Sunny day! My sinus cold is still persisting and I am getting tired of it! Val did the laundry while I walked Tucker; there is a new dog park but we liked the old one better. This one has a lake in the centre and a walkway around, very nice improvement as it used to be just a big dry hole. Other improvements are the office, no more post office, we now pick up our mail in the office on a rack, new paved road everywhere, all the site have been worked on, no more front gate to open, and all the buildings have been painted a desert brown. They also have two pools now and a beautiful patio with nice lounge chairs and umbrella tables.
After laundry and lunch, we went to the Outlet Mall only to find three stores still open; everything else was closed tight with nothing in them so we drove to the mall to find Val’s sandals and found a pair. That’s to replace the one where she lost one sandal overnight in Butte as you may recall!? We came home, had a drink then I cooked steaks for dinner with salad and asparagus (Val). Evening was the tube! Oh yeah, I called T&G in Mesa and we agreed to meet on Tuesday; I sent a text to the Kirkby’s about meeting on Wednesday for lunch and an e-mail to Karla and Ed who are also in Mesa.
Sunny again and a bit warmer than yesterday! Val went for her exercises this morning. I called WHR and made reservations at Desert Pool for the next 3 weeks (64557); Audrey is there and so will Dave and Louise on the 17th...One big family reunion!!! We went into town and stopped at Ford to buy diesel treatment fluid then on to the RV Store to get some light bulb. We also stopped a Summers’s Jewellery store to have Val’s bracelet fixed then went to “BIG WA” Chinese restaurant to have lunch. This is our favorite Chinese place here in Casa Grande and we never miss an opportunity to eat there. We came back to our Park and Val went puzzling while I read and went for a walk to check out all the changes that have been done since last we were here and it was taken over by new owners.
I can’t believe it! I was up at 6 AM due to my sinus; it was really bad this morning, it just won’t go away. Anyway, I read until Val got up at 7AM. She went for her exercises and I showered then took Tucker for his walk. After Val showered, we drove to MESA for a visit with Glenda and Terry. We had lunch with them and caught up to their news and ours. We had a really nice visit and left around 4 PM. We drove to another CAL-AM Park and visited with Mel & Lorna and Ed & Karla. This also was a great visit as we hadn’t seen them in quite a while. We had a couple beers then it was time to say goodbye and be on our way back. We stopped at FRY’s to pick up a chicken and fuelled up at $3.81. We came home, had dinner and relaxed.
We left around 9:15 AM and drove west on I-8. We stopped for a short break at a roadside rest area then continued on to Yuma. AS we went by Wellton, we honked as we drove by the RV Park where our friends Judy and Ed are spending the winter. She phoned us to say she heard and saw us drive by. We arrived in Yuma, stopped for fuel @ $4.01 at Flying J then met the Kirkby’s at OLIVE GARDENS where we had lunch. After giving them the Gracie’s ashes and a few tears of remembrance, we left and entered our last State (California) on this leg of the trip. We turned off on Hwy 111 then 86 and finally I-10. We finally arrived in Desert Hot Springs and our WHR Park, Desert Pools on Dillon Road. We are on site 113 and it is 6 PM and 104*F in the sun!!! Audrey called us and we agreed to see her in the morning. I just did our basic set-up and went in to A/C air.
We drove 351 miles (569KM) in 6 hrs and 20 minutes @ an average 55 MPH for a total of 8 hrs and 45 minutes.
N 33* 55.396’
W 116* 26.053
Alt: 1028 ft
Our day began with Audrey coming over for tea first thing this morning; she walked over! We had a nice visit and caught up to a lot of news then I drove her home after I showered. We went for some groceries and to find a new coffee pot as the old one broke when something from the cupboard fell on it. We had to go to Walmart to find the pot then I fuelled @ $4.16/gallon. We came home but first stopped at Audrey in Caliente RV Park where she is at the present time. We came home, had a change of clothes, walked Tucker in 90*F temperature and had a lengthy conversation with Donna from Home. Audrey picked us up at 6 PM and we drove to downtown Palm Springs where every Thursday they close the Main street and have an outdoor fair where all kinds of stuff is sold including different foods. As we walked the street, we met Audrey’s friends Ellen and Tom from Northern Ontario. We all went to a pub and had dinner and a couple beers then were back on the street to the fair. We called it quit at ten when the fair started winding down and we were home by 10:30 PM. Another great day!
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