Harvest Host

We left Palm Springs around mid-morning on Saturday for the three hour drive to Potrero RV Park near the CA/Mexico border of Tecate except that we didn't go there right away. We stayed in a campground 20 miles away, which is where we left the Jeep. The town is called Boulevard and the campground is called Sacred Rocks Reserve. About half of the people there worked for Par which is an electrical company based near Sedalia but we did not have any opportunity to visit with any of them. The park has a nice hiking area of which we took advantage.

Sunday morning I walked the sacred maze. It is made of rocks and has what they call 11 circuits. It is meant to be a place of quiet meditation that will help to bring you closer to your God. We left the campground late morning and stopped in a small village for lunch after checking out another state park.

Harvest Host was started by a couple who have traveled the world in an RV. They would travel for 2-3 month, park the RV, fly home for several months and then fly back to their RV to continue their adventures. Harvest Host contacts wineries and farms or farmer's markets and asks if they would be willing to host RVer's in their parking lots for one or two over-night stays. Then they sign up people to become member's of Harvest Host. These member's have access to the list of Host wineries or farms and can contact them to make arrangements for their stays. The hope is they will take in a wine tasting or buy some of the goods offered for sale. It costs nothing for the hosts and an annual membership fee for the members. They also offer caravan tours like the one we will be taking and some that are longer in far away countries like France or New Zealand.

Their caravan tours are designed to be a personal adventure so they only want 4-6 RV's. This tour has 5 RVs plus our leader's. We had a nice cocktail get-acquainted hour and gathered after supper around the campfire.