January 1 to 5, 2008

JANUARY 1, 2008, Tuesday,

HAPPY NEW-YEAR EVERYONE!!! WOW, another year gone by! A new one starting! A quiet day at home. Read and snoozed as I was a bit hung-over. We had a very nice evening last night and I think I had one too many margeritas. 2 new campers came in today. Val cooked an excellent dinner in the evening....Ham cooked in molasse and beer, mash potatoes, vegetables and a salad. Alll fit for a king! It was delicious.
It was cloudy and windy but still very comfortable.


JAN. 2, Wednesday, sunny and warm

Val did her laundry today and then we went to the beach at Bahia Santa Maria. Lots of people there today and the bay was full of yatch and a couple of huge catamaran. I had bought a snorkel kit and Val went out and tried it. She said she saw lots of little colorful fishes. We had fun and didn't get burned by the sun. Came home afterwards and had happy hour with our neighbor.
Called Rochelle in the evening as it is her birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO! Also called Jeff.


JAN. 3, Thursday, sunny

Called A.O.R. in the morning and had them change our dates in Indio and Pilot Knob for February. Then I called Fleetwood and after a somewhat tense conversation, it was finally agreed that I was owed the money missing and that a cheque would be mailed before the end of the month. Finally a conclusion to this mess.

We went to San Jose in the afternoon. We walked the old town and found this little store that had all kinds of tequila. We sampled a few and bought a bottle that had a taste like a cognac. DELICIOUS!!!

When we got home, we met Helen, our neighbour George's wife, who arrived today from Vancouver by plane.


JAN. 4, Friday, cloudy and very humid

We got an e-mail today from friends we had met back in South Carolina in 2006 on our trip around the southern U.S. They are in Los Cabos and suggested we meet this evening.

We went for a bike ride in the afternoon and called the number they gave us and made arrangement to meet at bar called "Roadhouse Pub", a local bar near where we live. We met Jim and Vicky at 7 p.m. and we had a marvellous evening. They came out with 2 other couples, Robert and Karen & Randy and Jan, marvellous fun loving people. There was entertainment by a guy from Canada who was really good. We also rubbed elbow with two starlets, one called "Fergy" a young female singer who, according to Val is very popular with young people and also a movie star by the name of Josh Duhamel whom I have never heard of but Val claims has made numerous recent movies.
Unfortunately the bar closed at 10 p.m. because of where it was situated so we said our good-byes to Jim and Vicky and came home. We had a really good time and it was great seeing those two again.


JAN. 5, Saturday, sunny

A quiet day at home. Read and stuck around our site. Very hot today, the hottest day yet. Checked the web site and read that it is only 59*F in Palm Spring and raining. Just another in paradise.