Blogs from Indio, California, United States, North America

The morning started great as everyone woke up in a great mood as Vivian jumped into bed with Nathan and then Rosie to be their alarms. Vivian has to climb from Nathan's pullout sofa bed in order to get to Rosie's queen bed and this required her to jump up and across and often led to her landing on her face in a pile of pillows much to everyone's delight and laughter. We all had Lucky Charms, milk, and yogurt to start the day before heading out to the pool area to begin our last morning of swimming and sliding. Nathan went down the 30 foot high water slides with Steve and Tory about 20 times and learned it would go fast on his back without his swim shirt on. Rosie and Vivian floated together in ... read more

Hello and Good Morning from the Coachella Valley! Well we are already into day 2 of Desert Trip 2016! Last night's concert featured Bob Dylan as the opener for the Rolling Stones! Both acts are incredible, but definitely aging! I was underwhelmed with Dylan's set because we never really saw his face and only saw footage of him and the band for about 5 songs, then the huge monitors played old video footage of NYC. It was difficult to stay connected to the music because we couldn't see the performers. To me the Rolling Stones are larger than life, regardless of age. It is crazy to figure out how they perform at that level for 2 1/2 hours. As Marc said, "Well they don't do it everyday, that's for sure." Anyway, their energy and excitement was ... read more

We abandoned the idea of getting to Palm Springs the day before and got up at 6am instead! Managed to get hugh out the door and on the road by 7.45amn and off we set! 2 hours in and we both need the loo so we stop at a gas station and i go and ask if they have a bathroom. The girls behind the counter think I have a really cute accent and says shouldn't you ask for the loo! We chat for a bit and she loves getting me to say things. Have a few problems getting the petrol pump to work! Our UK cards don't work in the machine, so you have to go inside and pay and then fill up, but we have no idea how much to put in and so ... read more

Geo: 33.7256, -116.263Bob and Connie have a lovely 3BR, 3 bath house in a gated golf community - Heritage Palms. Bob drives his cart from his garage onto the golf course that looks immaculately maintained. As is apparently common in the desert, the golf course grass is cut very close in Oct, then over-seeded with a winter rye grass, and watered heavily. The course is closed for a month (!) for this process.Went for a walk this morning along a line of palm tree oases (palm springs) in the Coachella Valley (Indian, not Spanish pronunciation), along the San Andreas fault. Had brunch at Panera, a bakery style cafe.The girls then went shopping and Bob and I checked out a couple of golf shops. The PGA Tour Superstore is huge and carries a massive range. Then we ... read more

First day house hunting. Our realtor Richard took us to see a number of places in Indian Palms, where we have stayed twice before. Some good options there but not exactly what we were looking for. Darn Canadians have driven up the prices recently! Then we drove over to Terra Lago. I'm sold! Never should have taken me into a new house in my price range! Even have a few places that will be available in June. I already have moved in, in my head! Potofino at Terra Lago. I like plan 3. Just need to add a pool and spa! Beautiful facilities - pools, fitness centre, banquet hall. Ed and I sitting around by ourselves in the banquet hall! Now if I could get a job down here... Right, still don't have that PhD...... read more