Apr 20th to 22nd - Yuma to Palm Springs

Apr 20^th – Sun

We did a bit of shopping in the morning and went to Joe & Bea’s for lunch.  We took our atlas as they wanted to pick our brains on places to go & see.  We finally left at 5 when they had a couple of pages of notes.

Dinner and games took up the evening.

Apr 21^st – Mon

We left at 9:30 for a 3 hour drive to Palm Springs.  We are staying in an Encore/Passport park (PS Oasis RV Resort) on Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City.  It is a small, clean park but the sites are small.  We can just open the door with the truck parked beside the trailer and we would have to move the truck to get the motorcycle out if there was anyone in the site behind us.

We were just finished setting up when Terry’s sister-in-law Kathy phoned.  They were returning from Spokane and we said we would pick them up at the airport.  Kathy had left a message 20 minutes earlier on my phone but in my usual fashion I left it on the counter when I was outside wiping bugs off the trailer.

We brought them back to the RV park to see our trailer and Terry gave each of them a short ride on the motorcycle.  They were surprised at the quiet, comfortable, smooth ride.  Then we dropped off their luggage at their house in Rancho Mirage and went a few blocks to check out the house they are having built.  We dropped them off and came back to shower & change clothes before going back on the bike to their house.  We went to the Agua Caliente Casino for dinner and to gamble.

Terry started off really well with a $500+ jackpot and I was actually up as well.  After dinner we played a bit more and didn’t lose much of our winnings – a good visit.  We were ready for bed when we got back.

Apr 22^nd – Tues

We did laundry in between computer games & making breakfast.  We dusted off the motorcycle and went to WalMart for a few items and then stopped at the Spa Casino which didn’t treat us as well as the one yesterday!

We had a bit of down time before getting back on the bike to go to dinner at Skip & Kathy’s.  We might have taken the truck since it was pretty windy but Skip wanted their friends Pat & Donna to see the bike and the wind definitely didn’t cool things down.

We know Pat & Donna and always have a fun time with them and S&K.  We had a great dinner and then we taught them to play Newfie Bingo.  Six players with one deck of cards can cause the game to go a long time before someone wins the pot.  I was the lucky winner and by then it had built up to over $18.  We switched to the dice game “10,000” which Kathy won.

The sand was really blowing when we drove back.  I don’t know how Terry kept his eyes open long enough to see where he was going.  We decided that close fitting glasses with clear or yellow lenses are on our list.