to go up to BC, instead to turn around and start the slow meander home via the southern states. The route is not determined yet.

The reasons?? Firstly, Michael feels that the truck will struggle through the mountains in the north west. Secondly, our little trailer is very basic and not fitted out for cold weather camping, i.e. exposed tanks and plumbing, single glazed windows and not very well insulated. And Thirdly, the weather in the west seems to be very unpredictable this year with lots of rain and potentially lots of snow in the mountains. So we will put that trip on a bucket list for another year when we are better equipped. Maybe, going west through Canada and then south to Arizona in the fall. That is what is so great about this lifestyle, plans can be made and changed at an instant.

Thanks for following along and we love comments.

We have been asked.....

....to test an Anti-Bacterial Sanitizer. The unit treats your water with minute amounts of ozone, thereby killing mold and bacteria almost immediately. The unit also removes the taste of chlorine in water and leaves it sweet tasting. The great thing about this particular unit, is that it runs off 12 volts, so is perfect for the RVer and boondocker. It has just arrived here at the condo so we will be trying it here first. At the beginning of March we will be boondocking for a few days. At that time we will do some taste tests on water from the fresh tank (which has not been sanitized for quite a while!).

I found this link about purification of water with Ozone. It is very interesting and very positive.

Biozone

Go to our Product Reviews Page for further information.

"Seeing the Sky Painted Every Shade of Lipstick, is worth it!"

I don't know how I missed it, but back on about the 9th of February there was a CBS segment about women RVers.

Here is the link for those of you who also missed it.

Single Women RVers

Welcome to new readers, Sherry and Charlie and Jeff and Sheryl Bright.