24 November ‘08
Monday
Wouldn’t you know it, we had beautiful weather the whole time we were at Delta Shores, but this morning as we were ready to leave…thick fog awaited us. We pulled the plug and headed down Hwy. 99, fog and all. Our destination today was a long awaited visit with some good friends Herman and Toni. Taking our time driving through the fog presented no problems, but as we were passing through one 3 mile section of the valley, someone had decided that burning the fields was a good idea…BULL SH--. Man, when the smoke mixes with the fog and sits right on top of the highway, it gets mighty difficult to drive. Anyway, we made it without any problems but were a little disappointed that we couldn’t see much of the sights as we passed through. Pulling off of 99 and into Madera all we had to do was stay on Cleveland until we saw Herman waiting at the sidewalk in front of their clubhouse. Herman helped us get parked and then led us over to their beautiful home. Before we had a chance to see Toni we saw some of her talent…some absolutely beautiful roses that adorned their front gardens. Cindy, their little lady dog, met us at the front porch and made sure that “all” were aware that we had finally made it. Herman and Toni had just gotten back from a visit to Holland and of course, we wanted to hear about every minute. After enjoying a glass of wine and looking at some of their travel pictures, we headed over to Sal’s Mexican Restaurant. Herman and Tony told us it would be good and it was….really good. About 10:30 and we had to say our good-bye’s and “Thanks for your hospitality” before heading over to the coach for the night. When we opened the curtains in the morning we found we were basking in the sun again…”Love that sun”…