Epilogue

 

Epilogue:  Sept 25, 2025  What were we thinking…

In our previous episode…

I left you as we descended on the Elks in Nevada City.  We were the only rig there, and we got the ONLY site with a sewer hookup.  And it was in the trees, very shady.  PERFECT.  But Rudy…  he smells danger and does not want to explore much. 

We spent a couple of days visiting Sue – our friend of over 40 years!  Sue’s friends Bonnie and Phil were there.  We have known Bonnie (thru Sue) for about 40 years so this was great timing!

When we left Sue’s, we headed south on Hwy 49.  We decided to stay on 49 all the way down to Ione, to visit our nephew Crew and his wife Sunny.  WHAT WERE WE THINKING?  We have taking hwy 49 north, an we knew it was windy.  But south?   It is more windy!  And with road construction, we were crawling and holding our breath.  We vowed that if we were to come this way again, we would take the main highways, even though it’s a bit longer of a route. 

We are able to park in Crew’s driveway.  Crew is our great nephew, but he was also one of our foster kids.  He is now a CHP officer.  Sunny is in her 7 month of pregnancy.  We made tacos (Crew’s favorite) one night.  Sunny made pho (she is hmong, which is closely related to Vietnamese).  We loved on their 10 week old german shepherd puppies.

The first thing Crew said to us when he saw us… ‘Do you know there is no tread on the tires of your truck?’.  UGH…  Spouse knew we were going to need new tires when we got back…  I would have done better being fat, dumb and happy.  Now I have something to worry about…

On the Saturday, we made the drive all the way home – almost 400 miles.  That is a long way when towing, but we were home by about 5:30. 

When you are gone for 7 weeks, there is SO much to do when you get back…  UGH…  Rudy is happy to be back!  MEOW!