February 1 to 3, 2010 Desert Hot Springs

FEB 1 Monday; Desert Hot Springs
I got an e-mail yesterday from Mel asking about geo-caching today so we got together after Val had her exercises and shower and we went on the west side of town where there was a series of caches forming an heart then we had to solve a puzzle to find the last 7 caches. It was a lot of fun but also a lot of walking through the desert. Good thing it was a flat area!!! Tucker came with us and enjoyed his day, I think.
We came home around 4 pm, had happy hour then it was dinner time and a relaxing evening. We also heard from our friends, Glenda and Terry, who are in Sands Golf and RV Park about half a mile down the road. I called them and we will make arrangements later to meet


FEB 2, Tuesday, Desert Hot Springs
While Val was at her exercises, I installed the bar across the screen door, put a screen above the shower window to keep the light from shining bright in the morning, installed her hair instruments basket and installed hooks in the basement for my jack crank. I also called GIANT RV and made an appointment for next Monday to get some warranty work done as they have received the parts and I also called South Thompson at home about the TV cabinet fiasco ( it fell apart, see pictures).
In the afternoon, we went to town for some groceries and, of course, we also found a few more caches. We found one that was quite cool; it was at the bottom of a pipe in the ground and once we pulled it up, it was a jar with a shark as a cover. Neat!
We came home, put the groceries away, took Tucker for his afternoon walk and BBQ’ed hamburgers for dinner then enjoyed our evening. It was a very warm day even though it was cloudy.


FEB 3, Wednesday, lunch at VFW (Veterans in Foreign Wars)
After Val’s exercises, we went geo-caching with Lorna & Mel (luvinit) and Reg & Pat (kountrystar) then ended up at the VFW legion for lunch: 3 tacos, a taco salad and a jug of beer for $8. It was delicious as usual. If you are wondering what the names in bracket are, it is their Geo-Caching nickname or “nom de plume” as we say in French, ours is clauval47 of course! AS a bonus, Glenda and Terry also joined us so we had a nice and fun-filled lunch. Glenda and Terry are staying at the “SANDS RV & GOLF” Park, just down the road from us.
After lunch everyone went their own way and we continued finding caches; we had 4 more to find on our list to complete it. After dinner, we joined Glenda and Terry and their friends Barb and Larry at a funky little bar named “DILLON ROADHOUSE BAR” They had live music and we even got a few dances in. Unfortunately, we had the wrong hours as the music ended at 8 pm. The bar closed soon after as everyone had left and we were the only ones left. We were having such a good time, we never noticed!!!!