Feb 1st to 4th - Desert Hot Springs

Feb 1st – Mon – to Desert Hot Springs
We said farewell to Charlie & Julie, stopped at the office to pay our electric bill and hit the road just after 8:30. We had finished setting up when Larry & Barb (from Monroe WA, met in Alaska) drove by from the laundry room. We rode our bikes to their site and Larry joined us for a tour of the park facilities and to make a tee time for tomorrow. This is a nice, well kept park with sites that are long but slightly narrow. Our 6 foot wide patio is right against the rig and right beside a hedge. We were able to park at the front of the site so we have a large “party” area in the back.
Gary & Carie (from Victoria B.C., met in Georgia) had a one day overlap with us here in Desert Hot Springs so they came over for a visit. Then we all joined a group at Larry & Barb’s for happy hour(s). Included were Russ & Judy (we met them in Monroe), Paul, Lynn and Gilbert & Grace. For readers who have not heard this before, I included names in my blog partly as a reminder for us later!

Feb 2nd – Tues – Desert Hot Springs
I did some dinner prep before playing golf with Larry at noon today. The course is a 9 hole executive – very pretty and in excellent shape. Gorgeous weather.
At 4:30, Dave & Margo (we dry camped with them before Yuma) came over for dinner. We had a great time catching up. They are leaving Desert Hot Springs on Thursday so we had a limited time to get together.

Feb 3rd – Wed – Desert Hot Springs
When we drove here on Monday, our brake system indicator “binger” and warning messages came on. We also experienced a recurring fine vibration so we found the Chevy dealer and made an appointment to have the brakes looked at again tomorrow.
We met Claude & Val and 6 of their friends at the VFW for their Wednesday Mexican lunch specials. Of course, the food had to be washed down with pitchers of beer.
We got a 4 gig flash drive to move pictures from our old computer to our new one. After I figured out that the Picasa system files were hidden and not copying to the new computer, I got all the pictures moved and set up Picasa.
Leftovers for dinner and then we went with Larry & Barb to the Dillon Roadhouse for drinks and dancing. The Roadhouse looks a little rough from the outside but not so rough inside. We thought the music was from 7 to 9 but it turned out to be 5 until 8. Claude & Val showed up in time for a few dances and we closed the place down (seriously) at 8:30.

Feb 4th – Thurs – Desert Hot Springs
Terry took the truck to the Chevy dealer first thing this morning and Larry followed him over to give him a ride back. I HAD to finish a book so I was just in the shower when he returned.
At 10:30, we joined Larry & Barb and about 25 other people for a line dance class which was really fun. Just before we left for the class, we found out that the truck didn’t need brake work but a whole new hub assembly for the right front wheel – to the tune of $777. When we were at the dance class, Terry got another phone call saying once that was done we would need a 4 wheel alignment – just add another $100 or so!
After a late lunch, Larry & Barb took us back to the Chevy dealer as the service guy said the truck should be ready in 1 ½ hours. L&B had a couple of things to do so we just had them drop us off & waited. And waited! Finally got out of there about 4:30. We were a couple of miles from the dealership when the brake warning “binger” and messages came on again!! The messages stayed on the rest of the way back so guess what we will be doing tomorrow.
We had discussed going to the Palm Springs street fair with L&B but canceled that plan as Larry was not feeling well and it was pretty cool.