ODDS AND ENDS

FEB 14, TUESDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!

WE ARRIVED AT THE MOTOR COACH COUNTRY CLUB JAN 28. [3 DAYS EARLY]
THIS PLACE IS A REALLY GREAT RESORT WITH ALL OF THE "REQUIRED" STUFF.
A 9 HOLE PAR 3, 3 SWIMMING POOLS, TENNIS, BOCCI BALL AND A FITNESS CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.

MY DADDY SAID, AFTER HE RETIRED, THAT "WHEN HE GOT UP IN THE MORNING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO AND WHEN HE WENT TO BED HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN HALF OF IT DONE".
I NOW KNOW WHAT HE MEANT, I HAVE MADE UP MY ROTARY MEETINGS ON THE INTERNET NOT AT A CLUB, MY BLOG HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE STYLE OF UP AND AT 'EM AT MAYBE 9 OR 9:30, BREAKFAST, GYM, LUNCH, SWIMMING, SNACK, RELAX THEN DINNER. THIS CHALLENGING SCHEDULE LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR OTHER STUFF.
WHAT WITH THE TIME CHANGE I DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE JAY OR DAVE. THE STREETS ROLL UP AT 10PM THE LATEST.

I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR COACH WASHED AND BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 13 FEET TALL AND 38 FEET LONG I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT MYSELF. I NOTICED A WASH SERVICE TRUCK IN AND AROUND THE RESORT. I FLAGGED THEM DOWN AND ASKED WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO WASH IT, THERE WAS A 3 DAY WAIT!
THEY ARRIVED ON TIME, A TEAM OF 9, THEY WERE ON THE ROOF UNDER THE BACK FOR THE MUD FLAP AND GENERALLY ALL OVER IT, IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES INCLUDING DOING THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE NEW!
$55.00 AND A $10.00 TIP WHAT A DEAL

THE CAR NEEDED A WASH AS WELL AND I TOOK IT TO A VERY NICE FULL SERVICE CAR WASH $22.00 PLUS $3 TIP = THE CAR IS 16 FEET LONG AND 4.5 FEET TALL, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WASH AND THEY WERE DOING A BIG PROMO TV, RADIO AND SUCH. WHY THEY SELECTED ME FOR A SPECIAL DEAL I WILL NEVER KNOW.
$25.00 TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR 5 WEEKS [PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL BE HEADING HOME ABOUT THEN].
THIS WAS THE DEAL = FOR $25 I COULD HAVE THE CAR WASHED EVERY DAY FOR FREE AND THE WASH I WAS ABOUT TO PAY FOR WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR FREE {$13}. THIS WAS A NO BRAINER SO I JOINED A CAR WASH CLUB IN PALM DESERT CA.
WHODA THUNK.

THE WEATHER HERE IS INTERESTING, 45 TO 60 AT NIGHT, 75 TO 85 DURING THE DAY, THIS IS THE DESERT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HEAT IN AT NIGHT. ERGO THE BIG SWING IN TEMPS
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE WOMEN IN FUR COATS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINTER WEATHER, BACK HOME AT 60 WE WOULD HAVE T SHIRTS AND SHORTS ON WITH THE TOP DOWN.

THERE ARE 400 COACH SITES HERE ALONG WITH A HOST OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, JOHN DALY THE GOLFER FOR ONE, THE DUNKLE BROTHERS THAT MOVE HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE MOTOR COACHES HERE THAT COST NEAR 2 MILLION BUCKS.

WE WILL VISIT AGAIN, SOON, WHEN I CAN SPARE THE TIME.
ART