DOWN WITH THE BREHMS, 2 FEBRUARY, 012

Still here at Johnson's Landing. Weather good, health good. Friends abundant....

SALTON SEA AIRFORCE FLYOVER

The air is alive with the sounds of compressor motors driving these airborne thingamajigs. This is an attack formation being demonstrated at an elevation of 80'. We feel much safer now.

RIGHT ON TARGET

This dude is an Airforce sniper. He is trying to knock my camera off the tripod. Nay nay evil terrorist. My tripod stands in your contempt!

HAPPY HOUR

About 3:00 pm every day, Happy Hour occurs right behind our rig. We think it must be an extraterestrial influence on the desert folk. From left to right; Sandy, Darlene, Grace, Diane, Jim & Glen.

HAPPY HOUR at the SEA, 2

This is the other side of Happy Hour, from left to right; Bill, Roger, Gene, Peter, & Paula.

41 DIAMOND T MOBILE FUELING TRUCK

This beauty belongs to a B.C. Canadian. It is a 1941 Diamond T fuel delivery truck ( it originally had a cylindical tank filling the bed of this guy). He has restored it as his daily driver.

DON'T SEE MANY OF THESE

This old Diamond T has a 1998 Cummins 185 horse deisel mounted behind the cab. Runs like a top and gets 24 mpg gas mileage towing a camp trailer.

OWNER, BUILDER, DRIVER

Here's the guy that pulled the old Diamond T out of the barn, and turned it into his daily driver.

WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS, 16 JAN. 2012

Yep! we're back on the road again. We had a very nice Christmas, and New Year holiday. We are back with our good friends at the yearly Salton Sea fest. We will probably be here for 6 weeks.

DIANE & DARLENE RESTING at the FMCA RALLY

The FMCA, a family motor coach club, has a rally every January at the DateFestival/Riverside County Fairgrounds. It's always enjoyable, with all the vendors, new motorhomes, seminars, and fellow RVers. We attended this years event, and here Diane and Darlene

FMCA RALLY, 2012, INDIO

Just a shot across the fairgrounds. We actually got by fairly cheap this year. One thing I did splurge on, is a tire pressure monitoring system that will tell me, from a monitor on the dash of the motorhome, the individual tire pressures of all 6 of the motorhome tires, and the 4 on the tow car. After our blow out on the tow car a couple of months ago, this system became a priority.

WESTSHORE BEACH

The Salton Sea is exceptionally low this year, but it's still there. Progress on reconstituting the sea as a recreational area seems non-exisitent.

FORMER YACHT LAUNCH

The marina at Johnson's landing. Now an example of the ravages of time.

SUPER SALTON SEA PARAPLANE

The campground here at Westshore RV. has a nice flat take off and landing ramp about the size of 3 or 4 footbal fields. Lot's of activity here on the weekends for parachute planes, ultra-lights, etc.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wish all our family and friends a joyous Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous
New Year. God Bless America

WHAT'S DOWN with the BREHMS, 11/7/2011

GREETINGS FROM BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN JAMUL

DIANE, ANDY, AND LINDA

Yes, we are back for part of the winter, at least until early January. We couldn't pass through Yuma without stopping for a visit with good friends Andy and Linda Clarkson. We had a wonderful couple of days with them. They are the ultimate hosts.

Well, what a wonderful year, all the way to Nashville, a great visit with my sister & Bro -in- law. Lots of side trips, hikes, tours, boat rides and good friends along the way. We are pretty much unscathed, no health problems, a little hot water problem, a blown tire, and a cracked windshield. Not bad.

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN IN YUMA

Good friends Andy and Linda own a beautiful place in the Foothills of Yuma. Full RV hookups, a one bedroom apartment, and a great garage/workshop/storage shed, plus walled in yard, gated entrances, and a sunroof. Like staying at a resort. Thanks guys.

CLARKSON RIG ON THE CLARKSON ESTATE

Andy & Linda's Monaco Dynasty behind the compound walls.

OUR COACH AT THE CLARKSON ESTATE

Our rig in the Clarkson compound.

Hope you all had a wonderful summer, and hope to see some of you during our stay here in Jamul. Blogging will be a little sparse while here. This our rest up and repair time, so nothing you'd be interested in. Love you all, and hope you have good old AMERICAN Thanksgiving, and CHRISTMAS. They can save the holiday trees and winterfests for those offended by American Traditions. He He......................