California Neighbors
We spent more time in California than any other state. Jan 5 until Feb 16. Almost half of our trip was in the Golden State. Not by design but by virtue of the fact that I found a lot of work and other states on our route were expected to be less interesting. Here’s where we stopped and a bit about who was parked nearby.
Redding California Wal-Mart parking lot. 20 random RV’s all seemingly stopping on their way south. Direct neighbor was a RV repairman who specialized in window seals, which caused me to worry a bit more about ours. The frozen water in the walls finally thaws and few spots are damp. Uh oh. Thankfully that was the only time that happened. Also ate some In-n-Out Burger.
Napa Valley Expo RV Park. Huge Class A (bus style) neighbors with yap dogs. Guy watches sympathetically as I try to figure out the water and sewer systems for the first time. He consumes about 4 bud lights while chuckling at my ineptitude. The park host sits on a picnic table seemingly 24/7 smoking butts.
Pismo Coast Village RV Park. Stayed in two different spaces in this park. Our first neighbors were a pair of life 
partner ladies from Fresno, who seemingly had an ownership interest in the park. I put their dog in the promo video. Someone left us three lemons, we think it was them, but we will never know. Very nice. We made some fish to use the lemons. Our second set of neighbors (in the lower class section of the park) was a huuuge family from Washington in a small trailer. Home schooled family with kids ages newborn to 10. We also had some late arriving weekenders (we were there for weeks) who showed up right next to us at midnight and partied until 4am. Everyone hated them and bitched about them behind their back. In general though, one of our favorite spots on the whole trip.
Malibu Beach RV Park. Not a very neighborly spot. People do not talk to each other. The staff generally did not enjoy the guests and visa versa. Amazing view and had some family visitors to substitute for the lack of nice people in the park. One would expect Malibu to be a bit stuck up, and this park fulfilled that expectation.
San Diego KOA. Spent 3 weeks here so had a good mix of neighbors. Had a Harley guy who we never saw except for 
when he would roll out on his hog. Had a family from South Central LA who were loud and scary friendly. Up in your face with conversation all the time. They wanted to like Kappy but Kappy barked at them, which changed their mind. They also owned a battery operated cop car and drove it all around the park. Also had our cousins stay next door a few times. Lots of Quebecois in this park too. It was located in Chula Vista beneath a couple of freeways, but was otherwise nice.
Our longest one day haul was up next (San Diego to Picacho Peak near Tucson) and I’ll continue to the neighbor review in a future post.
