After pulling out of the dealership we drove about 50 miles to Casa de Fruta. Rob did a wonderful job of driving over Pacheco Pass. We pulled into the campground, checked in and pulled into our first site (a nice pull-thru!) And score! the hook ups were on the correct side! We undid the hitch and Rob pulled forward (just a little) so that we could practice re-hitching in the morning!
Rob got us all plugged into power, water and cable and put out our Zip Dee awning and even our cool little awning lights!
I started cleaning the inside and setting up. It is so small, but we found a place for everything. We went for a little walk, did some wine tasting at Casa de Wine, then came back for some cheese and crackers and AIR CONDITIONING it was over 100 degrees at Casa de Fruta.
A little later we started making dinner. On the menu for our first real night in the airstream was a heirloom tomato salad with fresh mozzarella and homemade hamburger helper. One of my first memories on our family boat when I was little was my mom making tuna noodle helper, I LOVED that stuff. Now 22 years later I am not the biggest fan of canned tuna and I didnt think the box stuff was classy enough for the Airstream. So we made a version from scratch. It turned out pretty good! We were going to go back and get a pie from Casa de Fruta but it was dark and we were exhausted and cable TV and the AC were just to good to walk away from! We tried out the wet bath for the first time (worked better then expected!) Much better night of sleep the second night!
We got up Sunday morning feeling great! Tent camping has been fun over the last 10 years, but nothing compares to having your own bathroom, shower, sheets, a duvet, TV, power for laptops and most importantly in Hollister, air-conditioning! We are hooked and loving the Airstream. Rob made amazing "Rob McMuffins" one of his specialties that won me over back in our courtship days! We did one more thorough cleaning (which only takes about 30 minutes including washing the floor on my hands and knees...Rob said the mop was too big!) Rob got us all un-hooked and we dumped the tank.
Then the nail biting part came... would we be able to get it hitched back up?!!? I looked around and decided that if all these people could do it... so could we! and we (or mainly Rob) did it. We did a couple practice rounds of backing up in the empty camp spaces (we still need some more practice). Then we hit the road!
We got to our storage unit, unhitched, did our final check and said "We will see you next weekend!"
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