Feb 16th to 18th - DHS

Feb 16th – Thurs
We had a lazy morning and then went to see if Cliff has more information about his shoulder. He is still waiting to hear from a surgeon as the CAT scan showed a broken bone. They invited us over for happy hour & dinner.
I had time to finally get out my sewing machine and shorten the sleeves on my jacket and mend an older jacket that I carry in my golf bag. At 4:30 we joined Bob & Doreen, Terry & Eileen and Jim & Swinelle at Cliff & Pauline’s. Pauline made 2 types of chili for a very nice dinner after we sat & had drinks and chatted for a while. I don’t remember if I mentioned that they opened up their park model so they have lots of room for 2 tables for dinner.
After everyone else left by 9:00, we played Sequence with Cliff & Pauline. The games went a long time but the women got a few more Jacks and won 4 games before we called it a night.

Feb 17th – Fri
We both played fairly early in the scramble, brought our clubs back and checked email before going back for lunch which was baked potatoes with tons of toppings. The wind had come up a bit while we played but it was still quite warm.
My arm bothers me a bit when I golf so with that and increasing wind we didn’t want to play another round of golf. Nothing to do but hit a casino again! We went to Morongo where they were giving away $500 in free play – 10 each hour. A guy right beside us received $500!! – but not us! We had dinner at the buffet which was really good for $10.95 each. It was bedtime by the time we got back.

Feb 18th – Sat
After breakfast we walked up to see if we could get a tee time. There was a twosome at a time about 25 minutes away so we said we would join them even though we didn’t recognize the name. We had time to come back to get our clubs, change shoes and get back to the course with time to practice a bit on the putting green.
We will not sign up again with a couple that we don’t know! The guy was SOOOO slow and the lady was a new, bad golfer. Luckily they had a cart or it would have been more painful. There was a group of 5 (who we knew) behind us – very unusual on this course – and Phyllis asked in jest when we were on the 3rd tee box if they could play through. I felt a lot better when the whole course bogged down on the 4th hole so we had to wait on every remaining hole. Terry actually had the best score since we have been here – and possibly me as well.
Gilbert & Grace were behind us and asked us to come over for a beer. Steve & Phyllis joined us and a bit later Dave & Laraine.
Next we walked over to Cliff & Pauline’s to see if they wanted to go to see Terry Fator (ventriloquist) – if we could get tickets at the door since the show was sold out. We had talked about it previously but had made no decision. We had to have a drink with them as we tried to decide. We ended up coming back for the truck, picked up Cliff & Pauline and went for Chinese food first. We drove through 2 full parking lots at the Fantasy Springs Casino and ended up finding an event parking lot. We managed to get 4 tickets at less than face value but not together.
The event venue leaves a lot to be desired. It is like a basketball court with “bleachers” on the sides and folding chairs on the floor. We were about a third of the way back on the floor and Cliff & Pauline were almost to the back on the floor. Luckily there are big screens on each side as it is too far from the stage to see details. We saw a Fator DVD a few times so were familiar with some of the material but new puppets were a lot of fun. The show was about 1 ½ hours which was plenty for the hard chairs.
We didn’t even stay to gamble!