February 4 to 6, 2010; Desert Hot Springs

FEB 4, Thursday, more geo-caching
Reg & Pat and Mel & Lorna left this morning for greener pastures. After Val’s exercise and my ritual walk with Tucker, we went geo caching for a couple hours looking for a series called “Lemon Field” and it actually turned out to be 4 hours. We found 13 out of 20 and 3 we didn’t find. It was an interesting, easy and enjoyable day. It was easy walking and we could drive up to most of them.
We were to go to Palm Springs to the street fair at 5 pm but decided to wait until we get back from Lytle Creek. Val tried a recipe given to her by a friend which turned out to be really good then we relaxed at home.


FEB 5, Friday, Desert Hot Spring
Val’s watch was in need of a new battery so we went to town to look for a place that would have one but had no success so we went into Palm Desert near Palm Springs. We got the watch fixed then went to Costco for a few items then went to BestBuy and Staples to look for a PDA. I found one at Staples and bought it.
As we were driving by a mall, we remembered a cache there that we hadn’t found so we went back and sure enough, found it! One more under our belt. We came home for happy hour, had dinner and called it quit for the evening.


FEB 6, Saturday, Last day in Desert Hot Springs
It rained so hard overnight that it woke me up. There is a big storm going over and Los Angeles area is having all kinds of mudslides and flooding. This area is not so bad as we have a set of mountain deflecting the worst but it indeed very gray out there. A good day to stay home!
In the afternoon, we had a break so I went out and loaded all the chairs and BBQ and toys; loaded the kayaks and reloaded the golf club and cushion for Tucker. Glenda called and invited us for dinner so we went over for happy hour and a marvellous dinner consisted of pasta mix with chicken, mushrooms and a white sauce. There also was a salad and dessert afterwards. A dinner fit for a king! It was delicious. We came home around 9 pm after a very nice visit. The stars are out so maybe it will be nice tomorrow.