Bryan wasn't feeling well today. His ears felt as though they were blocked, like when you go on an airplane and his breathing was affected. It was really miserable for him. We went to the pharmacy to get some Sudofed and nasal spray and got the humidifier out. Nothing seemed to work and so we went to the base doctor and he had an ear infection so got antibiotics for that. Hopefully that will help.
Here is a picture of the lake from our motorhome site here at Lake O'Neill. The bug zapper seems to be working overtime. I have also bought a bracelet which I wear when we got out walking. It seems to help and I haven't had any more bites although they did "fog" the lake Sunday night which probably helped as well. They will do it again tonight.
Wednesday 28th
We went for a ride to look at the campgrounds that are on the beach here at the base. We didn't get out of the car as we didn't want to risk Bryan's ears getting worse. The campgrounds get booked up quite quickly and so there wasn't any vacancies when we inquired. The first one at San Onofre wasn't too bad and it was nice to see the ocean.
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| Beach at San Onofre Military Campground |
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| Beach at San Onofre military campground |
Campsite at San Onofre military campground. How about that view!!!
We quite liked it here although the sand would probably be a pain with the motorhome. There are some sites on concrete which would be a little better. Dogs are not allowed on the beach though and there really isn't a lot of places to walk them.
Next we went to Delmar campground, also part of Camp Pendleton. This is a photo of the beach there. The beach is a little nicer than San Onofre but the campground was worse in our opinion. It seems popular with surfers. Also, there were amphibious military vehicles driving through the middle of the campground on their way to and from the ocean. Hmmm, I guess this is a military campground.
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| DelMar, Camp Pendleton beach |
Thursday 29th
We got packed up quite quickly this morning and left. We were glad to be leaving as the stay here hasn't been the best what with the bugs, bombs and Bryan being sick. We stopped to fill up the motorhome with gas and were on our way by 10:30am. We had about a two to three hour drive to Sacred Rocks Reserve RV Park. We made good time and got there about one o'clock. We got into our site but had trouble getting the satellite dish to lock onto a signal. Oops, no television. Now, we are in the middle of the US Open Tennis and Bryan likes his sports as well so we discussed what to do.
We knew it was because of the trees that were around us so we asked if we could move sites. They are not that busy and so it wasn't a problem. It started to rain which made it a little more depressing, now we were trying to move and getting wet at the same time. At least we had managed to get here before the rain started so didn't have to drive in it. Three hours and three sites later we finally managed to place the motorhome in exactly the right position to get a signal. Hooray!!! Now, listen to this - Sue DROVE the motorhome!!!! Well, not exactly drove but moved it forward and backwards in the spot until the signal lined up with Bryan directing. Don't get to excited I only moved it about a foot and there wasn't really anything close by to hit.
While Bryan was hooking everything up I made a pizza as we were both starving.
The park is under new ownership and the new owner had met us as we checked in and when we were trying to change sites. This park is known for it's solitude and a place to relax and escape the world, so it was amusing to him that we needed the TV so much. Bryan explained that I was a tennis addict and the US Open was on. He told us that if we couldn't get a signal and I missed the Open this year he had an apartment in New York that he would let us use for the US Open next year. Now, I'm not sure if he was serious but it made us laugh and I told him I felt better already. He drove around the park later asking everyone if everything was alright and to let him know if we needed anything. He certainly is very customer oriented and it made a nice change to have someone so keen to help. Let's hope he stays this way and the park prospers.
We took CoCo for a walk, there is a dog run here where she can go and be off her lead and run. She likes that.
Since we got here this afternoon we have seen hummingbirds, wild turkeys and guinea hens. Here is a picture of the turkeys taken while we were on our walk.
And here is a picture of Sue and CoCo. See how CoCo is looking at the turkeys!!
We went to bed exhausted but happy to be here. Oh, and Dan Evans won his second round match, woohoo!!
Friday 30th
Today was to be a relaxing day. Laura Robson and Andy Murray were both playing. Laura was on early at 8am and so I made sure I was up and ready to watch her. Unfortunately she lost but was playing the #5 seed, Li Na who was out for revenge as Laura had beat her at the same stage in this tournament last year. Andy won although it took him 4 sets.
Bryan realized that he was out of Sudafed and so we went out to the local small store about 5 miles away and fortunately they had some. We also picked up some ant killer as we have seen some ants around here.
Unfortunately Bryan is still not feeling that good although we worked out it is worse when he sits in the living room. We now think it may be the spray we put down for the bugs when we were at Lake O'Neill that he is having a reaction to. CoCo has been a little quiet so maybe it is affecting her as well. Tomorrow we will open all the windows and take the rugs out just to see if that helps.
That's it for now, take care everyone. :)
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