Los Algodones

Yesterday we ventured across the border for lunch and margarita's, and they were as good as we remembered them.

One of the pictures we took is the blog header, we thought something with both of us would be fun to share.

 

 

 

  Ahhh sweet

 

 

 

The weather was cool and windy so the crowds were not bad, and the line was short to get back into the USA.

There are always people begging or trying to sell you some Chiclets, so this time we gave them a buck and took some pictures.

 

 

 

                                                                                                 They are very small about four feet tall and always looking for a handout. You only see women and children.

 

                                                                                             

Well we had a good time, bought some junk, and brought back lots of memories.

More Later,

Rich

Yuma

Our drive down on Christmas Day was not bad at all. Very little in the way of traffic, the weather was nice, not a bad way to spend the day.

The name of this RV park is Pilot Knob (named after a local rock formation), it is actually located on the California side of the Colorado River in Winterhaven. It is in the desert, the wind blows often and the nights are cool. We went for a walk yesterday, south from our site for about a mile. We could see the border in the distance from where we turned around, lots of rocks and sand.  There are plenty of birds though and we have the hummingbird feeder out. We have had as many as three hummers on the feeder at once, never have we seen that before.

 

 

 

   Some of our neighbors had lights on their rigs including the rig next to us.

 

 

 

We are only here for a bit over a week and then we are off to Tucson to see my Dad.  After a couple of days there, it is Texas and the Rio Grande Valley for our next stay.  This is going to a new adventure, since we have never visited this area before. The name of the park there is The Kenwood RV Resort, LINK .

More Later,

Rich

Christmas Greetings

Merry Christmas everyone!

Gorgie and I wish everyone peace, love, & happiness.

 

 

Our little Christmas shrine, small but nice.

Gorgie and Rich

Café des Beaux-Arts

Yesterday was going to be a day of running some errands and getting a date shake.  Well one of those errands was going to be a trip to the Apple Store in Palm Desert.  We were somewhat concerned about the road conditions because of all the flooding, but other than having to find our way around some closed roads and driving through sand that had been washed onto the road it was a non-issue.

Apple is located on El Paseo Drive in Palm Desert, think Rodeo Dr. in Beverly Hills.  Block after block of high end stores like Gucci, Tiffany, and the like.  So here we are in the “Pod Racer” with Mercedes, Porsches, and Bentleys, and I parked it in front of a high-end jewelry store.  Window shopping was a fun experience, and we talked about what fun Gloria could have with Dusty and Heather shopping here.

Our plan was to go back to Tyler’s for another of their great burgers.  As we were driving down El Paseo we spotted “Café des Beaux-Arts” (pronounced café day bowzar), check out this link  http://www.cafedesbeauxarts.com/ .

I made a Quick turn and found a parking space and in we go.  The place really had a French bistro feel to it, although the waiters all spoke spanish.  Gorgie had a Tahiti salad and I had the shrimp crepes,  boy were they good.  A spur of the moment decision turned out to make our day.

 

Tomorrow is still our travel day, so things to do.

More Later,

Rich

Stormy Weather

In my last post I wrote that all the storms coming into California were pretty much staying on the west side of the mountains and we were only getting showers.  Well Tuesday night and all day Wednesday that all changed.  It rained so hard that it woke us up during the night, we developed a small leak around the slide and I had to tilt the motorhome slightly  to keep the water out.  We spent the day yesterday inside reading and playing cards.  The local TV stations were showing the flooding and damage the rain caused, lots of road closures, and washouts.  All told we had over 4 inches in less than 24 hours.

 

This morning we woke up to sunshine, clear skies, and snow on the tops of the mountains, pretty.

 

 

 

 

 

The storms are over and the forecast calls sun and warmer temperatures (70°) or higher, just like we want it to be.

By the way Gorgie did go to the pool for water aerobics during the storm. She came home looking like a drowned rat, but had a good time anyway.

Today is going to be our last chance to get that date shake we have wanted, so we are going to venture out and fight the Christmas crowds, see if we can find our way around the road closures, to run some errands and get said shake. Christmas is still our move day.

I have updated our itinerary and the restaurants pages. Just click on the red titles above the weather banner to see.

 

More Later,

Rich

Rain in the Valley

It has been raining here the last two days.  Not the heavy rains and flooding that is happening to the west in the Los Angeles area but it has been wet and cool, not the 80 degree temperatures we were enjoying so much.

The posting has been neglected lately, mostly because we have a poor internet connection and pictures are so slow to upload that I have all but given up.

 We are down to our last few days here in Desert Hot Springs. It has been an enjoyable, time here Gorgie has read three books since we arrived, something she would never do at home.

We are off to Yuma on Christmas Day (poor planning on my part), it's only a three hour drive so not too bad.  We plan to go out to a dinner at the local casino.  Hopefully we will have a better conection when we get there so we can update Gorgie's iPad, and get some pictures on the blog.

More Later,
Rich

Viva Las Vegas

We rented a car and made a mad dash to Las Vegas, to join Pam and Steve at the Fitz.  They are fun to be with and we had a great time.  We left here on Friday and returned on Monday.

 

  The only luck we had was a $1558.25 Royal Flush on a 25₵ video poker machine.

 

 

 

 

 

   Guess who that lucky person was.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The drive up and back took us through some pretty, open desert country. Sure wouldn’t want to break down out there.

  We are now back in Desert Pools RV and having a wonderful time.  Yesterday we went to lunch at the Fisherman’s Market and Grill LINK for some of the best fish and chips in Palm Springs.  Last week we a couple of great burgers at Tyler’s in downtown Palm Springs  Link to reviews .  More adventures are on the way,  Watch here to see what we do next.

More Later,

Rich

80°’s

The post title pretty much sums up what we are doing.  It’s shorts and tee shirt weather, and is going to be for the next several days.  Gorgie has settled into her water aerobics routine in the mornings and I have met some very nice folks who like to chat.  Book reading and general goofing off is a great way to spend the day. We have done our shopping to reprovision the cupboards, I think a trip to get a date shake is in our near future.

We had the road grime washed off, I put on the solar screens, and the hummingbirds are feasting at my window.

 

This has been a wonderful start of our trip to the Rio Grande Valley.

More Later,

Rich

The Indio Tamale Festival

We went to the Tamale Festival in Indio yesterday, and had a great time.  We sampled chicken, cheese w/jalapeño, chili colorado, shredded beef, corn w/chilies, belgian chocolate w/raspberries & glazed walnuts, pumpkin w/currents & a jamacan rum sauce.  Sounds like a lot but we didn’t eat a whole one of each, we shared and they were small and only $3.00 each.  It was fun and almost like being in Mexico,  most folks were Hispanic and the entertainment was all in Spanish.

Santa has a bag full of tamales

 

 

 

       The line a Grandma Lupe’s was an hour and a half long.  We missed out.

 

 

 

    One of several entertainment stages.

More Later,

Rich

We Have Arrived

It was a long drive to get here. Other than the nervousness of getting over the pass it was not bad at all.  Of course traveling only 200 – 250 miles a day takes the fatigue out of it.  The two days in Bakersfield at the Orange Grove RV Park were our first in warmer weather.  Yesterday we pulled in to Desert Pools RV Resort for a three week stay.  The temperature was 72° and sunny.  How nice was that?  It will take a couple more days to get settled, (no hurry for us).

Today we are headed to the Indio Tamale Festival we had the strawberry tamales last year and are looking forward to them again.

More Later,

Rich

Orange Grove RV Park Bakersfield, CA

We spent the last two nights here in Bakersfield surrounded by groves of oranges.  Yesterday we had fresh squeezed juice and boy was that good.  Here is a LINK to the park.  We spent most of the day sitting outside reading in the sunshine, it was a comfortable 64°.  Today we are moving into the desert at Mojave, CA for one night, at Sierra Trails RV Park LINK a drive of only about 60 miles but it is over the Tehachapi pass and into some dryer weather, it may shower here and we can’t have that.

 

 

 

   Orange Grove RV Park

 

 

 

We are due into Desert Hot Springs on Saturday and the weather looks even better there.  I don’t think I’ll have an internet connection until we arrive there, so.

More Later,

Rich