Anyone else awake?

Lying in bed with the van door open drinking coffee and roaming the smartphone for anyone else awake. Nearly 9 am in Spain. I seem to have the world to myself. Noone on the campsite is stirring yet. The mountain to the east blocks the dawn but I can see the sunshine on the opposite slope and it is sliding closer as the shadow shortens

Coffee?
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Now hang on, I'm probably not familiar with the looks of most of the presidents you mentioned but JFK definitely had black hair. Definitely.

Didn't he?

But ok if you have a shot at getting in, you da man, where do I sign up as a supporter of your presidential bid?

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Nice pics and I love your house! (and your little dog too)
Those are lovely pics, Biff

Mimi's mouth will be drooling at the churros pic.

I am still trying to work off my recent churros-fest sigh

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Oh dear dear! Why do you too have to post photos via imgur??!! My phone cannot show any of them. All your photos appear just strange little squares.

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And I will have to wait until I use my office PC to see the photos! frustrated
Nice photo Elegs but I loved the mountain the best.I like the snow on the part of the mountain tops.
Whenever I would travel down to Kentucky and Tennessee I'd see snow on the mountain tops which I thought was so neat to see.Sometimes I'd see almost like a water fall cascading down the side of a hillside which was so beautiful.
Fay, cheers! She's not so little, about knee high and weighs a good solid 30+ lbs which she uses to good advantage, she barges against shins to knock people to the ground so she can finish them at her leisure. Well, that's the theory, she's a sedate old lady now laugh
Molly the nicest thing about churros is they are not at all fattening - a good healthy breakfast rolling on the floor laughing

I shall be a pain of note now that I have the photos thing sorted grin
Aw TR thanks it really is not most people's choice but I sit there in the atrium sometimes and wonder how lucky I am. Mind you, you should have seen it a few months ago. It was oh so dilapidated.

Hey, want to see it a few months ago? Why not! More or less same angle, modern pipes going in (the house is who-knows-how-old but bits are definitely over 100 and the plumbing was decidedly creaky.)

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Well well well. This time when I went into Imgur, all the options you'd discussed, sizes, the lot. I picked medium thumbnail because I couldn't remember what you'd said without crashing out of this comment and this is a flying visit -
Bear, I love snow, it's the reason I lived in Scotland so long. Now I can go visit it for up to 6 months in the year - the last white patches only vanished early August - and even better turn round and drive away again, I don't need to shovel it or anything.

I'm just over an hour's drive to the higher ski resort.

Snow on the mountains and waterfalls - 2 of my absolute favourites. cheers
Robby and Fay, thanks for commenting on the other old blog, I'm not going to haul it back out of its sleep by replying there but hug

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Oh Elle, I know you have so many friends here in the US and if you google, Highway 80, or simply Reno and Tahoe and you will get the most breathtaking views. More beautiful for me that even San Moritz and Andermatt but google it for yourself. I am driving all over the Sierra now but atmosphere is so full of smoke. Pictures are blurry of the smoke. I will try to take pictures myself when I am going back next week.

I am in the Bay Area at the moment and it is very hazy. And should you plan on coming here, I would offer my time to drive you all over. Pikes Peak in Colorado is one heck of a beautiful sight, too. And so is Mt. Rushmore in Mid West.

I have taken so many pictures around the world and I will perhaps post them on another blog.

The Van that you drive with, is it like a Motorhome like we call here? Complete with bed and kitchen? hug
Biff, I know a nice little waterfall, not too far of a drive away, where you can swim in the cool pool under the waterfall wink
Friends in Florida and Pennsylvania only so I look forward to your pics but I passionately hate flying so there will be no more visiting the US until the teleporter is in use scold

We do have stupendous motorhomes / RVs here, many of them from the US, with slide-out rooms and lavishly-fitted bathrooms, several bedrooms, a huge kitchen and often a little car tacked on at the back.

Mine is the type I think known in the US as a stealth van laugh it had the basics. A bed, a 3-way fridge, a pump-sink, a gas hob and grill, and a miniature camping loo which I only ever used if it was 3 in the morning and raining between the van and the campsite loos laugh
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But Biff, I woud like to see those photos too. I like to see not just the captured objects but also the angles from where the photos were taken. Different photographers have different favorite angles. nerd
Hang on hang on is that there by you or here by me?

It is bloody beautiful is what it is smitten
By you grin
Kal, I FINALLY found an easy way to post pics and that's the way they're going to be posted from now on rolling on the floor laughing I haven't put up more than 1 or 2 pics for a year, I am giddy with excitement
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh where? where? love
As you said, I can take you there next time I am over cool
I shall pay your flight if you can come while it is still this hot

Oh hang on is it private? Or much admired by passersby like the one near me?
Oh yes Elle, talking about lavish Motorhome, they now fetch up to a million. It is outrageous. I had one with my ex called Winnebago and during its time about 30 years ago, it was the "it" geesh my ex especially ordered to have a bath tub because I am not a shower person. Complete with a living room and a receiving room. Oh my gosh it is now out of style. My ex was an engineer working in San Jose while we lived in the North bay and there was no way I would move to that place. So we had that one and was nice away from home but today, they are better built than most homes. Google them and it makes your eyes pop out especially those that can hide a whole (small) car inside so you don't need to tow it anymore as used to. I can't afford that otherwise, now that I am retired, that would be the best way to travel the whole of the US.

Well too bad you hate flying. Otherwise, tickets are cheap during off season. I will offer you my little abode to stay but there are very affordable motor home for rent, too. That would be the best way to sight see. I did that in Australia and went from Sydney to Darwin. Soo many pictures and I will too, upload them in a blog one day.

I am so tired of driving now Elle, non stop for the last three months traveling, flying and driving. I think I am going to get me a part time job now. Just to stop from going all over the place. Good news is I lost two pounds and wheew, I now need new clothes.cheers
This is one not very far from me, much tidier and more touristy.

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Haha LJ do you remember I used to tell Redex to buy a good motorhome instead of moving so often? They really can be fab. A certain friend of us referred to mine from start to finish as the pikey van but it was the best all-round general-purpose thing I could have found, as it turned out. Not many motorhomes can double as a runabout as well.

I miss Redex

And yes if I ever sell up again I will be tempted to buy a proper one - not gigantic, but well-fitted with the important things in life - and see my days out as a gypsy. Secondhand are not so expensive, especially here. Not cheap, but not the prices you are talking.
Biff, Linsdsy..hi ! I’m trying to pock up on this thread, but motorhomes/RV seems to be the topic. Notice Lindsy you are RVing around the States. It’s something I’m thinking of doing. Any advice on RV rental in th USA. Well known companies etc? kiss hug
*pock up...doh! Pick up..grin
Robby, insist on a rental with a Harley strapped to the back scold

Oh wow that sounds fun sigh
Come on Biff...let’s do it! And I know you’d love the throb of that Harley between your thighs..yeeehaaa peace
Yes Biff take what Robreal said about the throb of a Harley between thighs. Although it was not a Harley, I experienced it when my biker friend flew me some moons ago. blushing
hi Biff! ...time flyes when having fun...?roll eyes ..feels like yeasterday I was reading this blog last time...
think you made a really nice nest there in Spain. thumbs up laugh
Robby, I have never rented an RV in the US. But I googled it and they all seem to be very competitive and reliable.

I can't post the link, I am sorry but Google it Robby and it is all in there. Research the equipment on each company and try to compare with the price. They have a wide variety of choices based on size and luxury equipment that come with it.
My ex and I bought one new and then sold it after he got transferred back in the Northbay.
Robby all well and good but you ought to know I like to do my fair share of the driving rolling on the floor laughing
Kal, flew you - what a lovely way of describing riding a powerful bike applause
Viking, how quickly did the year go, eh? wow
Elle, yes I remember that, she must have moved so many a times. Anyways, I do miss her too. I wonder where she is at now and why haven't visited us in a long time.

There are so many second had or we call it pre owned here Elle and yes you save big bucks. Sometimes the depreciation of these vehicles are so high because of the demand. Plus the new law of California on parking these gigantic homes are very strict. Either you have a very big lot and with approval of the county you live in or pay a lot to get it parked in a Storage area.
Not many businesses mention their unreliability in their adverts, Lindsy.
I'm still awake but only for a few more minutes then its droomland toelaugh
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Then I'm answering Luke first, sweet dreams liefie xx sleep
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