Redlands, United States Travel Blogs

Newspaper Column 1
Nov 15, 2006 (3 photos)

... with God's Kids and give these children a week that they'll never forget.      Thousands of kids in the United States go to summer camps, family camps, and youth camps all the time.  But for these 200 Liberian kids, this will ...

Great Times with Old Friends
Dec 13, 2006 (6 photos)

 Being back in our old neighborhood and having time to spend with old friends has been wonderful!     We went back to our old neighborhood in Colton, where the 4 houses across from where we lived have actually outdone their ...

Merry Christmas to All!
Dec 25, 2006 (5 photos)

A short note to wish all our family and friends and TravelPod followers, a Very Very Merry Christmas! We thank you for your love and support, and we really enjoy seeing how many of you have checked in on us as we've traveled this past year. Although our ...

ANOTHER HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Jan 1, 2007 (8 photos)

... Continues!...   We started this year's TravelPod off with a beautiful sunrise photo, taken outside our motorhome, here in Redlands.  As we've traveled this past year, we've been lucky enough to see many beautiful sunsets in many different ...

Long road home
Aug 23, 2005

Some story

Redlands, back where we started from!
Oct 9, 2006

Didn't get to the Redlands Hospital in time to get the first family photos of friends Emily, Brett, Madeline, and their new little guy, Charlie, as he decided (as had his sister before him) to find his way into the world before the scheduled C-Section! ...

15,100 Miles Later - Back in Redlands
Dec 5, 2006

Well, we're back at Mission RV Park, the park we were living in when we retired in January. From the time we pulled out of here on January 8th to today, we've put 15,097 miles on the motorhome, and approximately 14,000+ miles on the car. Am writing just ...

vegas --> cali
Sep 13, 2008 (6 photos)

so saturday morning we could sleep in a little bit so at least i took advantage of that. joe was wide awake at 7am and ready to go.  we got packed up and walked around looking for a place to have breakfast. who knew that breakfast food was cut off at ...

Back in Redlands - Far Enough from the Fires
Oct 27, 2006 (2 photos)

... a quick note to let you know that we're now parked back at Fisherman's Retreat in San Timoteo Canyon, south of the City of Redlands. The Esperanza Fire that you're all hearing about on the news is just under ten miles away from us - but we're west of it, ...

Last Entry from the States!
Feb 1, 2006

... , we weren't laughing so hard the next day! Headaches aside, we continued our journey south where I eventually made it out to Redlands. I am currently in Redlands, anxiously awaiting my plane that will take me far from reality. In other recent ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Jan 1, 2006 (1 photos)

... , and went to bed before midnight! Must be storing up our energy for the milestone week ahead, and the start of our journey, next Sunday, when we leave Redlands and go to Palm Springs for a wind-down week. Hope we can all enjoy a happy and healthy 2006!

a night off
Aug 16, 2007 (10 photos)

POLSKI: Raz na 2 tygodnie, mieliśmy na campie cały wieczór wolny, całe 6 godzin. Ja na camp przyjechałam 3 dni wcześniej i już miałam wolne, na które inni czekali od dwóch tygodni. Noc była szalona, i zwierała: ...

A Sunrise with meaning-in Memory of my Aunt Adele
Jan 8, 2008 (12 photos)

 Very early this morning, as I sat at the kitchen table emailing and planning, a bright pink color  seeped in between my closed blinds, and I pulled them open to see a sunrise unlike any I've ever seen before! (Yes, I know that many of you are ...

HAPPY '08! We'll get on the road later this month
Jan 2, 2008 (1 photos)

... nothing, if not flexible!      I'm writing this from a different rv park - Fisherman's Retreat - still officially in Redlands, but about 10 miles up a canyon road from where we were.  We've moved here because the park we were in ...

Leaving Home
Sep 19, 2006

Of course i always wait until the last minute to pack. Thank God for Kristen and her packing skills

After the rains-a view to take your breath away!
Jan 8, 2008 (4 photos)

  As many of you have heard on the news, California was pretty hard hit by winds and rain the last three days.  We did have 3 days (and nights) of heavy rain  here, including a bit of sleet last night.  But today was one of those ...

Catching up (quickly!) with old friends in SoCal
Dec 8, 2008 (8 photos)

  We're back where we were last January - here for just two weeks to make our annual visits to doctors, and, much more enjoyably, to catch up with all our old friends here.   We're booking our time pretty solid - and loving every minute of ...

Getting Started
Dec 11, 2006

hello friends! i am just getting started on this trip. what a perfect time to talk about packing! packing light is a like a fetish to me. my first trip to europe i packed like a typical america; i.e., everything crammed into a tower pack. what a ...

A Rear View Mirror Look at 2007 on the Road...
Jan 1, 2008 (8 photos)

... (15,097 in 2006) ADDITIONAL MILES TRAVELED IN THE CAR IN 2007:  14,665 (~14,000 in '06) TOTAL NUMBER OF STATES VISITED IN TWO YEARS:  37 CANADIAN PROVINCES VISITED:  4 NATIONAL PARKS VISITED:  17 (I think!)  STATE PARKS:  ...

Catching up on a couple of things in California
Apr 24, 2007 (5 photos)

We left PIR yesterday and drove back to our membership campground here in Redlands - back in our old home town area. We took care of a couple of appointments today - got new tires on the Trans Am, and I bought a new camera - yay!! Had dinner tonight ...

A rough itinerary for 2007!
Jan 3, 2007 (1 photos)

... -July ? Probably up into Edmonton, Alberta area to visit friends & family Later in July -  Back into the States, heading towards Colorado August - Denver area with Jess and Tom and Grandsons Zach and Trey      & ...

Day One
May 1, 2009 (17 photos)

After a long day of getting out of the apartment (painting, cleaning, visiting friends, and of course some necessary last minute shoe shopping) we finally left San Diego at 9:30 at night! Good thing we only had to drive to just outside L.A. to Lish's ...

PARTY, PARTY, PARTY! Catching up with old friends
Dec 14, 2007 (17 photos)

  One of our favorite events to look forward to each year is the the Christmas Party that Greg's company always invites us retirees to attend - it's such a great party, with wonderful entertainment (including a harpist and floutist during cocktail ...

Travel Test
Aug 29, 2009

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Back in California
May 30, 2006 (1 photos)

... , where some of my family lives so I guess I traveled about 24 hours without sleeping to get from Rome, Italy to Redlands, California. My journey hasn't really ended, since every night this week in California I have somehow slept in a different place. ...

Enjoying our time here...and looking ahead!
Dec 28, 2007 (5 photos)

   We have been having a wonderful time back here with old friends - lots of get-togethers, wonderful holiday gatherings, too much food (and maybe a little too much drink, too!)  We know that, in less than a week, we can look forward to ...

The Night Before Takeoff
Jan 5, 2009

... anyway! I'm half-packed and gearing up for a drastic weather change. I've been enjoying the temps in the 60's and 70's in Redlands, and am in for quite a shock when I reach Bangkok. It will be around 85 degrees and quite humid when I arrive, so I'm ...

Back where we started from the last two years!
Dec 3, 2007 (8 photos)

  After a few more days of swatting flies and dodging big puddles at our park in Menifee, we moved today back to the park in Redlands that we lived in the last 5 months we were working, and last December, too.   It feels a lot like coming home, ...