Our Own 300 Acre Lakefront Estate: Zero Maintenance!
Mari
At last, I have a moment to breathe and catch up on my mobile lifestyle blogging!
The past several weeks have been completely intense while I managed an Amazon bestseller campaign for my colleague, Mike Jay and his book, Upping the Downside all about resilience. (I contributed a chapter on relationship resilience!)
We got to #1 on the "Movers & Shakers" list and #30 on the bestseller list! Not bad from #2,000,000 the night before. 
(Note, these are Amazon rankings, not exactly number of books sold!)
Despite the heavy work schedule, Ty and I thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Lake Skinner Recreation Area from February 27 to March 10. This gorgeous sprawling park boasts 300 acres of lakeside parkland and a 1,400 acre lake.
Lake Skinner is one of my top 5 favorite RV parks to date. It feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere, but (for a County Park) they offer excellent amenities with full hook ups, strong EVDO signal (internet), very quiet, spacious, expansive… and less than 10% occupied during the off-peak weeks. All for less than $16 per night!
The sunsets each night were stunning. And the bright orange California-poppy-covered mountains are spectacular. I loved seeing the jackrabbits and bunnies - lots of Thumpers everywhere. The coyotes are sure loud at night - probably enjoying all the wittle wabbits. Aw.
We went bike riding every day - lots of terrific trails. (Though I learned the hard way what Confucius say, "Don’t ride bicycle with mouth open in opposite direction bugs are flying." Ugh. Think Wild Hogs movie. LOL).
From Fri-Sun, the park completely maxes out with all the weekend warriors from the local cities. Whew, talk about totally opposite RVing experiences - from peace to mayhem. Still, I was probably only so acutely aware of the noise level because of my need to focus at my computer.
One of my favorite aspects of RVing is the ability to change environment whenever we wish, and to enjoy tremendous beauty without splurging a million bucks on our own sprawling lakefront estate! It’s a great way to live simply, as I mentioned here.
We’re now at Reflection Lake in San Jacinto, near Hemet. We’re literally right on the lake’s edge as you can see from the pic on the left - I took this shot looking out our RV door! The fountain is a fun feng shui feature - they light it up red at night… reminds me of the Bellagio. He he.
This is a decent place - though not the ritz. Half the park is occupied by full time residents and lots of fisherpeeps flock in on weekends. I don’t know if it’s because we’re in/near a lower income area or what… but certain parks you can just feel a different vibe. Like people aren’t as mindful about picking up trash. One of my pet peeves. Grr.
By the way, at times when I’m quiet on my blog here - do check back for my rolling tweets from Twitter over on the right. (Email and feed readers, hop over to the my blog to see what I mean). Twitter is a micro-blogging platform - I update several times a day every day in less than 140 characters! (The @ replies are me messaging fellow Twitteronians - I made that term up. he he)
I also tend to keep our Travel Map up to date. And I’m active regularly on Facebook as well as my blog at WhyFacebook.
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Posted on: Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 1:16 pm 
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