We have been in LA for over 11 months now and although Lee has connected with many of his old colleagues, I really miss seeing my friends. So I was pleasantly surprised when a woman I went to high school with reached out and arranged a meeting when she came to Temecula for a work event. Unfortunately it was a crazy long drive, but it was worth it because I haven’t seen Leah in over 20 years. It’s funny how with some people you pick up right where you left off and that’s how it was.

That seemed to open something up, because next we got a call from our long time friends Georgia and Jim who were coming down to Santa Barbara from Salem, OR. We spent a nice day exploring Santa Barbara (Georgia used to live there and gave us lots of cool history) and had an awesome lunch at a long time Italian restaurant in the area. They also got a gift of some pottery I have made and although my skills still aren’t that great they seemed to appreciate it.

Next Deb and Steve made the effort to see us by coming through LA on their way to Arizona. We really appreciated their extra effort and they stayed at the Elks Lodge in Burbank which is where we stayed when we first came here. We treated them to Elks Taco Tuesday one night and then the next night Deb made some fantastic lasagna. And on a side note they got some cool pottery as well as a parting gift.

One other thing I want to mention about Deb and Steve is that although we have spent more consecutive days with other friends we have had some of our most memorable experiences with them. Since 2014 when they first went on the road and visited us in Keene (experiencing the great pumpkin riots of 2014) they have always gone out of their way to see us.

I counted it up and we have seen them at least 13 times including an epic Grizzly Bear sighting in Glacier National Park, Deb helping me empty our poo tanks in Quartszite, an awesome April Fools joke at Lost Dutchman State Park, visiting the Bridges of Madison County in Iowa, exploring Bryce Canyon National Park, and Goblin Valley. Seriously when I look back on the series of images from the last nine years they are a huge part of it and I have seen and explored many things I never would have without Deb’s recommendations. We are really grateful for their friendship.

After Deb and Steve’s visit I went to Sedona with my Mom (next post) and then when I came back we met up with Sherrie inLong Beach. We met Sherrie at our very first RV-Dreams rally and have remained friends ever since. Although we have only seen her once in her old home in Cottonwood, AZ she and Lee are two peas in a pod and have a wonderful connection. We were thrilled to learn she was relocating to the LA area to be closer to her daughter and our lunch was the first of what I hope will be many visits.

And of course she got some pottery. Are you noticing a theme here? Yes, LA is hard to get to, and yes, it’s expensive, but if you come visit you will definitely get some pottery!!! It was really nice seeing all these people and I hope more folks come to visit soon.

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