Sunday ; Sunny and very warm.
This long weekend has brought an influx of visitors to Sky Valley Resort. We missed our pool exercise session yesterday and today because there were just too many people in the mineral pools for our comfort.
Joanne went into Desert Hot Springs by herself this afternoon to run some errands.
Monday ; Sunny and mild, very windy.
Deferred our plans for the day due to winds. Spent some time this afternoon planning our journey from here to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
Tuesday ; Sunny and mild, very windy. AGAIN ! These winds are becoming tiresome.
Took a propane tank to be refilled. Did some routine maintenance chores. Continued planning our trip from here to Rio Grande Valley in a couple of weeks.
Wednesday ; Sunny ! Cold ! ! ! BRRRRR !
This morning we drove into Palm Desert. First stop was Palm Desert Farmers’ Market to buy some mushrooms. Neither of the two vendors who were selling mushrooms a couple of weeks ago had any today. DARN ! We drove to Palm Desert’s famed El Paseo Drive (see Arnold and Selma in the Super Bowl electric BMW commercial) to have lunch at a Japanese restaurant specializing in ramen soups. No … NOT the kind one buys in a package for twenty-five cents ! The small strip mall’s parking lot was full when we arrived. I had to wait briefly for a parking spot to become available as a very elderly couple hobbled to their … <blink blink … GASP> Maserati, and vacated a parking spot.
Lunch was very good. We shared a large bowl of a vegetable ramen bowl, made with cream broth (as opposed to pork broth), then shared a Teriyaki chicken rice bowl.
After lunch I refilled the truck with diesel … which now costs over five dollars per gallon here in Palm Springs … then we went to Glossy, the best women’s bathing suit store in North America (according to Joanne). Unfortunately, today they only had one mastectomy suit in Joanne’s size that she liked. She had been hoping to buy two or three bathing suits.
We ended our errands day with a lengthy session at Wal-Mart, replenishing groceries and supplies. We arrived back home at Sky Valley Resort late in the afternoon, just in time for a long walk before dusk.
Thursday ; Sunny and mild.
Laundry day. Bill paying day. Lots of bills ! Trip planning day. Researched RV parks in the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Selected and prioritized top three. Couple of long walks.
Friday ; Sunny and warm.
After a long walk in the desert this morning and an early lunch we headed to downtown Palm Springs. First stop was the Palm Springs downtown location of Revivals Thrift Store, our favourite thrift store in all of North America. We bought three items today, one item Joanne was looking for, and two impulse items I picked up. HA HA HA !
Next we went to the Palm Springs Convention Center to attend the first day of the three day annual McCormick’s Classic Car Auction. We wandered up and down the rows of hundreds of cars about to be auctioned, and when we were tired of that we went into the auction tent and watched a baby blue 1959 Lincoln Continental be auctioned. Selling price was $13,000. Good thing I wasn’t registered as a bidder. Because … I thought the damn thing was worth $25,000.
We went to the Palm Springs dog park and walked around the inside perimeter a couple of times as our afternoon exercise walk, and reminisced about the many times we visited here with Bo, who loved this dog park more than any other (as do we), and the one time we visited with Ozzie, who did NOT love this dog park, nor any other except his “home” dog park at Riverside RV Park Resort. Poor Ozzie, he was old and frail and insecure around strange dogs when we visited here with him, shortly before he died.
We drove to a Goodwill store, and browsed, but did not buy anything at this thrift store which we didn’t really like. We went across the street from the Goodwill to Trader Joe’s to buy a bag of cole slaw mix for tonight’s supper. HMPH ! A bag of cole slaw mix that cost forty-eight dollars and change. Admittedly, I picked up a few other gourmet and exotic food items on impulse. HA HA HA HA HA !
We arrived back home just after 6 PM, just as it became dusk.
Saturday ; Sunny and warm.
This afternoon I made a donation to the Ukraine Relief Fund of Red Cross Canada, to assist with humanitarian relief in my ancestral homeland. AND … my donation value is doubled by the Government of Canada’s commitment to match donations to this Red Cross effort. SO … I make a donation, I get a tax deduction for the amount of the donation, an equal amount of my tax dollars also goes to the same Red Cross fund, the Red Cross receives twice my donation amount … WIN / WIN !
Recent history in the world, particularly in the United States over the last six years, have made me more politically aware of, and vehemently opposed to, authoritarian rule by despots. Like Trump and Putin. And Joanne and I both find it impossible to continue to adhere to “pacifism” idealogy. Annihilate the fuckers ! And feel free to use my money to do so !
<calming self> < AHEM> But I digress ! HA HA HA ! Of course, the Red Cross likely won’t be using my money to annihilate anyone.
My father preached to me, since I was a very young child, that the two most worthy charitable organizations were the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. I have not yet found a reason to disagree with him.
And my grandparents came to Canada from Ukraine over a hundred years ago to flee circumstances similar to what exists there today.
DSK
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