We had a couple of surprise phone calls yesterday. First, in the morning, Donna’s phone rang. Her phone showed that it was a call from Vancouver, British Columbia. When she answered, she was pleasantly surprised to hear it was Chris from Kit and Ace. Donna had connected with the Kit and Ace crew through Facebook.

Chris invited Donna over to the Copper Studio. They were getting ready to pull out of Mission Bay RV Resort and continue their journey north. Donna grabbed a copy of her book Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness to give to Chris and walked over to the Copper Studio where she met Chris, Kate and Trevor. Chris had a gift for Donna too – a gift bag with a Kit and Ace technical cashmere tee shirt inside! They gave Donna a quick tour of the Copper Studio and explained how they set up the studio when they are doing their road shows. They are heading up the coast promoting Kit and Ace clothing in cities where they intend to open stores. We may meet up with them on road – possibly in St. Louis.

Front to rear – Chris, Kate and Trevor

Inside the Copper Studio, packed and ready to travel

After Donna returned from her visit with the Kit and Ace crew, my phone rang. It was Israel Coughlin, the watchmaker at the Ben Bridge Jeweler in Fashion Valley. He had completed the overhaul of Donna’s watch much quicker than I expected. He completely disassembled the movement, replaced the broken set lever and reassembled the watch with new seals and gaskets. He pressure-tested it and regulated it over a period of five days. I rode the scooter to Fashion Valley Mall and picked it up. The watch I bought for Donna eight years ago is like new again. I took her wedding ring with me (also purchased from Ben Bridge) and they cleaned and polished that too.

Our friend, Mona, joined us for happy hour and dinner last night. We had a drink, then took a walk through the RV park to look at all the different types of rigs. Donna has a meet-up scheduled at 11am Sunday at our coach with members of a minimalist life style discussion group. Ten people have signed up to attend. We’ll talk about downsizing and living on the road in a 40-foot motorhome and give them a tour of our coach. We also want to show them other RVs in the park.

While we were walking, we stopped and talked to a few people with various styles of RVs and asked if they would mind having the group check out their rig and maybe even speak to the group. We want to show them the traditional Class A, B and C motorhomes as well as fifth-wheel and travel trailers. We also want to show them alternatives such as Casitas or other small campers. Granted, most of the owners of these smaller units aren’t full-timers, but there are people who do live full-time in them such as Becky Schade (Interstellarorchard).

Here are a few pictures of smaller RVs currently here at Mission Bay RV Resort.

Casita travel trailer

Mona checking out the MyPod tiny trailer

Pickup truck slide-in camper

Pop-up tent trailer

After our walk and talk, Donna prepared skinny shrimp scampi over zucchini noodles for dinner. It was so tasty! She made the zucchini noodles from fresh zucchinis cut with a spiral slicer she recently bought from Amazon after learning about it from a friend.

Skinny shrimp scampi with zucchini noodles

Another day well-lived!