Sunday – September 2, 2007 – Canyon RV Park

The heat continues in the “deserts” of Southern California. It was 101 degrees yesterday at 4:00 pm. Fortunately, it cooled off some during the evening so we were able to sleep without air conditioning and the windows open.

We had lunch with Joe and Jane, friends from Torrance, and Carol and Ryan at a local Vietnamese noodle house. Great food and great fun. Joe and Jane came back to the RV park for a tour of the motor-home. It was good seeing them again and reliving old memories and comparing notes for the future. We will try to see them again next weekend, possibly visiting the Getty art museum in Malibu.

The RV park is crowded with families and folks enjoying the outside – even with the heat. The park has a number of sprinkler heads set up for kids (and adults) to run through and cool off. When you’re in a low humidity environment, a spray of water is quite refreshing.

Today’s photo is one of our neighbors. The rig is a 1954 Flxible motor coach – looking like an ancient Greyhound bus! We particularly like the electric palm tree at the rear.

Some info on Flxible:
In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F. Dudte founded the Flexible Sidecar Co. in Loudonville, Ohio to manufacture motorcycle sidecars with a flexible mounting to the motorcycle. The flexible mounting allowed the sidecar to lean on corners along with the motorcycle, and was based on a design patented by Young.

In 1919, the company's name was changed to The Flxible Co. so the name could be copyrighted and used as a trademark. (The name continued to be pronounced "flexible", however).

After low-priced automobiles became available in the 1920s, the motorcycle sidecar demand dropped and in 1924, Flxible turned to production of funeral cars (hearses), ambulances, and intercity buses, which were primarily manufactured on Buick chassis, but also occasionally on Studebaker, Cadillac, and Reo chassis.

As I am writing this (at 10:30 a.m.) we had a small earthquake. I say small because it was a mild shaking here in the motor-home. Our daughter called soon after and said her lamps were swaying and a floor lamp almost fell over. Don’t know the epicenter or magnitude yet. I’ll keep watching the Internet news.

A light earthquake occurred at 10:29:14 AM (PDT) on Sunday, September 2, 2007.
The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 13 km (8 miles) WNW of Lake Elsinore, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 2 km ( 2 miles).

I don’t about this report; 4.7 is not a “light” earthquake in my book. And we are north and west of Lake Elsinore so we aren’t far from the epicenter. Even at 10:37 a.m., we’re still getting some shaking. Maybe it’s a precursor to the “BIG” one?