Having fun in Palm Springs!

Yesterday we managed another day of  bath water aerobics.  It's fun and you really do get a workout!

After dressing and lunch we took off to take Max to the groomer for a bath and haircut!  (He has to compete with all the Palm Springs puppies so we wanted him to look nice too)!  We then took off to Spotlight 29, a casino and hotel with a golf course near the groomers.  We spent the afternoon there but weren't a bit lucky!  Had fun but no luck!  We picked up Max, he's looking pretty handsome!

This morning we opted for golf instead of aerobics!  It was a par 3 course that Thousand Trails books.  We had a group of about 30 people.  I didn't play too well but had a lot of fun. Ted did better.   There is water, sand and hills to deal with.  A pretty but difficult little course!  After we played golf, we had lunch at the grill with the other golfers.

When we got back we took a dip in the hot tub to make sure the old muscles didn't tighten up!

Warming in the hot tub..."Ain't Life Grand!" 

Water Aerobics!!!!

Last night the park had "Card Bingo".   Each person receives 13 playing cards and the "caller" uses a deck of cards. As he calls the cards, you remove them from your pile and the person who runs out of cards first bingos! They play 3 games at a nickel each, 3 at a dime each, 3 at a quarter each and the finale is $1 each. There were almost 60 players so the last pot is pretty good! Not that Ted or I would know, we won zip!

At 10 this morning Ted and I did water aerobics at the pool. There were almost 30 people (mostly ladies) for an hour of aerobics. It was fun, but not as easy as I thought and it's hard to keep both feet flat on the bottom for some of the exercises since there so many people we were out pretty deep. Our legs felt so heavy when we got out of the water. We'll see how the body feels tomorrow! We are going to try it again!

In the afternoon we went to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It was 72 degrees in the valley but 59 degrees at the start of the tram and the sign said it was 43 degrees at the top with 4 feet of snow! We didn't go up today because we weren't prepared for the cold. We are thinking about doing the ride and dine on Friday afternoon. We'll see because we are also going to play 9 holes of golf on Friday morning. The snow does seem to be melting since we've been here and today it was up to 78 degrees at noon! Here are some pictures I took up at the Tram Station:

Bath water aerobics..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Enjoying the lifestyle of the Rich & Famous!

Today we ran some errands and came across a beautiful RV bus! I couldn't resist taking a picture of it and sharing it with everyone! I also thought I would take a couple of pictures of our RV squeezed in among the beautiful Date Palm trees!

I forgot to mention the snow on the mountains as we drove here yesterday. There was a lot of snow on both Big Bear and Mt. Baldy mountain tops, it is beautiful! Today temperatures were in the mid-70's, very nice!

Exploring the lives of the Rich and Famous..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Palm Desert!

We left San Diego this morning for Palm Desert.   This is our first time in this campground and we found that spaces are very "tight".  There are 875 Date Palm trees and the trees make it hard for the RV's to manuever around to get in your space.  Ted did such a great job backing in our space between two trees and one behind us, a narrow street filled with cars and other RV's.  He is amazing!  Our truck is pulled right up to our door, like a carport, which means no rooms for chairs or anything else!  Otherwise it is a nice campground, with some grassy areas and the trees are pretty!

I was texting with my nephew Stephen yesterday and he asked where we were.  I told him we were in San Diego and leaving for Palm Springs.  He texted back, "and I'm just leaving biology for physics"!   He's pretty funny and I'm happy to be in Palm Springs.

Hanging out in Palm Springs..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Monday we are on the road again!

Last night we met our friends Stach & Jeri for dinner.  Their daughter-in-law, Gina and grandson, Trent were also there.  Stach had selected Zorba's in Chula Vista for dinner.  We had an 8:30 p.m. reservation, a little late for us but fortunately the music and the show kept us awake!  LOL!  They have a delicious Greek buffet and the music and show were a little loud but entertaining.  Poor Trent was sort of scared to look up at the dancing girls, he's nine and I think he was afraid they would want him to dance or something!  It was a fun evening.

Today we packed up the outside chairs and rug so we can leave around 10:00 tomorrow morning to head for Palm Springs.  We will be there for 10 days.  It's also one of our Thousand Trails campgrounds but we have not been to it before.  It's always interesting to go to a new campground, you never know what to expect!

Tonight we had dinner with our friend Peggy at Taste of Italy in Rancho San Diego.  It's a small little Italian Restaurant that has very good food.  We had a good visit with Peggy and a good meal.

Retired and getting on the road again..."Ain't Life Grand!"

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday or maybe Monday or maybe Wednesday...who can remember!  We are retired....it doesn't matter what day it is!

Today we ran some errands and got a few things done to ready for our departure on Monday.  Tonight we had dinner with our friends Larry and Carol Wallis at a Mexican Restaurant in Rancho San Diego.  I'd tell you the name of the restaurant but I can't remember how to spell it!  They used to have a large one in El Cajon now they have just the one in Rancho San Diego.  Anyway, good food!  We caught up with what's been happening with Larry and Carol and family and filled them in on our sagas with our satellite, leaks in our roof and our upcoming departure.  Larry reads the blog and scolded me for not being better about writing in the last couple of weeks, so I will try to be better!

Last minute visits with friends before leaving San Diego..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Sunny San Diego!

Glad to have some sunshine this week!

We've been keeping busy.  Peggy came for dinner on Saturday since our girls night out at the cabin in Pine Valley was cancelled because of the previous week of bad weather.  We had some "mean games" of Mexican Dominoes.  It took us awhile to figure it out because there are many versions, but it was fun.

Tuesday was Valley View Casino day with girl friends, Jeri and Roberta.  We also stopped at Bates Nut Farm on the way.  We shopped, gambled and ate!  What could be better??????  Well if I won it would have been better!   Jeri and I met our husbands for dinner and it was a great day.

Yesterday we drove up to Escondido to meet one of Ted's classmates, Rusty, for dinner.  He took us over to San Marcos to Restaurant Row and we had dinner at Bruno's, an Italian restaurant.  Food was good and it was enjoyable talking with Rusty.  It's a pretty cool area and you can eat any kind of food or any type of restaurant.  There are a ton to choose from!

We are leaving on Monday for a long trip...more info as it happens!

Sunny days..."Ain't Life Grand!"