Saturday, March 31, 2012

Hemet,CA Golden Village Palms March 21th to 31st

March 21st


We said good bye to Ron and Marg. There were lots of people around the swimming pool today with tempatures around 80 Deg.F. We rode our bikes over to Jim and Audrey's for happy hour.
Karen and Dave from Leduc stopped by for a visit.


March 22nd

We picked up Les and Wanda (Oregon) and golfed 9 holes at Golden Era Golf Club.
It was very hot and we did not have a very good game. The golf pot luck supper was very good at 5 pm. We didn't win any prizes.


March 23rd

We drove over to Mega Liquor (best prices on alchol),got groceries at Stater Brothers,picked up my watch from the jewelers and got diesel ($4.579 US gal.) We visited with Jack and Marlene from Leduc. We met 5 years ago at GVP. We played shuffleboard in the evening.
Sunny 72 Deg. F.


March 24th

Foggy and cooler in the am but cleared off in the afternoon. We drove out to the Mexican Market
They have everything from nuts & bolts to canaries. Afterwards we drove to Diamond Valley Lake. The man made lake is Southern California's largest drinking water storage reservoir which was completed in 1999. That afternoon a Bass fishing tournament was taking place. We were to tired to go to the dance.


March 25th

We picked up Jim and Audrey for breakfast at IHOP. They leave for Calgary on the 27th.
We went shopping at Staples,the Dollar Store and Target. Later afternoon it got cold,windy and rainy.



March 26th

Our sweet angel,Annika's memorial 4th birthday. Sad day.It rained heavy all night until about noon. Cool and cloudy 63 Deg. F. We went out for lunch and browsed around Walmart.


March 27th

Happy 86th birthday Mom.
We went to the Chev dealer to order a bug deflector for the truck. We then went grocery shopping at the new Winco store. Very good with wide aisles. I made appetizers for the group dinner at Gary and Donna's (Medicine Hat)--pulled pork,salads,cake & more--14 people. Warm afternoon.


March 28th

We drove about 45 miles to the Desert Hills Premium Outlet Stores (130 stores) on the way to Palm Springs. We had lunch and spent about 4 hours shopping (some good bargains). We were invited to Jack and Marlene's for chili supper. Very tasty. We were entertained by Dale who sang and played guitar


March 29th

Albert and Linda from Calgary visited us in the morning. 70 Deg.F. We had a happy hour before going to Spud night in the ballroom. $2.00 for the potato and every one brings pot luck.


March 30th

We went to the resort's breakfast after saying goodbye to Gary and Donna. Laundry day again!
Warm 78 Deg.F. We picked up pizza and chicken wings at the Palms Cabana. It is only open on Friday and Saturdays now with entertainment. We played shuffleboard at 7 pm.


March 31st

Foggy and cool 60 Deg. F. We did some grocery shopping at Winco. We were invited to Jack and Marlene's again for dinner. We had home made cabbage rolls,turkey and all thetrimmings .Great cooks.10 people in all. Lois (Marlene`s sister) and Ron are leaving for Arizona tomorrow before heading to Calgary.
The resort is starting to empty out. Every day people are leaving to go back home.We have another couple of weeks here.Hopefully sunshine and warm weather!!

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