MLK 2011 Weekend

As I left the shop to drive home Monday morning we had a plan.  
Plan A: I would come back up Thursday, go shopping and load the trailer. Then we would head out to Dumont to meet our friends for the long weekend. BK had a job starting up the following week so we better get our playday in. Once those jobs start we never know what the schedule will be. I wasn't even an hour down the road when he called. He was to start back at the rocket factory WEDNESDAY! That's not even 2 days away! OK, OK, we just need to regroup. We can still do this. It just means a little more driving and a little less time playing, but we can still go. We just have to go to Plan B. 
 Quickly BK got loose ends tied up at the shop and headed down on Tuesday evening. I had shopped for his work lunch supplies and some of the food for the trip. We transitioned back to our old schedule when he is down here working. Coffee pot set? Check. Alarm set for 4 am? Check. OK, here we go!Wednesday work, Thursday work, Friday work, home by 3, out the door by 3:30. I had pre-packed the food basket--aka laundry basket--and the ice chest and grabbed a handful of clothes from the San Marcos house. We hit the road. It was slow going. Lots of traffic on a Friday afternoon plus it's a holiday weekend. First stop--In N Out in Temecula. BK orders me a cheeseburger with pickles, spread only. Ahh, I always forget how tasty they are! Next stop, diesel fuel.Ugh! This traffic! Slowly we make our way up the 15. Santa Ana winds  blowing now, too. One last pitstop for me and a cup of coffee for the driver. 
Back on the road to the Apple Valley house.We arrived there at 7 pm. BK quickly hooked the trailer up to the truck and handled all the details involved with that. Once he pulled it around to the house to fill it with water I made a mad dash through the house to return the items we had borrowed from the trailer over the past 2 and a half months it had been sitting out back.  
8 pm we're rolling out the gates.  The drive the rest of the way was smooth sailing. We only stopped once for ice and a Dumont Pass. We arrived around 10:30 pm.First requirement. Please set the satellite dish and make sure the TV works. I don't know why that matters. I don't watch TV at home, but I want that option while camping. Especially at bedtime and first thing in the morning. Ok dear, now you can go for a ride. :)  
The weekend was perfect. We started with a 9am ride. We had a few new people along with our campcrew. 
 Roll Call: 
Buddy Wilson and the boys  
Conde Clan  
Duniac Paul  
DOD=Doug, Olivia & Dad aka Frankenking  
Ben and Gina were camped nearby  
Kevin and Brian Brewer came out for the day.  
We got together and went for several rides throughout the day. The weather was perfect. A light jacket was all that was needed and sometimes not even that.  
Good friends, good weather, good duning = A Great Time!