At Home Golf

We really need to get Jim back to Pendaries.

Cloudy SoCal Morning

Looking toward the south, Palomar Mountain, never disappoints; here it is this morning:

SoCal House For Sale

Here's our house in Sage, CA as pictured in our real estate sales listing.  We like the house and living in SoCal a lot.  But since we are building a new home in Pendaries Village, Rociada, NM, it does not make sense to keep our SoCal house.

Four Cats

Here, in the foreground, are Pendaries neighbors Allie and Lucky with Carl in the background.  Carl has such a good time with the neighbor cats (plus Annie, Lucky's mom, pictured separately in chair).  This was Carl's last Pendaries walk of the year; tomorrow we leave for SoCal.

More Snow Today

Looking out our motorhome's window, we are watching snow, wind, sun, more snow ...

First Snow of the 2019/2020 Winter Season in Pendaries

Here's the view yesterday from the steps of our motorhome.

And here's the view from the Pendaries Golf course across the street; our RV site is in the snowy mountain across the street.

Pendaries Village, Mountain Community and Golf Resort

Here's Jim meeting with surveyor Jude and architect Jon on our Pendaries Village property along with our view across the street.  Our topographic survey is done; later this week we will get the first draft of our home's schematic design.  Jon's been directed to design our home's floor plan around the giant pines.  We expect to break ground March 1st and hopefully be in our home about a year from now.

Rainy Day Deer

Here we were being visited by three large deer yesterday.  We spent most of the day inside our motorhome as we got .75" of rain.  Pendaries deer are used to people frequenting the RV park, village and golf course.

Hermit's Peak, NM

We went on a great dual-sport ride this morning; from Rociada to Sapello to San Ignacio into the Santa Fe Nat'l Forest then on to Mora and back to Pendaries.  It was perfect riding weather.  You know you are dressed right when you start out chilly then warm by the time you return home.

Carl Wallenda

Carl walking our Pendaries porch rafters.

Pendaries Village East

Here's Jim checking out available lots.

Saturday Morning Pendaries

After some youtube yoga, a golf car ride around Pendaries RV Park and Village, here are Jim and Carl back in our motorhome making cookies.  After a quiet season, we've got 3 neighbors in Phase 3 Pendaries RV Park this weekend (Pendaries is celebrating Christmas in July)!  Its nice to catch up with our occasional neighbors.

Joellen's Birthday

We started the day with an  hour of yoga followed by golf car ride around Pendaries.  Jim made spaghetti and meatballs paired with Cougar Nebbiolo then went on to golf in a best ball tournament across the street.  Our new Dyson fan/heater arrived today along with a Sirius radio boom box a few days earlier; both enhance our time spent in our screened-in porch.

Dual Sport Day

We had a great Sunday ride yesterday around Rociada and Sapello, NM.

Rainy Day

Carl had a great morning walk.  Here is catatonic Carl; hoping he finds respite inside the motorhome for a while.

Joellen went to yoga across the street in Pendaries Village; Jim stayed home and cooked a great pork roast and carrots.

Rainy Saturday

Jim and Carl relaxing in the motorhome after a busy day of hiking in the woods, listening on the HAM radio, golf car riding around Pendaries lining up golf dates, shopping at Walmart and lifting weights at the recreation center in Las Vegas, NM.  We are listening to and watching the rain.

Pendaries Today

Our Pendaries lot from the back.

Perfect Mountain Weather

Jim and Carl relaxing in Pendaries.

Goodyear, AZ

Joellen and Carl at Cotton Lane RV Park in Goodyear, AZ after our first day on the road from SoCal to Pendaries.  We get better planning and packing the motorhome for each RV trip.

Our Summer Trek

Today we left SoCal for the mountains in Pendaries, NM.

Carl and Mole Again

Here's glamour Carl followed by Carl with this morning's mole.

Carl's 8th Birthday

Here's Carl this morning, his 8th birthday.  Carl is doing great; healthy, happy and the boss of us.

Snake

Snake season has arrived in SoCal.  This morning's above pic is at the kitchen corner of our house.  Yesterday I found Carl all animated about a larger, different kind of snake, who was scurrying across the gravel into the golf car garage.  Time to pack up and head back to Pendaries for the season; where we are on the lookout for bears, elk, foxes, wild turkeys, mountain lions, chipmunks; not so much snakes.

Carl and Mole

Essential hunter Carl rids us of another mole.  Carl was not feeling well today but made time to go outside for a successful hunt.  Carl brought us a lizard yesterday and later came in from the porch licking his lips from eating a moth, we think.  Lizards and moths always upset his stomach. Carl is currently out on the porch under the Jeep seat still not feeling well.

Golf at Diamond Valley

Here's Jim at our local SoCal golf course yesterday.  It was a beautiful day for golf.  Note snow capped Big Bear mountain in the background.

Carl, the Essential Hunter

Carl got a young rabbit this morning.  Also pictured, from earlier this week, is Jim with patriarch Joe Hart and son Jim of Hart Winery, one of our frequent haunts.

Snow in SoCal

Last night we had a light snow and ice dusting that stayed around this morning.

Hail Today

Here we are from our couch in SoCal; hail - hail/snow?

Free Wine Sunday

We enjoyed great SoCal weather at some of our wineries yesterday.  Here is Joellen, Bob and Rose at Cougar Winery then Jim, Bob and Joellen at our newest wine club, Monte de Oro Winery in Temecula.  An episode of the TV show Lucifer was filmed at Monte De Oro.

Perfect SoCal Weather

Yesterday was a beautiful day at the Temecula Valley Wineries.  This is the weather we signed up for.