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Published: January 21st 2010
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The west coast of Salton SeaWe have been at Rio Bend RV Resort west of El Centro, CA for about two weeks. We’ve enjoyed our stay and have participated in a number of activites.
My favorite activity has been BINGO. While I have an aggressive, competitive BINGO style punctuated with the argot of the parlor, I have reined it back for the sake of family harmony. However, neither Nan nor I have won a game. Gone are the days of misdirection in yelling out a false “BINGO” to try to get other players to clear their cards. In this modern age there are sheets of faux cards, where instead of closing a window with a metal or plastic slide, a dobber is used to mark a numbered box with a color indicating it has been called. A creature of habit, I still caution other players not to clear their cards until a BINGO winner is verified.
Nan has been participating in water aerobics. I even entered the swimming pool once, as well as the hot pool. Being an old timer’s resort, there is a lot of wrinkles and shrivels on public display. It seems that more than half of it has been imported from
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The west coast of Salton Sea Canada; eh?
I, myself, have played darts, table shuffle, outdoor shuffleboard, bocce and horseshoes. I even taught some folk the art of puck pushing on the outdoor courts.
One of us failed pottery; not willing to throw the clay repeatedly against a board to soften it up after a season of neglect.
Shaddy is the pride of the park; a high stepping show dog, who is getting groomed tomorrow. He looks like a furry black bear; the darling of the park.
I was shorn yesterday in between rain squalls, but during a steady breeze. Nan gussied me up with a comb and shears, as she has done all the years of our marriage.
It has been raining off and on for three days now, which is a bit of a surprise. Standing water is standing every where. I’m thinking of all the flash flood warning signs we saw during our drive from Ehrenberg, AZ to El Centro a couple of weeks ago.
Someone said that this rain should beckon a flood of wildflowers in the spring. This area of the country is accustomed to measuring rainfall in hundredths of an inch, not in actual
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An adumbration of a windy area. inches as we’ve had the past few days.
Last week, we made a day trip north to the Indio - Palm Springs area to preview some RV resorts for our snowbird trip next year. Some places didn’t pass muster because the spaces were tight and so close together. I don’t want to be able to shake hands with a neighbor as we reach out the windows of our rigs.
We drove past the west side of Salton Sea during our day trip to Indio. Forlorn and desolate, as far as I could see.
We have more day trips planned, if it would just quit raining. We want to visit Joshua Tree National Park, taking a route east of Salton Sea through Niland, CA near The Slabs, or Slab City as it is called. More about this will be included in our report for that day trip.
Another day trip is planned to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; a ninety-two-mile drive through remote canyons, eroded badlands, and sharp desert peaks. California’s largest state park, stretching across a 600,000-acre wonderland of barren bajadas and alkali playas, broken badlands, abrupt canyons filled with graceful palms, and rock-rimmed mountain ranges.
Rio Bend Fowl
Lake Fowl at Rio Bend Stay tuned,
Paddy
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Olivia
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Glad things are going well with both of you. Rain sounds good to me after a very cold winter here. Looks like there is plenty to do and a good way to get acquainted with other "snowbirds". All is well here. Livvie