Feb 9th to 11th - DHS

Feb 9th – Wed
Terry played early with the men’s club and I made breakfast when he got back. We picked up Cliff & Pauline and headed to the Salton Sea area. We drove past the Fountain of Youth RV park and then went to Salvation Mountain and Slab City. Next it was on to the mud pots. Pauline had packed lunch for all of us so we found a park in Westmoreland and had a picnic. Then it was up the west side of the Salton Sea and a stop at the Red Earth casino where Terry & I both came out ahead.
I had put a pork roast in the crock pot and had sweet potatoes in the oven and a salad made by the time Cliff & Pauline came back to join us for dinner. We played a card game called Golf which is different from a game by the same name that we have played previously but it was a lot of fun. Marg won most of the money!

Feb 10th – Thurs
We started our round of golf at 10 in a slight breeze and finished in a wind but I still had a good game with another 40. Marg did OK and Terry is struggling right now. He hit one shot onto the roof of the hall and the natural bounce from there would be into the pool area – oops!
We had a sandwich and then rode the Palm Springs Tram. It is quite the ride up the side of the mountain and the view is fantastic. It was quite cold up top and you can’t walk all the paths in winter so we wandered around a bit, watched an informational film and came down.
From there we went to the Spa Casino in downtown Palm Springs. Marg got $25 free play which was a special for Canadians and turned it into $67. Unfortunately, that ended her winning streak! I did OK and covered Terry’s losses.
We tried to find a parking spot for the Street Fair and ended up parking back near the casino – actually further than if we had walked from there in the first place. We were all starving so we walked down the street and finally found a Mexican restaurant with a couple of empty tables. After dinner, we walked the rest of the way up and back down the street fair and didn’t buy a thing. We got back about 9:30 and crashed.

Feb 11th – Fri
Marg played enough golf games to establish a temporary handicap and join the Scramble this morning. My tee time was 7:54, Terry’s was 8:34 and Marg’s was 8:50. When I finished, I took my clubs back to the rig, changed into shorts and then went back to wait for Terry & Marg. I saw Marg on the 6th green so I went over and walked with her & her team through the rest of their round. Lunch was not until 1 o’clock so we all went and finished a jigsaw puzzle and still had time for a beer before lunch.
It was a beautiful day so we went to the Big Morongo Canyon Preserve and took a very nice walk – about 3 miles. We didn’t see much wildlife – lizards, ground squirrels, one rabbit, a few birds. We walked on boardwalks over marsh areas, climbed hills and came back down and wound between trees on gravel trails.
We stopped at a grocery store on the way back and got some steaks for the BBQ for dinner. A very persuasive store employee told us about a special cake for $5.00 which Terry just had to get! After dinner, we called Larry & Barb and they came over to share cake with us – and it was a very good cake.