December 21, 2008

Thursday B & T took us on a tour of Salton Sea where they had volunteered for a few years.  We picked fresh lemons from the tree there, visited with Rangers they had worked with, saw things they had built.  From there we went to Slab City, a boondocking area which no amount of money would have us staying there.   Had lunch in some restaurant that B & T had eaten in in past times.  The decor wasn't much but the food was good.  Visited  The Fountain of Youth RV park stuck out in the desert then hurried back to Indio.  We were going to go to the date farm, but it was closed when we got there. 

We returned to Quartzsite on Friday afternoon after visiting the Date farm, sampling several different varieties of dates and having a date shake.  For those of you who don't like dates, Gord being one of them, and he wouldn't even have a bite, I suppose you want to gag.  However, it was very good and I would go back for another.  B & T are great tour guides.  They apologized for not taking us everywhere they had wanted to, but two days were impossible because of the rain.

The trailer was cold and lonely when we returned.  So grateful for the heater.  It warms this place up real quick, and doesn't use any power.

Saturday morning we awoke to +34 F and big time condensation on the windows.  Too cool to eat breakfast outside and we had just about finished breakfast when Glen came over to let us know they were back from Yuma.  We hadn't expected them until just before or after Christmas.  He was just leaving the trailer when Lucille and Tom came.  Thank goodness the sun was up and giving a bit of warmth, because the inside of the trailer was a mess and it may be big enough for two but not for any more than two.  We sat out in the sunshine until 11:45 when they left and I went to the laundromat.  While I was gone Gord put up the Christmas lights as we had taken them down before we left for Indio, hung a clock we had purchased while we were away, finished gluing the arm on my pop can cactus.  The humidity is high so had to dry clothes in dryer which I normally do not do.  However, laundry is done for another week!

Around 3:30 we went down to Ed and Norma's.  They had a group and were playing Rumoli.  Bonnie and Clyde were back from their week in Mexico and they invited us for a pot luck Christmas dinner.  There will be between 16 and 20 of us and we pray for calm and sunshine.  No matter how big the motorhome, there just isn't room for that many people.

After supper Glen came over and invited us to join them.  We got home around 10:00 pm.

Decided we would try towels on the windows to see if the condensation problem could be lessened, but I don't think it helped.  It was 32 F or 0 C this morning at 6:00 am.