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.