Jan 22nd – Feb 5th …We drove the 26 miles to Desert Hot Springs on the 22nd. We were able to talk the office staff into letting us leave our motorhome on the site while we go to Aunt Marge's timeshare in Carlsbad. They did put us in a site in the far back of the park, site 284. It turned out to be a big site with no one around us ~ actually a pretty good site! Wed. was laundry day and getting things ready for our trip to Carlsbad. Thurs. we drove to Indian Waters to have dinner with Doug & Fran (they got there on Tue.) We all had tickets to the Entertainment that was at the clubhouse that evening. He sang and told jokes..all in all it was pretty good!
On Friday we got to Doug & Fran's a bit after 10. We packed up all our stuff and headed to Carlsbad about 1045a. We went over the mountains (Hwy 74). We had a great lunch at a little Italian Deli called Campini's in Temecula. Mike & I had eaten there once before. We went to the 'Chopper Gallery' next door, where Fran bought a leather jackets and Doug shopped for motorcycle parts. We arrive at Tamarack Resort around 315p. We were able to sit on our patio for a bit before the rain/fog started coming in. We decided to walk around a bit a find a place for a drink/dinner. Well we got pretty wet before we finally decided to stop in at 'Knockout Pizza'. We hit the hot tub when we got back.
Saturday we started with a walk on the beach and then we drove to Ross's condo in Solano Beach (down hwy 101 about 10 miles) with the intent of picking up our tickets for the golf tournament at Torrey Pines. . It was very foggy at course so they kept postponing the start time. We ended up eating our packed lunch at Ross's. We then left for the tournament...parking in a garage and riding a bus to the course. The fog only got worse so they never did start play. We walked around the course some but couldn't even see the water. We stood in line for 15 minutes or so to get a bus back to our car. We stopped at a Trader Joes on our return for some grocery's!
We decided to go back to the golf tourney on Sunday. We were able to park at the course and walk in as the lot had dried out some. We stayed at the 7th hole for awhile where we watched several players, including Tiger Woods. We then walked around to different holes and saw Phil Mickelson and Tiger again. We left the course around 3p. From there we drove just across the road to the Glider Port and watch the para-gliders take off, fly and land. It was a neat site – at one time there were at least 15 in the air.
Monday we headed to the train station just a couple of blocks from the condo. We purchased a day ticket ($14) to ride the “Coaster” into San Diego. We got off at 'Old Town ' where Doug wanted to go to another motorcycle place. From there we got on the Trolly (also included in our day ticket) and got off a Seaport Village. We walked down Harbor Blvd and decided to have lunch at Anthony's Grotto. We opted for the outside area ~ we had clam chowder and crab/shrimp salad. We even splurged on a 'Beignets' ...not nearly as good as at the Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans. We then got back on the Trolley and rode through downtown and south to Chula Vista. We got off there and took the next trolley back to Old Town. Once there we picked up Doug's purchases at the cycle place and stopped for a drink in Old Town. Then it was back on the Coaster for the hour long ride back to Carlsbad.
Tues. started with a walk on the beach and a return on Ocean St looking at the other side of the big homes on the beach. We drove to Oceanside to have lunch at Hooters and made a Trader Joe run and a couple of other shopping stops. That evening we went to a wine and cheese party at the condo and Dixie broke a tooth on a cracker seed! It was a tooth that had been built up back in 2009. I guess we will be making a trip to Algodones, Mexico.
Wed. we decided to drive back to Old Town ~ Doug had another item to check out at the cycle shop. First we went to pick up a golf club for Ross at the Taylormade factory...then a stop at the Harley Davidson shop. Once we made it to Old Town we had a wonderful lunch at Guadalajara Restaurant. We walked around Old Town and then headed back to the condo.
Thurs. it was time to head home. We got to Aunt Marge’s about 1030a. Dixie cut and colored her hair and then we took her out for lunch. We went to a good Barb-b-que place in the shopping village across from her condo. On our drive back we stopped at the Cabazon Outlets for a short time. We made it back to the motorhome late in the afternoon.
Fri. Dixie did 3 haircuts and we went tot he pool for a bit. Sat. we ventured into Desert Hot Springs for grocery's and a Kmart stop.
Sunday was spent preparing for our SuperBowl Party ~ Danny, Doug & Fran and Bob & Cheryl came over. We had Chalupa's, a Chile Rellenos dish, Reuben Meatballs (thanks Fran) and snacks! It was a good game and we all had a great time!
