Our yearly Charitable drive for the local fire department
(collection of money for toys at Christmas) went over really big.
I had the privilege of being Pit Boss again this year, last year we
raised $over $1200 in the one night this year we raised over $1400
for the night. Everyone had a lot of fun and if Mike and I
come back next year I will enjoy being the pit boss once again. Here are a few photos before the herd of folks came in to play
Blackjack and Texas Holdem.
Nancy and JoAnn (Mayor) sold tickets did
a great job
Marge counted out chips and redeemed
them for raffle tickets
Pam our activities director
All the prizes donated by merchants
around the area
Mike coming in to be a dealer
Nickie assistant activities director
The Texas Holdem Tables where a big hit,
all small blinds went to the house, Gary had people give
their chips as tips so more went to the house. We had
2 tables full all night
Russ among several where my dealers
I want to thank everyone who volunteered their time for
this wonderful event. THANK YOU
Mike and I are on our last 8 weeks of being in the area, cannot
believe we have been here for 6 months. The time has flown so
fast, seems we just got here. We have told several people we
might not be back next year as I would like to go some place
different for the winter, however with the gas prices rising don't know if we will. Will have to stay close to the area if the
prices are what they say they will be. Everyone says they will
be glad they we can't go far. Several have said if we don't
came back neither will they. We will see. Plan B always
comes into effect.
Will be taking more photos in the next
weeks around the Palm Springs area as some of my Canadian friends
have requested more of the desert on a jig saw puzzle. So be
on the look out for some new photos.
The weather here has
been great around 76 during the day and 50's at night, don't know
where you can go for the winter other then AZ. to have so many
friends and great weather too. That's all for now.
Enjoy the sun and fun. Love Carol
Jan. 25,2012
Some of you already heard about the wind we had here last week, it
was clocked at over 66 mile an hour. I felt like we were being
buried in the sand, with the windows closed and door, we still had
sand everywhere in the coach. No damage was done to motorhomes
nor to the park, frowns' were everywhere from the palm trees and one
fell on-top of the rig sounded like a bomb went off. So glad
when it was over. Now we have had nothing but absolute
beautiful weather, around high 70's during the day and mid 40's at
night. Palm trees are standing straight and the air is clear
to see the mountains. Please no more wind!!
Several of
us went to Jackalope Ranch the other night, it was a great Happy
hour and had a wonderful time. If you have not been to
Jackalope Ranch you have missed a wonderful garden and food. Here
are a few photos.
Entrance to the Jackalope Restaurant Hwy 111 and
Jackalope Trail, Indio CA
This is the greeting you get, a hog, the restaurant at one
time was going to be called Hogs Breath, but the
original owner wanted Jackalope
Nancy, her sister next to her Diane, Ray (Nancy's husband) Bob
end of table & Marge, Joann (Mayor) of our park and
of last Mike
Bob and Ann
Jake and Nancy
this motorcycle is hand made of wood,
sets in the entrance of the Jackalope Ranch
Restaurant
It is always so great to get together with our friends, Bob Ann Jake
and Nancy just happen to come to the Jackalope at the same time
we did, All of the above are our poker buddies, a great group.
I am off and running today, getting people to sign up for our
Casino night here in the park on the 18th, we raise money for the
kids in the area. I am Pit Boss again this year, love the
volunteers, if it were not for them we would not have such a
wonderful fun raising. Until next time Love Carol
Jan. 20, 2012
Ok tell me why as I get older the days go by so fast , remember when
we were young the days went so slow you thought you would never get
to go out past 8PM, or have a date, or get your drivers permit. Now
I am happy that I just wake up in the morning, &I proceed to do
what?, and next thing you know it is already night and the next day.
Time please slow down.
As you can see it is the end of the
month and I am just now updating the web site. I had so few
people tell me that they read my journals and those that did respond
had many things to say about the site. So I am torn as to quit
it or continue. Will make that decision in the next month as
that is when Go Daddy, my hosting site, will ask for their next
years payment.
Until today the weather has been
wonderful middle 70's no wind low in the 40's. Today that
changed, we have had wind gusts 45-60 mile an hour and with the sand
here in the park, we feel we are in a sand trap, even with the
windows and door shut sand is everywhere. Can't believe there
is that much sand with all of the RV and buildings around. The
palm trees are swaying and bending have never seen one fall and hope
they do not. We do get hit by the fawns from the trees,
in fact one just hit us hard will look to see if it did any damage
tomorrow.
We did have a scare in the park the other night, An
Alfa burnt down, apparently, they were in the process of having the
recall repairs on the Norcold Refrigerator, when the service person
working on the rig, said a part had to be bought back the next day
but they could use the refrigerator, it caught on fire and they were
very lucky to get out. They are full timers and lost
everything in the coach. We had a fund raising for them, and
thanks to all of the members, we were able to raise $800 plus
groceries for a week in a matter of hours. I can not imagine
what they are going through, to lose everything in a matter of a few
minutes. If you have had a recall on your Norcold refrigerator
make sure you take care of it right away.
Mike is doing fine,
he is playing online with his poker and I am doing crafts and
keeping myself out of trouble, that means not
going to casinos. Will maybe one or two next month.
Until next month, yes only 10 days away take care. Love Carol
Jan. 03, 2012
A new year 2012, and to think when I was growing up I thought
getting to the 2000 was remarkable, little did I know when looking
at my Mom that she was young at my age, I made a couple new
Years resolutions which I cannot share, that way if I do break them
I can blame myself with no one knowing. Makes sense to me!
Hope everyone had a great New Year, we stayed up till 12 midnight
and then off to sleep, not much excitement around the park that
night, did not even hear fire works or anything made it a very quiet
evening.
The weather has changed to a warm 79-80 degrees,
here at Desert Hot Springs, it has been getting warmer not cooler, I
am sure that as soon as this is published the weather will change.
I just hope the wind does not come up. We do have some trees to help
block it this time as you can see, we are in site 166 just down from
the pickle ball courts.
We will be here 2 weeks and then back to TT for a month, they
have limit poker here at the park, $5 buy in plus a quarter (quarter
for expenses). The cost to stay here under AOR was $168 for
the 2 weeks, we pay extra for 50AMPS. Mike seems to have come
down with a cold, there were a lot of people at TT who also had
allergies or colds. Hope he starts feeling better.
My New Year wish, all of my family, (Bill who is doing great
after having heart surgery), friends and people I have meet to stay
healthy, drive safe, and keep in touch with us. We love you
all. Until next week or month Happy New Year!
Dec 23, 2011
Can you believe it the year has gone and we start 2012, We
have had a great year, some expenses on the coach, some good
winnings at the casino, and losses, we have each other and are so
thankful we are alive and doing what we want too. We have so
many wonderful friends and are meeting new ones everyday, we cannot
think of how we had lived in a house doing the everyday mundane
things we did, work sleep and eat, the way we live now we don't know
what we do but we do it all day long and are having such a great
time.
Below are photos of a Christmas get together I had,
most of the friends are poker players on Thursday and on the
Tournaments on Sunday that Mike, I Nancy and Ray put on. We
missed Christmas day and everyone said one day a year missed is
really bad, but hey it was Christmas. Several of us went to
Augustine's Casino for their Christmas buffet which was wonderful,
where we ate to our hearts content all for a couple was $32.oo not
bad for a wonderful dinner. Of course while waiting some of us
had to play, so that actually made the dinner a little more
expensive but it was fun.
Lynn, Gary, Ed Gary bought
out his guitar and so did Ed and we all had a great time
singing Christmas Carols. Gary also puts on the jamboree
here in the park every Monday night, he has a wonderful
voice and plays the guitar great. We really
enjoy hearing Monday nights, their are several great
musicians who entertain us, with no cost to us Mondays are
great. Thank you Gary
Ralph
Linda, Larry, Vickie, Denny
Ray, Nancy I set out the
keyboard to see if anyone could play and behold Nancy plays,
she has one back home, and seemed delighted to try mine out,
we could not figure how to work it, as I could not find the
book so she took it home and downloaded the instructions and
is playing it. Glad to see it is getting some use.
Mike, Ray
Ed, Sandy, Nancy, Jake
Bob and Ann
Ann was presented by the Vikings hat by
Nancy, they are rivals in their football teams, when time to
tell everyone what she liked about Christmas, she spoke in a
Very accented Swedish voice, she is so much fun and everyone
fall over laughing, Gloria next to her as you can see can't
stop laughing as we all enjoyed this present along with
her.
We are off to Desert Pools on Monday, coming back here in 2
weeks. Of course we will be here every Sunday for the Texas
Holdem Tournaments, Mike and I really enjoy putting them on and will
miss doing so next year. Yep that's right there is a 90%
chance we will be going somewhere different next winter.
But of course Plan A usually come into play. Since we don't
know where other the maybe Texas (Rockport) where we have friends
and the winter was not that bad 4 years ago. So until then
come join us for our games and have some fun.
If you
have read this page then email me back, as I am taking count of how
many actually read this site, my Go Daddy account will be do this
coming year and a wondering if this web site is read enough to
warrant the money. Please let me know. Thank you
We are wishing everyone a prosperous New Year, safe travels and very
good health.
Take care everyone Love Carol
