February Update

We are watching the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies from Vancouver, Canada on TV tonight. I thought I should add an entry to our blog since we mostly post to Facebook these days. California is having a wet winter by their standards. It looks like most of that is past as we have 75 to 80 degree weather forecast for the next ten day...no chance of rain. Even on overcast days the weather has been in the sixties so I would not say the weather here has been bad, you just quickly get used to the idea of clear, sunny, bright blue skies real easy and any variance is disappointing. We have seen a lot of movies in theaters, and on Netflix, as well as read a lot of books. Most enjoyable movies I have seen include Blindside, Avatar, Up, and 500 Day of Summer.
We have been taking golf lessons, free at the resort, and have our 6th and final lesson this coming week at the Rancho Mirage Country Club, whose golf course is open to the public. We get a reduced rate there and can hit as many golf balls as we want on the driving range for $5.
There are 27 par three golf holes on the resort and some are reasonably challenging for par three holes. You have to hit over water several times but the average golfer could probably play the whole course with a 7, 9, PW, and putter. I think the longest hole is about 150 yards. It takes about two and a half hours to play the 18 hole course.
We really like it down here and plan on coming back next year. I think we will stay home for the holidays and leave for Palm Springs right after Xmas depending on weather conditions. We just can't get the Xmas spirit down here. Probably will stay here Jan, Feb, and March then head for San Diego and work our way up the beach in April to get home before May first.
We are planning on driving over to Vegas for a weekend with Paul and Linda this month, probably the last weekend of the month. We are looking forward to seeing their new house and visiting a little before we head back home at the end of next month. We've been gone for about four months now and only have about six weeks left before we head back. It went pretty fast.
I now have to mention that both "Lost" and "Survivor" are now both back on with new episodes, and since we have no DVR to record them, we work our schedule around being in the rig when those two shows are on.
Larry & Rose are supposed to be in Palm Springs for the first week in March and Mark & Carol plan on being in the desert around that same time so we will be busy with the last few weeks here.
Look forward to seeing everyone back home this spring. I have not had good salmon since we left. The salmon in the stores down here are Atlantic salmon and obviously not the same as fresh salmon in the NW. Other that that the food is good down here. We are going to a restaurant called "The Chop House" here in Palm Springs for Valentines Day. Susan wants Prime Rib and they are a great steak house. We ate there last year and had; escargot, wedge salad, martinis, and Chateau Brianne (sp) along with creme brulee for desert. Everything was excellent and super rich food. We it IS Valentines Day.
More later.