Palm Springs here we come! We spent the day at the golf course, however we were not playing. We went to the Kraft Nabisco LPGA Pro/Am Tournament that is in town this week (Rancho Mirage). We followed Annika Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez and other pro golfers. We saw a few celebrities as well - Ben Roethlisberger- NFL Quarterback, Mary Hart -Entertainment Tonight & Alice Cooper- singer from the 70's/80's.... We went into the Souvenir tent and were looking at autographed framed photos and found that the person selling them was a classmate of Mikes' in Texarkana, TX in the late 50's. It truly is a small world. We had fun talking to him & hearing about all the players from the PGA & LPGA tour. We are going to dinner with him tomorrow at Arnold Palmers resturant so we can reminisce a little more. We are in a very nice RV Park & finally are enjoying some nice weather. Tomorrow we are off to practice our own golf swing!
P.S Mike's classmate got the autographed picture of Alice Cooper!!!
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Glory of Easter at the Crystal Cathedral
Continuation of our adventures in CA.....We had a wonderful evening with Mike's sister and family who live in the Anaheim Hills - we enjoyed dinner and seeing their home. We spent a day with Dixie's cousin, who lives across the street from the Crystal Cathedral. We went to the "Glory of Easter" pagent at the Cathedral - it was a breathtaking experience. They had all the live animals on stage and angels (live people) flying from the ceiling (about 70-80 ft)....it was quite a site. We also spent some time a Downtown Disney but it was raining so that was limited. We are headed to the Palm Springs area on Sunday where we will be staying at the Indian Waters RV park for 2 weeks. It's time to stay put for a while and do our income taxes - yuk! We will also be visiting Dixie's brother and neice so that will be more fun.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Ventures in & around Riverside, Ca
We detoured via airplane to Ft Braff, North Carolina to visit our Son and family for a few days. We had a great time visiting the family, especially spending time with Brandon before he departs for Afganistan in a couple of weeks. We flew back to NV to left that state on Mar 13th. We made an overnight stop at Lytle Creek, CA and continued on to our destination of Riverside to visit Dixie's Aunt & Uncle. We have parked the motorhome & are staying with Dixie's aunt in her condo on a beautiful golf course. Yesterday we they took us to Laguna Beach and Newport Beach. We took a boat ride around the Newport Habour to view all the multi-million dollar homes & yachts. We can't imagine how people can afford to live like that! Today we went to the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, CA. There was a special exhibit - a miniture replica of the White House (it took 42 years to build it... 1in = 1ft) We really enjoyed the library and have now seen 3 of the 11 Presidental Libraries. We are currently sitting in traffic on the 91 freeway, which means we must be in California!!!
Saturday, March 05, 2005
Entertainment in Pahrump!
We can definately say we have found a variety of things to do in Pahrump, NV. It's a pretty small town with a poplulation of 30,000.
After tourning the Winery we went to a very nice golf course and hit some golf balls. Yesterday we drove through Death Valley National Park - it's about 30 miles from here but the park is huge (3.3million acres).....Our first stop was at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere which is Badwater, CA. This point is 282 ft below sea level and it is mostly a salt bed (Table Salt comes out of it). However since they have had an unusual amount of rainfall and it was winter, there was quite a bit of water in the lake bed. We then went on to "Furnace Creek" where we had lunch and walked around the village... then to "Scotty's Castle" where were went on a tour of the castle and walked the grounds (it was very strange to see this huge Castle out in the middle of nowhere). We were glad we were in the Park in the winter as it gets up to 120 degress in the summer (we experienced several weathe changes - at Furnace Creek it was 75 and at the Castle it was in the low 60's. Well 10hrs and 300 miles later we finished our day trip -just slightly exhausted!
Today we checked out a Casino.....of course we left a small amount behind! From there we went to a place recommended by the Pahrump Chamber of Commerce - no not the local park but the local "Brothel" (there are 2 in this small town - 1 called the Chicken Ranch). We decided what the heck we check it out so we went to the Sports Bar there for a drink and then went on a short tour (believe it or not---only in Nevada would they give a tour of a brothel). Can't say as we have ever done that before - we'll chock that one up as our most unusual tour so far in our travels!!!
After tourning the Winery we went to a very nice golf course and hit some golf balls. Yesterday we drove through Death Valley National Park - it's about 30 miles from here but the park is huge (3.3million acres).....Our first stop was at the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere which is Badwater, CA. This point is 282 ft below sea level and it is mostly a salt bed (Table Salt comes out of it). However since they have had an unusual amount of rainfall and it was winter, there was quite a bit of water in the lake bed. We then went on to "Furnace Creek" where we had lunch and walked around the village... then to "Scotty's Castle" where were went on a tour of the castle and walked the grounds (it was very strange to see this huge Castle out in the middle of nowhere). We were glad we were in the Park in the winter as it gets up to 120 degress in the summer (we experienced several weathe changes - at Furnace Creek it was 75 and at the Castle it was in the low 60's. Well 10hrs and 300 miles later we finished our day trip -just slightly exhausted!
Today we checked out a Casino.....of course we left a small amount behind! From there we went to a place recommended by the Pahrump Chamber of Commerce - no not the local park but the local "Brothel" (there are 2 in this small town - 1 called the Chicken Ranch). We decided what the heck we check it out so we went to the Sports Bar there for a drink and then went on a short tour (believe it or not---only in Nevada would they give a tour of a brothel). Can't say as we have ever done that before - we'll chock that one up as our most unusual tour so far in our travels!!!
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Moving On
On our last day at Lake Havasu City we spent the afternoon with family & friends on a Pontoon Boat on the "Lake" (it's a very large lake). We went through the Gorge where the scenery was beautiful. We saw some wild donkeys on a mountain overlooking the lake. We also made a couple of stops - at a Casino (just long enough for Mike to loose $20) and then at Topock for refreshments & a bite to eat. We really enjoyed our stay at Lake Havasu. We met many nice people and established friendships and will most likely return next winter!
On March 1 we were off again. We headed toward Las Vegas.... we made a quick stop at Hoover Dam, the Camping World (a toy store for RV's) in Henderson and then through Las Vegas to our destination of Pahrump, NV. It's in the mountains about 60 miles from Las Vegas. The view out our window is of snow caped mountains. We toured a Winery today which is at the RV park we are staying in (Charleston Peak). We are anxious to try out the resturant at the Winery but we are holding off for a few days.....we ate way too much while in Lake Havasu so we are on a diet!!!!! We hope to go to Death Valley in the next day or so and also hit a few golf balls.
On March 1 we were off again. We headed toward Las Vegas.... we made a quick stop at Hoover Dam, the Camping World (a toy store for RV's) in Henderson and then through Las Vegas to our destination of Pahrump, NV. It's in the mountains about 60 miles from Las Vegas. The view out our window is of snow caped mountains. We toured a Winery today which is at the RV park we are staying in (Charleston Peak). We are anxious to try out the resturant at the Winery but we are holding off for a few days.....we ate way too much while in Lake Havasu so we are on a diet!!!!! We hope to go to Death Valley in the next day or so and also hit a few golf balls.
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