Last Day

Today is our last full day of relaxation then back to Tucson tomorrow.  It's been a wonderful 10 days in paradise, with the weather in the 70s most of the time.  Yesterday and today are in the 80s, who could ask for better weather to enjoy the out of doors. Thanksgiving day and evening was a bit chilly but it did not interfere with our BBQ turkey dinner.  Been eating leftovers ever since.

The golf game has been quite good with even a mentionable score for me of 55; most of my scores fall into the unmentionable category.  As you can see I take this game of golf "real seriously".

After a real tough day on the course, it's only natural to celebrate the victories.

It'll be hard to pack up and head back to reality and leave such beautiful weather and scenery. Although Tucson's temps are excellent also.  But we will need to leave our bird friends until we return again.

Possibly we will return to enjoy the Christmas holiday in such an enjoyable place.  Until then enjoy your December wherever life finds you.

Just Another Beautiful Day

The days are relaxing, uneventful and wonderful with the weather in the 70s and this weekend into the 80s.  The evenings do get a bit chilly and our evening boat ride requires a jacket.  Sunday was a bit cool with a weather system progressing through the area and Monday morning we awoke to snow on the mountains west of us.

Sunday, Jim shot a 57 on our par 54 course, then followed it up with a 53 on Monday.  Maybe he is getting his golf game ready for our annual Indio Invitational in April with players J Moon, L Moon and G Rolling.  This Invitational holds big stakes and a traveling trophy which is currently in the possession of J Moon.

Monday night we had BBQ country ribs which turned out tasty with our homemade BBQ sauce and hot pepper sauce make from the serrano pepper bush in our back yard.

The golf course and grounds are in immaculate condition which produce plenty of colorful scenes for the eyes.

 There is an abundance of ducks of several varieties, herons, egrets and we believe some loons, but not exactly sure.  These two were the only ones awake and out enjoying the water during my bike ride this morning.

Tomorrow we will have our own bird (a turkey) on the Weber with mesquite smoke flavor for our traditional Thanksgiving dinner.  I wish everyone a wonderful day and give thanks for our wonderful family and our many blessings.

Surprise upon Arrival

We're on the road again, this time to our lot at Motorcoach Country Club in Indio, CA (in the Palm Springs area) where we travel to exclusively this time of year.  Left Tucson Thursday late morning, with an uneventful trip arrived at our destination late afternoon.  Once we were parked we notice that our casita was broken into and our TV stolen.

They used a crowbar to break around the deadbolt and door lock.  Besides the TV they took a flashlight and a kitchen towel (???) but left everything else intact even the beer in the refrig. Friday was spent cleaning up the lot and casita after being gone for 7 months to make it livable then headed off to BestBuy and Costco to purchase a new TV (too many sports to watch to not have a TV).  We opted for a 37" instead of the 42" we had, so we can store it in the motorhome when we leave that way we are assured it will not be stolen again.

The weather is beautiful in the 70s which is perfect for golf; we did get out on Friday for a round of golf on the executive 9 hole course here on site.  We go around twice to make it a full 18 holes.

As I sit here composing this post the above picture is my view.

This is the street view of our lot.

We go for an evening wine cruise in our "Moondrifter".

This is typical scenery throughout the park.

As you can see, this person is totally engaged in some very important work. (Just waiting to play golf is more like it.) Another hour and we will hit the course for another round with that little white ball.

For the next 10 days I'll be reporting our pretty much relaxing time here in Indio so come back to visit.