Things are busy around the ol' RV site as we try to decorate for the holidays. Try is the catch word here, as it somehow always seems to looks like a put together mess. Oh well!
Last evening we headed over to Palm Springs for the Festival of Lights Parade and it was wonderful! We staked out a seating place near the Hyatt Hotel fairly early after picking up a couple of Christmas baubles and some cards. There was a sushi place across from us, and we enjoyed a tuna roll and california roll while waiting for the festivities to begin. Well, begin they did! The opening was of course the Colour Guard, followed by a 250 piece marching band! Marvellous! I love marching bands, and the parade had about 10. Whoo hoo! www.psfestivaloflights.com
Yes, we had to stake out our parade watching place early as about 80,000 people come to watch the parade, noted to be one of the ten best Christmas Parades in the US. Needless to say, traffic was a little busy after the festivities, however, we were back at the rig in just over 45 minutes, so it was not horrendous.
Today's fun activities are grocery shopping :( and cleaning up around here. Maybe some laundry. Exciting times.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Don't touch the grey buttons!
You can always tell when we're in a whirlwind of activity, when there are no posts for a number of days. We left Imperial Dam/Senator Wash on Monday and headed to Quartzsite, and yes, back to Discount Solar. The little fix that Craig had shown us on our way to Yuma, to correct the error reading on our inverter computer display did not seem to do the trick. The fix was to pull one of the battery leads off and shut everything down for about half an hour. Well, that only worked for a very short while, and then we were down to no inverter.
So, the great guys at Discount Solar reset the computer, and tested it hooked up to shore power. Lesson learned? Don't touch the 'grey' button and reconfigure the computer when we don't know what we are doing. The guys there would not charge a fee for their couple of hours of time, so we left some coffee/beer $$ for them.
Since it was late in the day, we stayed at Lake Tamarisk RV Park in Desert Centre, for an early big whopping 1 hour drive to Desert Hot Springs the next morning. Upon arrival, our friend Ken was waiting with my bike ( he had brought it down from the Shuswap in his cargo trailer), and an invite for coffee, and another invite for dinner out! Whew long day! The Spaghetti Factory on Hwy 111, was the eventual choice. Good service, great decor, good friends. What more could you ask. Oh, and the priced were right.
Yesterday was ( whoo hoo ) Quilting Day! Only first I managed 30 laps in the pool and then the water aerobics class. Yes, the class is 7 days a week! Got to work off those spaghetti calories! There were about 12 quilters in the clubhouse, with great projects and conversations. Happy Hour at 4 pm in the main clubhouse and then at 7 pm....zzzzzz.........oh, those lazy boy chairs in the rig .............
So, the great guys at Discount Solar reset the computer, and tested it hooked up to shore power. Lesson learned? Don't touch the 'grey' button and reconfigure the computer when we don't know what we are doing. The guys there would not charge a fee for their couple of hours of time, so we left some coffee/beer $$ for them.
Since it was late in the day, we stayed at Lake Tamarisk RV Park in Desert Centre, for an early big whopping 1 hour drive to Desert Hot Springs the next morning. Upon arrival, our friend Ken was waiting with my bike ( he had brought it down from the Shuswap in his cargo trailer), and an invite for coffee, and another invite for dinner out! Whew long day! The Spaghetti Factory on Hwy 111, was the eventual choice. Good service, great decor, good friends. What more could you ask. Oh, and the priced were right.
Yesterday was ( whoo hoo ) Quilting Day! Only first I managed 30 laps in the pool and then the water aerobics class. Yes, the class is 7 days a week! Got to work off those spaghetti calories! There were about 12 quilters in the clubhouse, with great projects and conversations. Happy Hour at 4 pm in the main clubhouse and then at 7 pm....zzzzzz.........oh, those lazy boy chairs in the rig .............
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Algodones, Mexico
Best place to go for a haircut in the Yuma area? Juanita's in Algodones, Mexico! Donald had a great haircut for $5 and I had a colour and cut for $29. Can't beat that. It was also much easier to walk around the small town as compared to April, when hundreds( thousands?) are crossing over to get their eyeglasses, some medications and their dental work done before heading to wherever home is for the summer. Yesterday, we walked right up to the customs entrance, to come back into the US, with no one ahead of us.
The big highlight of our visit yesterday was a terrific parade in town, in honour of the annual celebration of the Revolution Day. Floats, music, bands, old cars, and lots of children dressed up in various themes. Of course, like all small community parades, there always has to be shiny firetrucks at the end!!! Since my hairdo took a little longer, Donald grabbed some coffee at the coffee shop near Juanita's, that has the best coffee in Algodones. They served it to him in a Tim Horton's cup!!!! However, it did not come with the timmy coffee, nor the timmy lid, and of course the lid came off and he spilled coffee down the front of his "town" shirt. Oh well, he had fun watching the parade and drinking coffee while waiting for me.
Today we are off to the Wednesday movie - LINCOLN - at the downtown Yuma theatre, followed by supper at 5 Guys Burgers. Oh, and the Farmers Market on the Foothills.
The big highlight of our visit yesterday was a terrific parade in town, in honour of the annual celebration of the Revolution Day. Floats, music, bands, old cars, and lots of children dressed up in various themes. Of course, like all small community parades, there always has to be shiny firetrucks at the end!!! Since my hairdo took a little longer, Donald grabbed some coffee at the coffee shop near Juanita's, that has the best coffee in Algodones. They served it to him in a Tim Horton's cup!!!! However, it did not come with the timmy coffee, nor the timmy lid, and of course the lid came off and he spilled coffee down the front of his "town" shirt. Oh well, he had fun watching the parade and drinking coffee while waiting for me.
Today we are off to the Wednesday movie - LINCOLN - at the downtown Yuma theatre, followed by supper at 5 Guys Burgers. Oh, and the Farmers Market on the Foothills.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Hot and sunny at Imperial Dam
Even though there are less and less "new ways' of travelling down south from Victoria, we tried taking Highway 95 out of Needles, through to Parker and Quartzsite. Previously we had travelled through Lake Havasu, with the 101 traffic lights to stop at in that small city. We are thrilled with this new route, as the road surface is new, although a little rolly, and it saved at least a couple of hours.
This morning's chore was to stop at Discount Solar in Q, to inquire about getting an error message on our inverter, when we are hooked up to shore power. The solution? Yes, Rick, you have to REBOOT. Now, the way to reboot the inverter brain is to unhook one of the big red battery lines, so that will be a job in the future when/if we get that message again. Discount Solar was crazy busy already, and some of their technicians will not arrive till after American Thanksgiving. One of them is currently on tour with the Oak Ridge Boys, as their technician.
It is sunny, hot and beautiful as we sit here at Senator Wash, near Imperial Dam. The plans are to be here for a couple of weeks as our 14 day pass will be up. That cost a whopping $40. Tomorrow we are off to Yuma for the Escapee Boomer group Wednesday Movie, and that will be the new James Bond flick, Skyfall.
This morning's chore was to stop at Discount Solar in Q, to inquire about getting an error message on our inverter, when we are hooked up to shore power. The solution? Yes, Rick, you have to REBOOT. Now, the way to reboot the inverter brain is to unhook one of the big red battery lines, so that will be a job in the future when/if we get that message again. Discount Solar was crazy busy already, and some of their technicians will not arrive till after American Thanksgiving. One of them is currently on tour with the Oak Ridge Boys, as their technician.
It is sunny, hot and beautiful as we sit here at Senator Wash, near Imperial Dam. The plans are to be here for a couple of weeks as our 14 day pass will be up. That cost a whopping $40. Tomorrow we are off to Yuma for the Escapee Boomer group Wednesday Movie, and that will be the new James Bond flick, Skyfall.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
meeting northern folks
A Bakersfield stop has let us rest up with three nights here at the Orange Grove RV Park. Some chores were in order, you know, the usual... laundry, grocery shopping and cleaning. Last evening some people from our northern home, Dave and Rita Wilson, parked next to us and we had a great conversation, catching up. They are continuing onto El Centro and left Orange Grove at 7:05 am. Too early for us!!
We are heading off across the Mohave towards Lake Havasu. There is a Harvey House restoration in Barstow that Donald would like to check out, as well as a railroad museum. As I was washing floors yesterday afternoon, he was checking out all the videos on You Tube of trains going over the Tehachapi Pass, which we will drive through this morning. I think I heard train sounds for over an hour!
We had an email sent to us this morning from friends on the island who happened to be in Kamloops, wanting to come out to the Shuswap and visit! Yep, we replied right away that we were a little far from there at present. Too bad, and it would been a wonderful visit! They are also ex-pats from the north home.
We are heading off across the Mohave towards Lake Havasu. There is a Harvey House restoration in Barstow that Donald would like to check out, as well as a railroad museum. As I was washing floors yesterday afternoon, he was checking out all the videos on You Tube of trains going over the Tehachapi Pass, which we will drive through this morning. I think I heard train sounds for over an hour!
We had an email sent to us this morning from friends on the island who happened to be in Kamloops, wanting to come out to the Shuswap and visit! Yep, we replied right away that we were a little far from there at present. Too bad, and it would been a wonderful visit! They are also ex-pats from the north home.
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