After a week of waiting, the warranty work was completed on the RV in San Diego and after a night at the Del Mar Fairgrounds which is a great place to camp with full hookups, we set off on Friday for Hemet, California. Bill commented that the dry, rocky landscape reminded him of Mexico except that this road was wide with shoulders and even guardrails! As we neared Hemet we noticed snow on the mountaintops in the distance. 
We set up camp at beautiful Golden Palms Resort 
with several swimming pools, hot tubs, a fitness center and a full schedule of activities. This campground has over a thousand sites and about 70% of the sites are occupied with Canadian citizens during the winter months. We finished setting up just in time to attend their wine and cheese happy hour. Life can be so hard sometimes!
Saturday one of Bill’s coworkers from 1982 drove from Lake Elsinore to spend the day with him. They went to lunch and Bob helped Bill work on some connectors for the solar panels cords. 
It is so nice that they have stayed in touch all these years and had a chance to see each other.
Our week in Hemet flew by and we added it to our ever growing list of possible winter destinations. Next we drove northwest to Castaic where Bill’s cousin George lives. Bill has really been looking forward to seeing George (Aunt Emily’s oldest son) since they haven’t seen each other for several years. 
We were able to spend an afternoon with George and several of his children and grandchildren. 
The next day George’s son Jeff and his daughter Riley stopped by the RV to see us. 
They had been camping for the weekend and missed the get together at George’s house. We spent a short three nights in Castaic and headed to Malibu.
One of the many great things about our travels since beginning this journey nine months ago is being able to see family and friends that we wouldn’t ordinarily get to see.
“Certainly travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard