Good morning! After last night's rain and high winds in the Palm Desert area, we woke up to some much appreciated cooler temperatures (did I say I loved the hot weather?) Just like the rest of  the world, the desert is also experiencing some very warm temperatures for this time of year. Consequently, we haven't been quite as active as we'd like to be. Although, Walt has managed to play golf several times, and we did take a great motorcycle ride up to Big Bear last Saturday. Our first time there, and it was a perfect 80 degrees, with snow stilll covering the mountains. I'm working on getting those pictures on the blog.,
Up until now, we haven't done much writing here, because for the first couple of weeks, we were with the girls in Fallbrook. And last week, we spent time with our camping friends, the Italian Catholics. After they all left to go home, we moved to another resort to spend a few more days with our friends, Russ and Ally Canning. Some of you may know them....they're from Benicia. They spend half the year down here, and the other half in Novato, caring for Russ' father, Bill, who is turning 80 this year. Tonight, we're all heading down to the old Palm Springs area to have dinner together, and visit their Farmer's Market.
In the morning, we plan on leaving California and going over to Phoenix. My sister and her husband will join us for a few days, and we'll head north to Sedona, Flagstaff, and the Grand Canyon. Should be fun...it's been about 15 years since I was last there.
Hope everyone out there is doing well.  Keep in touch!

Carol