JAN 25, Monday; Back to Desert Hot Springs
A beautiful morning; we left around 9 am and drove north on I-215 then I-10 to Camping World in Colton where I had to exchange an item we bought there. I called Giant RV to find out that they didn’t have the parts so we carried on to Desert Pool in Desert Hot Springs. The drive was uneventful but it was nice seeing the country side on the sunny side!
We arrived in Desert Pool around 1 pm after stopping for fuel @ 3.09/gal. We booked in under WHR and set up in site 126, 2 sites over from the last time we were here. While I was setting up, Val went looking for our friends, Renald and Louise, and she found them in the swimming pool. They came over after for happy hour and we had them over for dinner. Renald and Louise are from the Yukon and their house is about 100KM from Whitehorse. We had a marvellous time reminiscing over the old days in the Baja. We even got to bore them with our pictures of San Antonio, Texas as they are heading to that State from here. While walking Tucker, I met Lorna and Melvin so I chatted with them for a while and also ran into Pat and Reg from BC. Just another big reunion!!!
We travelled 150 KM ( 94 miles) in 3 hrs and 15 minutes at an average of speed of 43 MPH
N 33* 55” 24”
W 116* 26’ 03
Alt: 1035 Feet
JAN 26, Tuesday, Desert Hot Springs
After breakfast we went to Thousand Palm with Renald and Louise but first, we got them registered for 3 free nights as I couldn’t see them spending $42/night to stay here.
We walked around both palm oasis and they really enjoyed the walk and the small pond with the minnow fish in them. From here, we introduced them to Geo-Caching and found a couple sites then we went into town for lunch at a little restaurant that Marcel and Audrey had introduced us to. The food was good and it was cheap. We stopped at Radio Shack so that Louise could buy a “pay-as-you-go” phone (same as we have). They had been phoning home with their regular phone and it was costing them a fortune so they were quite happy with this deal. Once home, I showed her how to use it and she phoned her daughter to try it, she was quite excited about the deal.
We went back to our place and relaxed for a while then we went to Louise and Renald’s place for Happy Hour. We had dinner in our own respective house and we watched TV, read and Val knit. It is raining lightly right now but it’s to clear by tomorrow
JAN 27, Wednesday, sightseeing in Palm Desert
We did our own things early in the day and at 2 pm, the four of us drove to Palm Desert near Palm Springs and went to the I-MAX to watch AVATAR in 3-D once again. Renald had seen it before but on a regular screen and Louise hadn’t seen it. They were both very impressed with the result. We went to “TILTED KILT PUB” for a drink and dinner afterwards then came home and went to our respective home.
JAN 28, Thursday, Desert Hot Springs
For us, it was laundry day which was overdue! For Louise and Renald, it was shopping in town then a meeting with the membership director to listen to their sale pitch. They came over afterwards to discuss the meeting with us. Renald was almost convinced to buy but Louise didn’t want to. We told them that they could wait a year then decide after they were finished with their world travel so they didn’t buy into it which is OK.
They came over for dinner and we had a “goodbye party” for them as they are leaving tomorrow. They are good friends and we will miss them...we had fun while they were here. But we will see them again in the future.
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