Home again, home again! At least it felt that way checking in here at the Outdoor RV Resort in Cathedral City. I had forgotten how nice it was. The two things you notice are how lush and pretty the grounds are with plantings, palm trees, lawns, lakes, and mature citrus trees on almost all the 1200 lots. The lots are owned but you can sublet them by the day, week, or month. We are in Lot 202 again this year. We like it because the location is just one site away from the main clubhouse, main pool, and the cafe. Nice when you just have to walk 20 yards to to get into the pool or hot tub, especially if you want a dip in the evening. Our site has a large orange tree in the back but they are not ripe yet and what looks like a grapefruit tree toward the front....they could be lemons but look huge. Our neighbor, Sam, from across the street brought us a half dozen lemons over from their tree. We used the juice over veggies and chicken for dinner and it was wonderful. Not as tart as store bought but super juicy. If the oranges are as good as the lemons...."Screwdrivers and Mimosas" for all.
The lots are big and private with parking for a couple of cars. We are pretty much set up and enjoying the weather.
Leap forward to Monday (today) and we have had the first rain of our trip. All of Southern California is getting wet today including the desert out here. In the sixties but looks like Tacoma today. Supposed to clear up tomorrow then maybe two days with partial showers as the storms move east over us. We are getting better forecasts than the coast however. We have been settling in this last week. We went to Costco today, then the grocery store. We have an address at the local park post office:
Larry and Susan Lee
69411 Ramon Road, Lot 202
Cathedral City, CA 92234-3350
Now we are getting Netflix again...yay! Just in time for the rain. We pretty much know our way around down here after being here three times and once at Happy Traveler but look forward to exploring the area more. We went shopping on El Paseo in Palm Desert which is know down here as the "Rodeo Drive of the Desert". It is loaded with really nice shops and the area is well planted and has plenty of restaurants. We had lunch upstairs on the patio at "Tommy Bahama's" restaurant and bar just a level above their store.
We take walks around the perimeter of the park each morning, it takes about 50 minutes to do that, and we have our bicycles to ride around on too. Looking to by some golf clubs down here and play the par three golf course on premises here. The have a total of 27 holes to play. Quite a few tennis courts, all lit, here also. The people here all seem pretty active so it does not feel as old as the other places we have stayed down here. We hung a hummingbird feeder and are doing boxoffice business even in the rain.
The Honda CRV we towed down here is really working out well. It was great in California traffic, I don't miss shifting the Wrangler one bit, and we can haul our Costco purchases easily. Also very quiet on the freeway and for today...nice and dry in the rain. lol We are lining up things to do for the Xmas season to help get us in the mood, but I miss not setting up our yard with outside lights and the house with a big tree. We did bring a lot of Xmas stuff to decorate, along with our Xmas DVD movies, and a ton of Christmas music on our ipods. Mark and Carol will be here from Dec 20 to Jan 2 so that will be really nice. We have found a couple of things to do in the days to come..."Wild Lights" similar to "Zoo Lights" in Tacoma and are looking for a few Candy Cane Lanes of houses that go "Sparkey Grizwold" every Christmas.
We bought some Xmas cookies and rum/bourbon eggnog at Costco today. Only about a gazillion calories and carbs in them. Actually, I am down to 205 from 221 in July so I intend to be careful about nonstop binging. We did find a place that sells a complete turkey (any size) and all the trimmings at a reasonable price and plan on doing that for Xmas day with Mark and Carol.
Not the same as home however.
Just remember 'nothing says Christmas like shades and a Hawaiian shirt!
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