Indio

We landed in Indio (Palm Springs CA area) on the 23rd. Despite this and surrounding areas having had torrential rains, we arrived to sun, warmth and dry conditions. In fact the drive down (2,000 miles) was uneventful as compared to last year which was totally treacherous! We just have not been doing too much of anything exciting hence no post until now, just relaxing and getting settled.

I had to take a shot of our high class campsite where we stayed the day before arriving in Indio. Truck stops come in handy when it's late and you really don't want to pay for a campsite for a few hours of sleep.

Yep, this looks much better doesn't it? This is a shot looking from the back of our site. Through the greenery you can see the mountains. In fact the mountains are visible no matter which way we look.

We are enjoying our time with our our friends Mikey and Jan. While with them there is never a dull moment or lack of yummy food. Even though they live in their motor home Jan always has good stuff in her fridge.

We celebrated Christmas Eve with a great meal of turkey and all the fixins at the clubhouse in the park and then Christmas Day Jan made brunch. Here is the centerpiece for our picnic table.
And of course there were gifts. David is wondering what this particular gift was. It's a handy dandy sewer hose holder, something that is much needed for life on the road.
And then there were games of Mexican Train. This is one of those games that poor David just can't seem to win.
It was a nice Christmas on the road and made missing our kids and grand kids much easier to take.
We are here until January 4th and then off to Yuma. More from the warmth and sunshine later.