Monthly Archives: April 2010
IHOP and WalMart…
We decided we wanted breakfast this morning so about 10 am we drove over to the IHOP in Lancaster about 3 miles away. The place was busy, but we only had to wait about 15 minutes so it wasn’t too bad.
But before we left the park we stopped by the office to pay for the next four days, thinking we would leave on Thursday. However as usual, our plans are written in Jell-O, because after talking at breakfast we decided we’ll stay an extra 3 days which will be a full 2nd week here. We’ll see.
One thing we’ve noticed out here in CA is that most restaurant menus have the calorie count on them. And it’s interesting to see that things aren’t always what they seem. For instance, a Garden Omelet has about 1050 calories, but a Belgian waffle with two eggs and two strips of bacon has only about 790 calories. Who knew?
After breakfast we went by WalMart and stocked up on ‘stuff’. Funny how we never seem to have enough ‘stuff’.
Leaving WalMart, we stopped off at the Sam’s Club gas station next door, since it was 27 cents a gallon cheaper than we had paid in LA.
Then it was home for the day.
Later in the afternoon I put up our solar shades to help keep the coach cool, since without any shade here, the AC was really working to keep us cool.
Tomorrow we’re going back into LA to visit the La Brea Tar Pits and then drive around some more.
More then…
Poppies, poppies, poppies…
Jan and I had a craving for Chinese for lunch, so after Googling ‘Best Chinese Buffet Lancaster CA and coming up with the Super King Buffet right down the road from us, we headed out about 11 am. Turns out it was really good. Better than the place in Las Vegas. Great Hot & Sour Soup. We’ll go back.
Coming back to the fairgrounds about 12:15, we drove over to the Good Sam Rally area to get a day pass. And a lot of good it did us.
After they took our $20 ($10 each) we found out that the rally was over at noon. Seems like they could have told us that ahead of time. The schedule online said that the rally was taking place on Friday and Saturday. Bummer.
But I used the time to check out the facilities for Nick Russell as a possible site for a future Gypsy Journal Rally.
Leaving the rally we drove over to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Preserve. It was about 15 miles out in the country. As we got closer we realized that this was the orange hills we had seen in the distance. The California Poppy is state flower of California and the Lancaster is the best place in the state to see them. And the view was really spectacular.
You can click the following pictures to enlarge them.
Note the poppies up the hillside.
Almost as pretty as the bluebonnets in the Texas Hill County.
After making the drive we headed back home about 2:30 pm.
Then about 6 Jan fixed her world-famous tuna noodle casserole and we settled in to watch the new Dr. Who.
More tomorrow…
