Feb 28 Thursday
I had a great morning as I attended a good computer class from 9am-12. Fred gave a hour on a lesson then the rest any computer help needed. Boy did I need help. We did get some problems solved but have many more questions to go.
In the afternoon we took a drive to Terribles on the Lake to see if our BYC friends Ralf and Wendy Banks came down like they said. Would you believe they just left today. Weather perfect about 75' but cools off in evening 48' we missed them

a humming bird made his nest on the fence of the pickleball court. he is due to hatch the chicks the middle of March. She is not afraid of people or frightened of the ball being batted back and forth.
The desert is exploding with colour

Feb26 Tuesday
Ken and Linda Bill's cousin take us to see the new mobile home they bought in Palm Desert. It is in a beautiful gated community with a golf coarse . I had to buy a new printer as the old one was not compatible with Vista. I played pokino in the afternoon while Bill prepared the rig to leave tomorrow. It was a beautiful hot (80 ) sunny day.
Feb 27 Wednesday
Palm Springs from the lookout on way to Idyllwild

Idyllwild shops

7:15 sunny and 58'. We are off to Pahrump. We stop at Kelso and tour the station. This is a place I would like to return to as I would like to hike to the lava flow,cinder cones , Michell caverns and the hole in the wall. These are all in the Mojave National preserve. We arrived 1:30 and got the back row with the great view of Mt. Charlston. 70'

finally figgured out the pictures. We are getting ready to leave on Wednesday for Pahrump. We had a fairwell happy hour today. Everyong going different ways. the weather is finally hot in the 80's Pahrump should be in the 70's that will make Bill happy.

The desert is coming in bloom

Salvation mountain near nyland CA

Mud flats near Nyland and the Saltan Sea

enjoying the living desert

Hiking the ladders at Mecca hills

View from our window Ehrenberg

Flight cages at Indio bird scantuary

Ehrenberg was a great bird watching place. A verio shares the hummingbird feeder

Feb 26
Here is an update on the girls
Sherri and Gerry
Sherri went in for infertilization. She had 2 embryos implanted Feb . 23. This is getting exciting. Their wedding will be at Galiano lodge May 3. They are renting the Bell house for people who want to spend the weekend. 75 people are expected. I might be a grandma yet.
Shannon and Ethan
They moved onto their new boat-CV9 (named after a navy ship) a 131' private yatch. So they are busy hiring new crew (6). The owner will arrive march 17. They will be in South Beach(Miami). Then off to the Bahamas( it will take 16 hr to get there).The owners son will bring quest on board ( a graduation present) They will be there for Spring Break and leave March 28. The boat will go back to Fort Lauterdale and stay for all of April. They hope to be in Chicago in April and May in New York. Then up to Canada. There is a possibility we will be able to see her in Canada. Awesome. They were busy getting their condo in Fort Lauderdale in shape -walls resurfaced, floors redone (tile removed and slate installed in bathroom and kitchen). New furniture was also bought. Sherri and Gerry will be the first to enjoy it as they will go there for their honeymoon.

Slowly I am figuring stuff out .I do not have microsoft word where I am used to typing my notes first ( than I copy and paste) so I am going to download open office but I had difficulty doing that too.
I watched the eclipse of the moon the other night the sky was clear and we got a good view. I went to bingo and won $43 .I will up date my blog when I figure out how to find my pictures as they for some reason will not go into Picasa.
We are still in Desert Hot Springs but are leaving for Pahrump Feb 27 for 2 weeks. Maybe Vegas for 2 days then off to St George and a stop over at our friend Lindas in the Soap Lake area in Washington before heading home. We hope to be home March23 at the Cariboo RV park as Bill is scheduled hand surgery (carpel tunnel) March 31.
when I find out how to get my pictures I will post some'

Wow . I finally got my new computer. What a learning curve as I had to get Vista. I bought a Hewlett Packard - HP Pavilion. with 3 GB of memory and 250 GB hard drive. It also has webcam. It only weighs 5.25 lbs. Microsoft Windows Vista Premium Edition. 799.98 All my disc are in my locker at home so we are trying to find out how to download software.
We are in Desert Hot Springs after 2 weeks in Indio. I am hiking at least 3 times a week.