Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Happy New Year from Desert Hot Springs!
Jan 1 -11 …..New Years Day! Danny came over around 330p. About 5p we drove to Pioneer Town and had dinner and listened to a couple of bands. On the 4th our friends from Chicago came over for dinner and some card playing. Tuesday we took a 'pickleball' lesson. It's cross between tennis & ping pong???? It's a fun game & good exercise. Unfortunately not too many parks have courts. Wednesday we played 9 holes of Golf at the “First Tee” (senior rate is $10 on that day) with Bill Brinkman and some of his friends from their RV park. We also had dinner with Bill & Gloria that evening. Dixie did some haircuts this week and the normal stuff..ie laundry! The weather has improved and we are now in the 60's. We utilized the pool and hot springs some. Friday we picked up Bob & Cheryl & went to the “$2 theater” & saw the movie, Secretariat. It was a great movie! We then made a Walmart stop & then to an authentic Italian Pizza place called Palermoes near the airport. The pizza was very good. Saturday was a stay at the park day. Sunday we went to Bob & Cheryl's for football, dinner, & cards. Tuesday we decided to hike to flag mountain. The weather was cool but sunny; perfect for climbing over 1,000 ft. to the American flag at the peak of the mountain. We had done the same climb one year ago but, somehow, this one was tougher to master. We attributed it to the fact that we had done very little hiking in the past several months. We had lunch and again signed the book hidden under several large rocks in a metal army ammo case. The total time of the hike was almost three hours. When we got back to the park, we immediately went to the hot mineral water tubs and soaked our tired bodies. We moved to Indian Waters RV park in Indio on the 12th.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
Our Time back in Montana ~ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Dec 14-31 ...Had a good trip from Casa Grande to Desert Hot Springs. Arrived about 230p set up for our one night stay. That evening we went to Danny's & had an early Christmas with Lexi & him! Dixie did a quick haircut for a repeat customer right before we put the motorhome in storage. From there we took all our refrig/freeze stuff to Ross's condo for storage while we were in Montana. We had lunch at Applebee's & then mailed the Christmas packages. We met Danny at his condo where we left our car and he and Lexi took us to the airport. We got on with now problem & arrived in Denver to find out our flight to Great Falls was delayed but a couple of hours. We finally arrived in Great Falls around 1am. Dad picked us up & we stayed overnight with them.
Our stay in Great Falls....On the 17th Dad went to the farm and we stayed overnight with Mom. She has been in a lot of back and abdominal pain. On the 18th we attended Harold Struck’s 80th Birthday party. We visited with Russ & Cheryl there. Dixie worked for Fran a few days, gave blood, went to Mom's doctor and acupuncture appointments, & went to see the doctor for her hip pain. Mike went to the Peak & hung out at home (only had the use of one car so he was stuck at home a lot). Dixie cooked Christmas Eve dinner that we enjoyed at Dad & Mom's. Denita, Steve and the boys come up on Christmas Eve and stayed until Sunday. Christmas Day we had a wonderful Prime Rib dinner at Doug and Fran’s. We spent a lot of time at Mom & Dad's visiting and helping out where we could.
The flights were very full on our scheduled return day (Dec 28th) so we planned to wait until the following day...however the night before, due to the bad weather back east, we decided it was best to try for the original plan. The flights didn't look any better as the week went on. Surprisingly we got on the flight out of Great Falls at 720am. We didn't make the first flight out of Denver but we did get on the next one at 3pm. We arrived in Palm Springs around 430p. Danny picked us up and we stopped for dinner at a small Mexican restaurant. We overnighted with him & on Wed. morning we got the MH out of storage & parked on a sight. We will be here for 2 weeks & move to our park in Indio.
New Year's Eve Danny came over and we grilled steaks & watched a movie.
Our stay in Great Falls....On the 17th Dad went to the farm and we stayed overnight with Mom. She has been in a lot of back and abdominal pain. On the 18th we attended Harold Struck’s 80th Birthday party. We visited with Russ & Cheryl there. Dixie worked for Fran a few days, gave blood, went to Mom's doctor and acupuncture appointments, & went to see the doctor for her hip pain. Mike went to the Peak & hung out at home (only had the use of one car so he was stuck at home a lot). Dixie cooked Christmas Eve dinner that we enjoyed at Dad & Mom's. Denita, Steve and the boys come up on Christmas Eve and stayed until Sunday. Christmas Day we had a wonderful Prime Rib dinner at Doug and Fran’s. We spent a lot of time at Mom & Dad's visiting and helping out where we could.
The flights were very full on our scheduled return day (Dec 28th) so we planned to wait until the following day...however the night before, due to the bad weather back east, we decided it was best to try for the original plan. The flights didn't look any better as the week went on. Surprisingly we got on the flight out of Great Falls at 720am. We didn't make the first flight out of Denver but we did get on the next one at 3pm. We arrived in Palm Springs around 430p. Danny picked us up and we stopped for dinner at a small Mexican restaurant. We overnighted with him & on Wed. morning we got the MH out of storage & parked on a sight. We will be here for 2 weeks & move to our park in Indio.
New Year's Eve Danny came over and we grilled steaks & watched a movie.
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