Yesterday was our last full day here at Champagne Lakes RV Park in Escondido, CA. It's been a nice park and we've had a good stay. There are so many good things to say about this park - it's easy on and off I-15, but the noise from the freeway is not bad. You are only 20-30 minutes away from services, Walmart, Costco, restaurants, and casinos. The park is immaculate. I've enjoyed the trees and watching the birds around our site and around the fishing ponds (catch and release only). The bathrooms and laundries are kept very clean. There are a number of full time residents, but the owner makes sure everyone keeps their sites clean and maintained. My only complaint is that we are down in a dip and the cellphone service can be spotty. If you stay long enough, you find your "sweet spots" and head there to use the phones. Our Millenicom Mi-Fi would drop us or be very slow to load throughout the day. It's not the park's fault (they do offer Tengonet for a fee but I'm not sure it would be any better); I'm sure it has to do with cell tower placement. We had a challenge getting our DirecTV satellite to fix on a signal, but eventually we got it running with no problem. If you are not a "working from the rig full timer" and you can put up with the dropped signals, I think this is a great park.
Today we head up to Menifee, just east of Lake Elsinore. We are relatively new Thousand Trail members, so we will go check out this park for a few days. Not sure what we will find to do there, but since it is only about 45 miles from where we are, I'm thinking if nothing else, I may talk Kim into going back to the Pechanga Casino. My plans initially were to spend some time lounging by the pool, but it looks like Southern California will be getting some welcomed rain showers. It may be time to catch up on some Netflix House of Cards episodes or a movie or two. Ain't retirement grand!
Responding to the part about our Millenicom MiFi Jetpack continually dropping service. I just learned that Verizon was throttling bandwidth after just 2GB usage of a 20GB plan. Thanks again Verizon for your great customer service. Millenicom has been in negotiations with Verizon to correct this behavior but the upshot is that is will cost us an additional $20 a month for a total of $89.99. Still cheaper than going through Verizon.
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